This report summarises activities and observations since the release of the Vocational Pathways in April 2013. This report has been prepared by the Ministry of Education, in consultation with the Industry Training Federation as 'co-authors' of the Vocational Pathways. We…

Author(s): Ministry of Education and Industry Training Federation.

Date Published: June 2014

The number of students in formal tertiary education decreased by 0.8 percent to 418,000. When converted to equivalent full-time student units, the decrease was smaller, at 0.2 percent.Domestic students declined in number from 2012 to 2013, while the number of…

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

Date Published: May 2014

This report presents a view of extramural (or distance education) students’ participation and achievement in tertiary education from 2004 to 2011. It compares participation and completion rates in courses provided extramurally with intramural courses. It also looks at the prevalence…

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

Date Published: February 2014

This report presents new statistics on the extent to which industry trainees leave and return to New Zealand. For New Zealand industry trainees who completed a qualification in either 2003 or 2004, it examines their migration patterns over the subsequent…

Author(s): Tas Papadopoulos, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and Paul Mahoney, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: December 2013

The Student Loans Scheme Annual Report 2013 provides information on the scheme and those who borrowed from it in 2012, as well as the financial schedules for the year to 30 June 2013. The information in the report aligns with…

Author(s): Ministry of Education.

Date Published: December 2013

In this paper, we access preliminary enrolment data to analyse the number of domestic students studying at the postgraduate level in 2013, and how this compared to the previous three years. We complement the analysis of student enrolments by also…

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

Date Published: November 2013

The shift from lower-to-higher level qualifications that started in 2005, continued in 2012. This trend is likely to increase the number of New Zealanders with high-level skills, in line with government's aim to lift productivity. Domestic students declined in number…

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

Date Published: October 2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

More students enrolled in higher-level qualifications in 2010, while the number in lower-level certificates continued to decline. Participation rates in tertiary education increased for younger people. Upward trends in international student numbers continued in 2010.…

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

Date Published: August 2011

This paper looks at differences in the performance of young people who leave school and progress on to bachelors degree study. It compares the performance of students with different levels of school achievement. It also compares the performance of young…

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

Date Published: June 2011

This study looked at the destinations of young New Zealanders after they left school. It considered the likelihood of a student choosing a destination from a range of post-secondary school activities—no further study, targeted training, lower-level certificate study, industry training,…

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

Date Published: June 2011

This is a fact sheet in a series on Māori tertiary education students. There is an associated set of tables available on the Māori Education Statistics page here on Education Counts. This factsheet includes gender information on Māori tertiary education…

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

Date Published: May 2011

Achievement at public tertiary education institutions has improved for both full-time and part-time students. Achievement at private training establishments has improved for full-time students, while it declined slightly for part-time students. This analysis looks at whether rates of achievement have

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

Date Published: February 2011

This is edition four in an annual series on Pasifika tertiary education students by ethnicity. This fact sheet includes gender information on the ethnicities of New Zealand’s Pasifika tertiary education students. It shows the trends in participation in tertiary study…

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

Date Published: January 2011