Tertiary

Staying the course: school leavers completing their first one-year non-degree qualification

This study looks at the performance of young tertiary students studying in their first one-year non-degree qualification. Performance is measured as to how likely it is they complete that same qualification.

Author(s): Ralf Engler, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: March 2013

Studying engineering at university: Who is eligible and who decides to study it?

This report considers the question: 'How many students leave school with the pre-requisites that enable them to study engineering?' In addition it investigates the likelihood of these students going on to study engineering in their first year of study at university. It also considers the transition of students to science degrees at university, and compares them to the transition to engineering degrees.

Author(s): Ralf Engler, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: March 2013

Slow repayers: The characteristics of borrowers who make slow progress in reducing their student loans

This report looks at people who used the Student Loan Scheme (SLS) and left tertiary study between 2000 and 2006, and focuses on those who make slow progress towards repaying their loans.

Author(s): Nick Chen and Michael Webster, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: March 2013

Analysis of the impact of the PBRF – interim findings

This report examines the quantitative evidence on the impact of the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) in a variety of areas ranging from research impact to completion rates of higher research degrees.

This report will be complemented by an analysis of PBRF 2012 Quality Evaluation results when they become available.

Author(s): Warren Smart, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis [Ministry of Education]

Date Published: February 2013

Assessing skills of adult learners in 2011

This is an initial statistical report on the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool in terms of the extent of its use in 2011, the first full year of implementation, the reading and numeracy profiles of learners when first assessed, and the extent to which learners can be seen to have increased their reading and numeracy skills over the course of the 2011 year.

Author(s): Chris Lane, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: February 2013

Engagement is key

This report presents the findings of a small scale piece of qualitative research with nine providers delivering programmes to young people. The purpose of this research is to understand the experiences of implementing the Assessment Tool. This report supplements the quantitative analysis of first results from the Assessment Tool reported in Lane (2012). There is interest in both the results coming out of the Assessment Tool and the experiences of implementation.

Author(s): Jacqui Haggland, Ahikiwi Research and Consulting and David Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: February 2013

CoREs and effect

This report analyses the performance of the Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) across five dimensions – the impact of the CoRE’s on the New Zealand economy and society, research quality, research collaboration, the academic impact of research and knowledge transfer.

Author(s): Roger Smyth and Warren Smart, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis [Ministry of Education], and Shaun Hendy and Catriona Sissons [MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology]

Date Published: February 2013

Moving on up - What young people earn after their tertiary education

This report forms part of a series called Beyond Tertiary Study. It looks at the outcomes for young people who complete a qualification in the New Zealand tertiary education system. It looks at differences in incomes and employment rates for different types of qualifications. So the information in this report can help young people as they make decisions about what to study.

Author(s): Paul Mahoney, Zaneta Park and Roger Smyth [Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education]

Date Published: January 2013

Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 2012

The Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 2012 provides information on the scheme and those who borrowed from it in 2011, as well as the financial schedules for the year to 30 June 2012. The information in the report aligns with the outcomes framework developed by the agencies that manage and administer the scheme. Key findings in the report are:

• The nominal value of loan balances was $13.0 billion as at 30 June 2012.
• 207,000 students borrowed from the loan scheme in 2011 (74 percent of eligible students). As at 30 June 2012, 701,000 people had a student loan with Inland Revenue.
• The median repayment time for those who left study in 2008 and remained in New Zealand was 5.5 years.

Author(s): Ministry of Education

Date Published: December 2012

Profile & Trends 2011: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition 14 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector.

The key findings for 2011 were:

• 456,000 students were enrolled in formal study programmes in 2011, including 48,100 international students.
• There were more young people taking on higher-level tertiary qualifications in 2011, while enrolments in non-degree qualifications decreased due mainly to fewer enrolments by people aged 25 years and over.
• International student numbers are likely to rise further in 2012.

Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education

Date Published: November 2012

2011 Tertiary Education Enrolments

• Shift from lower to higher-level qualifications continues in 2011 - a greater proportion of tertiary students are studying higher-level qualifications that take longer to complete.
• Formal enrolments decreased by 7.3 percent from 2010 to 2011, while the decrease in the amount of study was smaller (down by 2.4 percent).
• A fall in non-degree enrolments by people aged 25 years and over was the main driver of the decrease in enrolments from 2010 to 2011.

• Upward trend in international student numbers continues in 2011.

Author(s): Mieke Wensvoort, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: May 2012

Commercialisation of university research

This occasional paper uses new data from the University Commercialisation Offices of New Zealand to look at trends in the commercialisation of university research in New Zealand. The paper discusses the importance of research to innovation and hence, to economic growth. If also discusses aspects of the current university research funding system and looks at business investment in research in New Zealand.

Author(s): Roger Smyth and Warren Smart, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis

Date Published: March 2012

Employment outcomes for ECE teaching graduates

This report looks at the post-study employment and earnings for ECE teaching graduates over a five year period following the completion of their qualification. The research provides information on the make-up of ECE teaching graduates, and aims to provide insights on how attractive the ECE sector may be in terms of recruiting, retaining and renumerating ECE teaching graduates.

Author(s): Temaleti Tupou and David Scott, ECE Analysis

Date Published: March 2012

Industry training - two reports on the performance of the industry training system

These two reports take a view of aspects of the industry training system.

One characterises trainees according to their study load and a number of other variables and looks at whether they were successful in completing programmes. This constitutes a study of the value the Government receives for its investment in the industry training system.

The second report analyses the performance of trainees who undertake ‘limited credit programmes’ – groups of unit standards that are taken under industry training but that don’t add up to a national certificate or diploma.

These two reports take a retrospective view of the industry training system, using data to the end of 2009, This means they don’t capture the effects of operational policy changes that took effect from mid 2010 – rather they provide context for those changes.

In 2011, the Ministry of Education began a more comprehensive review of the industry training system – papers relating to that review can be found at: Review of Industry Training

Author(s): Paul Mahoney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis Division

Date Published: March 2012

What we get for what we spend

This report synthesises the inputs, outputs and outcomes of the Government's tertiary education expenditure over the period 2006 to 2010 in eight key funds. In total, these funds distributed around $4.6 billion to providers and students in 2010.

Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis

Date Published: February 2012

Profile & Trends 2010: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition 13 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. The key findings for 2010 were:

• 466,000 students were enrolled in formal study programmes in 2010, including 45,600 international students.
• More young tertiary students now continue with postgraduate study after completing a bachelors degree and four out of every five young tertiary students study level 4 qualifications and above.
• International tertiary student numbers increased by more than 5 percent in 2010. International student numbers are likely to rise further in 2011.

Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education

Date Published: February 2012

Going abroad: What do we know about people going overseas after tertiary study?

This report looks at people who used the Student Loan Scheme while undertaking tertiary study, and then went overseas. It profiles those overseas and looks at the characteristics of those who return to New Zealand and of those who stay away

The analysis finds that at any point in time, a high proportion of borrowers will be overseas-based. Of those who were found to have returned, most did so after a reasonably short period – three years or less. But a large proportion had been away for longer than three years and was still based overseas at the end of our data series.

While those overseas have poor student loan repayment records overall, those who return make good progress in repaying loans. Those who return repay at a slightly faster rate than those who never went overseas, in part because they are more likely to have higher qualifications that lead to higher earnings.

Author(s): Roger Smyth, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis Deborah Spackman, Statistics New Zealand

Date Published: January 2012

Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 2011

The Annual Report for 2011 provides information on the scheme and those who borrowed from it in 2010, as well as the financial schedules for the fiscal year to 30 June 2011. This year's report is structured so that the information aligns with the outcomes framework developed by the agencies that manage and administer the scheme.

Key findings in the report are:

• The nominal value of loan balances was $12.1 billion as at 30 June 2011.
• 212,000 students borrowed from the loan scheme in 2010 (74 percent of eligible students).
• As at 30 June 2011, 621,000 people had a student loan with Inland Revenue for collection.
• The median repayment time for those who left study in 2006 and remain in New Zealand was 5.2 years.

Author(s): Ministry of Education

Date Published: October 2011

External Research Income Earned by New Zealand Universities

This Factsheet uses information collected as part of Statistics New Zealand's Research and Development Survey to analyse trends in the source of university external research income (ERI) between 2000 and 2009.

Author(s): Dr Warren Smart, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis

Date Published: September 2011

Do People with Doctoral Degrees get Jobs in New Zealand Post Study?

This study uses an integrated dataset maintained by Statistics New Zealand to analyse what percentage of a cohort of recent domestic doctoral graduates was employed in New Zealand and their industry destination up to four years post study.

Author(s): Dr Warren Smart, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis

Date Published: September 2011