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Skills in New Zealand and around the world: Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
This report looks at how the skills in of New Zealand adults compare to other countries and how they have changed over time. Also explored is how skills in New Zealand vary by age, ethnicity, gender and migration status.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Date Published: June 2016
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Skills at Work: Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
This report looks at how skills, work-related learning and qualification mismatch varies across different industries and occupations. The report also compares training rates and the prevalence of qualification, skills and field-of-study mismatch in New Zealand to other countries.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Date Published: June 2016
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Skills and Education: Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
This report investigates the relationship between education and skills for New Zealand adults, how this relationship has changed over time and how it compares to other countries. Barriers to further education and how the relationship between education and skills varies…
Author(s): Ministry of Education and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Date Published: June 2016
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e-learning provision, participation and performance
This report compares provision, participation, and student performance in courses delivered by e-learning methods with courses that do not use e-learning. This is analysed at a system, sub-sector, and field of study level, as well as by ethnicity, age, full-time,…
Author(s): Peter Guiney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2016
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School to work: What matters? Education and Employment of Young People Born in 1991
This study explores the education and employment experiences of young people born in 1991. The main purpose of the study is to explore the kinds of employment and labour market measures that can be derived from data in Statistics New…
Author(s): David Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2016
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Profile & Trends 2014: Tertiary Education System and Student Support [Part 5 of 5]
This is edition 17 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends 2014: Tertiary Education System and Student Support is the last of five new annual reports that, together, constitute the Ministry of Education's annual publication…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: April 2016
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What did they do? The field of study of domestic graduates 2011-2014
This report analyses the field of study of domestic graduates from the New Zealand tertiary education system between 2011 and 2014.…
Author(s): Warren Smart, Ministry of Education
Date Published: January 2016
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Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 2015
The Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 2015 provides information on the scheme and those who borrowed from it.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2015
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Profile & Trends 2014: Tertiary Education Outcomes and Qualification Completions [Part 4 of 5]
This is edition 17 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends 2014: Tertiary Education Outcomes and Qualification Completions is the fourth of five new annual reports that, together, constitute the Ministry of Education's annual publication…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2015
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Profile & Trends 2014: New Zealand's Workplace-based Learners [Part 3 of 5]
This is edition 17 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends 2014: New Zealand's Workplace-based Learners is the third of five new annual reports that, together, constitute the Ministry of Education's annual publication Profile &…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2015
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Social and cultural outcomes for wānanga students
This report provides descriptive breakdowns of the relationships between having studied at a wānanga and language, culture and socio-economic wellbeing. The appendix to the report provides further analysis controlling for background characteristics of wānanga students, which confirms the descriptive analysis…
Author(s): Chris Lane and David Earle [Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis - Graduate Achievement, Vocations and Careers: Ministry of Education]
Date Published: December 2015
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Profile & Trends 2014: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Research [Part 2 of 5]
This is edition 17 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile and Trends 2014: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Research is the second of five new annual reports that, together, constitute Ministry of Education's annual publication Profile and…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: September 2015
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Monitoring the Youth Guarantee policy 2013
This report focuses on the effectiveness of fees-free places and secondary-tertiary programmes at keeping young people in education, assisting them to attain NCEA Level 2 or equivalent and promoting higher level study in tertiary education. It also includes new information…
Author(s): David Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: August 2015
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Profile & Trends 2014: New Zealand's Annual Tertiary Education Enrolments [Part 1 of 5]
This is edition 17 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile and Trends 2014: New Zealand's Annual Tertiary Education Enrolments is the first of five new annual reports that, together, constitute Ministry of Education's annual publication Profile…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2015
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Updating the Adult and Literacy Life Skills Survey: Estimating change in skills distribution since 2006
This paper firstly estimates the effect of population changes since 2006 on the skills distribution of the population. This provides a new estimate of the results of the ALL survey taking account of population changes since 2006 This will aid…
Author(s): David Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2015
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A comparison of delivery costs and tertiary education funding by field of study: Results and methodology
This paper outlines the approach taken by the Ministry of Education to identify areas of potential tuition subsidy under- or over-funding, its limitations, and the key results. It also discusses how this analysis has informed tertiary education policy advice, and
Author(s): Scott Connew, Marny Dickson and Warren Smart, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2015
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What we get for what we spend: Inputs, outputs and outcomes of the Government's tertiary education expenditure 2004-2013
This report synthesises the inputs, outputs and outcomes of the Government's tertiary education expenditure over the period 2004 to 2013 in five key funds. In total, these funds distributed over $4 billion to providers and students in 2013…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: April 2015
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What is a Managed Apprenticeship?
This paper describes an investigation into apprenticeship-type training programmes offered by tertiary education institutions.…
Author(s): Paul Mahoney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: March 2015
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e-learning in the workplace: An annotated bibliography
This report gives an overview of the literature relating to e-learning in workplaces in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.…
Author(s): Peter Guiney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2015
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Literacy and numeracy assessments of adult English language learners
This report is an attempt to answer questions about the extent to which the Assessment Tool can reasonably and legitimately be used to assess the literacy and numeracy of English language learners, on the basis of a descriptive study of…
Author(s): Chris Lane, Senior Research Analyst, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2014
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