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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
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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…
Author(s): Ralf Engler, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2013
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e-learning achievement: Trends, patterns and highlights
This report presents a view of tertiary e-learning achievement from 2004 to 2009. This report compares completion rates in courses that are delivered with e-learning to those that are delivered by traditional methods. The report will also establish which of…
Author(s): Peter Guiney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2013
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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 forms part of a series called 'Research…
Author(s): Warren Smart, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2013
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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…
Author(s): Chris Lane, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2013
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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…
Author(s): Jacqui Haggland, Ahikiwi Research and Consulting and David Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2013
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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
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The satisfaction of international students in New Zealand universities and ITPs
The Ministry of Education and Education New Zealand contracted the International Graduate Insight Group (i-graduate) to survey international students at New Zealand institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) and universities in 2011. This report presents the findings from further-in-depth analysis…
Author(s): Amapola Generosa, Wilma Molano, Fiona Stokes, Hillmarē Schulze, Business and Economic Research Limited.
Date Published: February 2013
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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…
Author(s): Paul Mahoney, Zaneta Park and Roger Smyth, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: January 2013
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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…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2012
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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…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: November 2012
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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…
Author(s): Mieke Wensvoort, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2012
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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…
Author(s): Roger Smyth and Warren Smart, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2012
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Employment outcomes for early childhood education 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…
Author(s): Temaleti Tupou and David Scott, ECE Analysis, Education Information and Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2012
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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. The first report: 'Industry Training: Profiling achievement and assessing value for money' characterises trainees according to their study load and a number of other variables and looks…
Author(s): Paul Mahoney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis Division
Date Published: March 2012
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Learners' participation, retention and success in e-learning: An annotated bibliography
This report gives an overview of the literature on tertiary learners’ participation, retention and success in e-learning. We selected a large selection of research literature which consisted of both published research from journals, books and the internet and ‘grey’ literature…
Author(s): Peter Guiney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2012
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Profile and 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…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: February 2012
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What we get for what we spend: Outputs and outcomes of the Government's tertiary education expenditure 2006-2010
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, Ministry of Education
Date Published: February 2012
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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…
Author(s): Roger Smyth, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education and Deborah Spackman, Statistics New Zealand.
Date Published: January 2012
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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…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: October 2011
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