Vote Tertiary Education - Supplementary Estimates 2013/14

Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations#

Details of Appropriations#

Annual and Permanent Appropriations

Supporting Information#

Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#

1.2 - Trends in the Vote

Summary of Financial Activity

Mapping the Layout of the 2013/14 Supplementary Estimates to the Layout of the 2013/14 Estimates

Part 2 - Details of Departmental Appropriations#

2.1 - Departmental Output Expenses

Strategic Leadership in the Tertiary System (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $1.389 million to $9.690 million owing to a combination of:

• progressing the Tertiary Information Future State programme, particularly to improve current tertiary data collection processes ($1.280 million increase)
• development of a creative industries vocational pathway and associated materials ($500,000 increase), and
• transfer of administration of the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority under Vote Education, non-departmental output expense Quality Assurance ($391,000 decrease).

Part 3 - Details of Non-Departmental Appropriations#

3.1 - Non-Departmental Output Expenses

Centres of Research Excellence (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $1.064 million to $32.754 million for 2013/14 owing to re-phasing of contractual payments to Centres of Research Excellence.

Community Education (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $1.484 million to $62.703 million for 2013/14 mainly owing to a combination of:

• funding for beneficiaries to be referred to specialist English for Speakers of Other Languages providers or to address intensive literacy and numeracy needs ($4.351 million increase), and

• transfer to non-departmental output expenses Training for Designated Groups ($2.500 million decrease) and Tertiary Education Grants and Other Funding ($199,000 decrease) because the implementation date for these funds under the new Community Education appropriation was 1 January 2014 instead of 1 July 2013 as assumed in the Budget.

International Education Programmes (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation decreased by $240,000 to $31.382 million for 2013/14 following a transfer to benefits or related expense International Student Scholarships Scheme mainly to fund the cost of extending entitlements for some students and increased average fees and stipend expenses.

Managing the Government's Investment in the Tertiary Education Sector (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $700,000 to $41.891 million for 2013/14 owing to an upgrade to the Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Tool for Adults ($400,000 increase) and an increase in the Skills Highway Programme, as expenditure was deferred from 2012/13 to allow consultation with employers to be completed and for the Tertiary Education Commission to more confidently respond to their future needs ($300,000 increase).

Tertiary Education Grants and Other Funding (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $199,000 to $24.296 million for 2013/14 owing to transfer from non- departmental output expense Community Education because the implementation date for these funds under the new Community Education appropriation was 1 January 2014 instead of 1 July 2013 as assumed in the Budget.

Tertiary Education: Student Achievement Component (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $11.217 million to $2,051.418 million in 2013/14 mainly owing to a combination of:

• maintaining current levels of trades training and associated activities in response to the Christchurch earthquakes ($6.908 million increase)
• additional free fees provision for 20 - to 24 - year - olds at Levels 1 and 2 of the New Zealand Qualifications Framework ($2.900 million increase)
• provision for additional engineering places from 2014 - 2017 ($2.430 million increase)
• additional student places for 2014 at Auckland University of Technology ($1.550 million increase), and
• a transfer to benefits and other unrequited expenses Apprenticeships Re-boot ($2.979 million decrease) to extend the Re-boot programme to all eligible apprentices enrolled until 30 June 2014.

Training for Designated Groups (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation decreased by $17.039 million to $314.858 million in 2013/14. The decrease is owing to a combination of:

• a transfer from non-departmental output expense Community Education because the implementation date for these funds under the new Community Education appropriation was 1 January 2014 instead of 1 July 2013 as assumed in the Budget ($2.500 million increase)
• a transfer from 2012/13 for the Youth Guarantee programme recognising under delivery resulting from the change in the scheme from learner places to Equivalent full-time Students based funding and the need for providers to apply to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority for programme approval and accreditation ($1.200 million increase), and
• transfers to benefits or other related expenses Apprenticeships Re-boot to extend the Re-boot programme to all eligible apprentices enrolled until 30 June 2014 ($20 million decrease) and for an increase in the proportion of apprentices who are in priority trades ($1.600 million decrease) partly offset by a carry forward from 2012/13 ($861,000 increase).

3.2 - Non-Departmental Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses

Apprenticeships Re-boot (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $13.461 million to $26.611 million for 2013/14 mainly owing to:

• extending the initiative to include all eligible apprentices up to 30 June 2014 comprising an estimated additional 4,000 trainees ($11 million increase) partly funded by transfers from non-departmental output expense Training for Designated Groups ($2 million) and Tertiary Education: Student Achievement Component ($2.979 million), and
• a further reallocation from non-departmental output expense Training for Designated Groups for an increase in the proportion of apprentices who are in priority trades ($1.600 million increase).

International Student Scholarship Scheme (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $240,000 to $1.040 million for 2013/14 for a combination of extending entitlements for students affected by the Christchurch earthquakes, increased average fees and stipend expenses during the year and costs in the previous year being slightly understated. This was funded by a transfer from non-departmental output expense International Education Programmes.

3.4 - Non-Departmental Other Expenses

Auckland University Starpath Project (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $192,000 to $1.192 million for 2013/14. The increase is owing to the 2012/13 tranche for Stage 2 of the University of Auckland's Starpath for Excellence project not being completed in the previous financial year.

Reimbursement of Fees to ComputerPower Students (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Expenses

How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements

End of Year Performance Reporting

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority in its annual report.

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This new appropriation in 2013/14 of $400,000 was established to enable reimbursement to 107 former ComputerPower students who did not receive refunds to which they were entitled following the liquidation of ComputerPower.

3.5 - Non-Departmental Capital Expenditure

Support for the University of Canterbury (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Capital Expenditure

Components of the Appropriation

How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements

End of Year Performance Reporting

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the University of Canterbury in its annual report.

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This new appropriation of $110 million was established during 2013/14 to contribute towards the rebuild of the Science and Engineering Facilities at the University of Canterbury after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.

Support for Trades Training (M14)

Scope of Appropriation

Capital Expenditure

How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements

End of Year Performance Reporting

Performance information for this appropriation will be reported by the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology in its annual report.

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This new appropriation of $18.900 million was established during 2013/14 to provide a capital injection for the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology to enable expansion of the Sullivan Avenue campus and implementation of an enhanced and integrated delivery model (incorporating mobile and satellite capabilities).