Tertiary

2006 Tertiary Education Enrolments

This release presents new information from the 2006 enrolment collections provided to the Ministry of Education by tertiary education providers. The return collects information on where students are studying, what qualifications they are taking, and other important characteristics of people undertaking tertiary education study.

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

Date Published: April 2007

He tini manu reo: learning te reo Māori through tertiary education

This report examines the size and impact of the provision of te reo Māori courses through tertiary education over the period from 2001 to 2005, in order to provide an information base for considering future directions for supporting te reo Māori through tertiary education and areas for further research.

Author(s): David Earle

Date Published: April 2007

Category: Māori Medium

Participation in tertiary education: A birth cohort approach

This report looks at the rates at which a range of birth cohorts have participated in tertiary education in New Zealand . This study takes two views of birth cohort tertiary education participation trends. The first is a long-term view looking at three birth cohorts, those people born in 1949, 1962 and 1975. The second view looks at the participation trends of those people born in 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1984 using longitudinal enrolment data.

Author(s): Scott Ussher

Date Published: April 2007

Māori in Tertiary Education Fact Sheets

A series of fact sheets on Māori in tertiary education. These latest fact sheets present data on the participation, retention and progression of Māori students in tertiary education, by qualification level.

Author(s): David Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting and Māori Tertiary Education, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: Last Updated: March 2007

Category: English Medium

OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education 2004-2007

New Zealand is one of 24 countries participating in a thematic review of tertiary education being conducted over the period 2004 – 2007 by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

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Date Published: Last updated: 30 January 2007

Adult Foundation Learning

In this section you will find research reports produced relating to adult literacy, numeracy and language.

Author(s): Various

Date Published: Various

What factors impact on graduates' earnings three years post-study?

This report looks at the post-study earnings of those who borrowed through the Student Loan Scheme. It looks at the earnings of people three years after they left study. The analysis provides new information on the extent of change in the earnings of graduates who studied at different qualification levels.

Author(s): Bhaskaran Nair

Date Published: December 2006

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

Date Published: December 2006

Trends in the Contribution of Tertiary Education to the Accumulation of Educational Capital in New Zealand: 1981-2001

One of the key determinants of our country’s economic progress is the level of skills in our population, and one of the key ways we track skill levels is by looking at the educational qualifications of our population. This report analyses the accumulation of tertiary education qualifications in the New Zealand resident population over the period 1981 to 2001 using data from the Census and from other sources. The accumulation of qualifications is an index of the human educational capital.

Note: The conclusions of this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Ministry of Education.

Author(s): James Newell and Martin Perry, Monitoring and Evaluation Research Associates, on behalf of the Ministry of Education

Date Published: November 2006

A changing population and the New Zealand tertiary education sector

The size of the tertiary student population is an indicator of the accessibility of tertiary education. It is also a key determinant of the levels of human capital that will be available to the New Zealand labour force
The purpose of this report is to note the influence of projected population change on the tertiary education system. It comments on the implications of demographic change for the size and make-up of the tertiary student population, the network of public provision and, to a lesser extent, on the levels of human educational capital the tertiary system produces.

Author(s): Jason McClelland

Date Published: November 2006

Passing Courses

This report provides new information on how many students pass courses in tertiary education, covering the period 2001 to 2005. The report finds that many students pass all of their courses without necessarily gaining a qualification, suggesting that many undertake tertiary study with course-related, rather than qualification-related goals.

Author(s): David Scott

Date Published: November 2006

Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 2006

The Student Loan Scheme Annual Report to 30 June 2006, incorporating the financial report to 30 June 2006. This year’s annual report is the first prepared since the introduction of the new interest-free student loans policy. It was prepared using new international financial reporting standards. Comparisons between the data presented in the 2006 report and information in earlier years’ reports should be made with due care. 2006 is the fifteenth year of operation of the Student Loan Scheme. This report provides a comprehensive picture of the Scheme to date including:

• full audited financial accounts up to 30 June 2006
• an overview of the government's policy for student financial support
• a description of the components of the Scheme and how they work
• extensive statistics on the loan scheme including statistics on loan uptake, loan repayments, borrowers overseas, interest write-offs and capital write-offs due to bankruptcy or death
• the fair valuation of the scheme.

Author(s): Ministry of Education, Inland Revenue, and Ministry of Social Development

Date Published: October 2006

What makes a student travel for tertiary study?

This report looks at the mobility of tertiary students in terms of the distances they travel to undertake their tertiary studies. The report provides new information on how far students travel and the reasons behind students’ decisions to travel for tertiary study.

Author(s): Scott Ussher

Date Published: September 2006

Outcomes of the New Zealand tertiary education system - a synthesis of the evidence

This report provides a synthesis of the evidence of the outcomes of the New Zealand tertiary education system. The report quotes a number of statistical studies completed over the last six years and also reproduces some previously published summaries of the evidence. Overall, the overwhelming weight of evidence points to there being significant and positive outcomes from the tertiary education system.

Author(s): Warren Smart

Date Published: August 2006

2005 Tertiary Education Enrolments

This release presents new information from the 2005 enrolment collections provided to the Ministry of Education by tertiary education providers. The return collects information on where students are studying, what qualifications they are taking, and other important characteristics of people undertaking tertiary education study programmes.

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

Date Published: May 2006

Older Students

A factsheet describing the latest trends and characteristics of the growing number of New Zealanders aged 40 and over participating in tertiary education.

Author(s): David Scott

Date Published: May 2006

Do Student Loans Drive People Overseas - what is the evidence?

This report applies statistical modelling to the Integrated Dataset of Student Loan Scheme Borrowers. It provides interesting new information on the likelihood of a borrower being declared overseas five years post study across a variety of characteristics such as size of student loan leaving balance and level of study.

Author(s): Warren Smart

Date Published: May 2006

Walking in Step - Tertiary education providers and their stakeholders - a path to collaborative communication

A key facts summary of the research study called Tertiary Education Providers and their Stakeholders. The research described in this note looks at how much contact there is between the tertiary education sector and its stakeholders and how good it is at producing results.

Author(s): Mieke Wensvoort

Date Published: April 2006

How do graduates' earnings change over time?

This report looks at the post-study earnings of those who borrowed through the Student Loan Scheme. It looks at the earnings of people three years after they left study and again five years after they left study. The analysis provides new information on the extent of change in the earnings of graduates who studied at different qualification levels.

Author(s): Jamie Hyatt and Roger Smyth

Date Published: April 2006

From school, work or unemployment: A comparison of pathways in tertiary education

This report looks at how pathways through tertiary education followed over the course of seven years differ depending on what students were doing before starting study.

Author(s): Scott Ussher

Date Published: March 2006