Source: Tertiary Education Commission
Last updated 1 July 2021
Last updated 1 July 2021
Adult and Community Education (ACE) Aotearoa Incorporated (ACE Aotearoa) is the lead body for the ACE sector. It is a professional development body of networks of adult and community educators. ACE Aotearoa supports the sector to deliver centrally coordinated, structured learning. This in turn helps to strengthen and support effective ACE delivery and improve ACE learner outcomes, particularly for priority learner groups identified in the Tertiary Education Strategy.
Adult and Community Education (ACE) Aotearoa Incorporated (ACE Aotearoa) is the lead body for the ACE sector. It is a professional development body of networks of adult and community educators. ACE Aotearoa supports the sector to deliver centrally coordinated, structured learning. This in turn helps to strengthen and support effective ACE delivery and improve ACE learner outcomes, particularly for priority learner groups identified in the Tertiary Education Strategy.
The purpose of the ACE Aotearoa Sector Capability Building Funding is to enable ACE Aotearoa to perform three roles and achieve the following outcomes:
Role
Outcomes
Strategic sector leadership
The contribution and impact of ACE provision to the broader tertiary education sector is better recognised and understood.
The impact of ACE provision is appropriately measured, communicated and leveraged across the tertiary education sector.
Sector capability building
Sector capability and capacity is strengthened and developed through the creation of collaborative and strategic opportunities to build and share resources that benefit the ACE sector.
Sector co-ordination
The ACE sector is supported in meaningful ways to deliver learner success, maximising efficiency and effectiveness of the sector.
The Minister of Education has delegated TEC to allocate and distribute this funding to ACE Aotearoa. This funding does not fall within the statutory framework for funding received under sections 425 or 428 of the Education and Training Act.
The current funding period is from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023.
Below are reports and information on the work ACE Aotearoa has conducted as part of this funding.
Date
Report
ACE Aotearoa January – June 2021 Report (forthcoming)
For more information on ACE Aotearoa, please visit their website.
