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Profile & Trends: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

Use the following links for information on:
- The tertiary education system
- What the tertiary education sector provides
- Finding out more about tertiary education

Profile & Trends is a primary information resource on New Zealand’s tertiary education system covering participation, achievement, resourcing, capability, research and much more.

In addition to the analysis of sector trends and performance, the report contains a number of short articles covering a range of topics of interest to the sector’s stakeholders and those who are involved in the provision of tertiary education.

Author: Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published: Annually

Profile & Trends 2008: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition 11 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends 2008 has three supporting booklets – The tertiary education system, What the sector provides and Finding out more about tertiary education. It also has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

The short articles in Profile & Trends 2008 cover the following topics: Recent changes to higher education policy and funding in Australia and Scotland; Trends in the demand for tertiary education; Trends in fields of study of bachelors degree graduates; and New Zealand’s industry training data.

Author:  Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published:  November 2009


Profile & Trends 2007: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition ten in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends 2007 has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

The short articles in Profile & Trends 2007 include the following topics: People in tertiary education over time: the cumulative cohort participation rate, International tertiary education, Raising the literacy, language and numeracy skills of the workforce, Identifying patterns of research performance in New Zealand's universities.

Author:  Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published:  November 2008


Profile & Trends 2006: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition 9 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

The short articles in Profile & Trends 2006 include the following topics: The payoff from a tertiary education, New Zealand's expanding knowledge and skills resource, Passing courses, The variety of industry training programmes, Improving the relevance of tertiary education provision, Measuring the quality of research in New Zealand's tertiary education sector.

Author:  Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published:  November 2007


Profile & Trends 2005: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition eight in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

Author:  Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published:  December 2006


Profile & Trends 2004: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition seven in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

Author:  Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published:  December 2005


Statistical Tables for NZ's Tertiary Education Sector: Profile & Trends 2004

These statistical tables support the information in New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Sector: Profile and Trends 2004.

Author:  Ministry of Education
Date Published:  December 2005


Profile & Trends 2003: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition six in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

Author:  Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published:  November 2004


Profile & Trends 2002: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition five in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

Author:  Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published:  November 2003


Profile & Trends 2001: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition four in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

Author:  Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published:  October 2002


Profile & Trends 2000: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition three in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

Author:  Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published:  October 2001


Profile & Trends 1999: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is edition two in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

Author:  Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published:  October 2000


Profile & Trends 1998: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

This is the first edition in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

Author:  Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published:  December 1999


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