Learners Publications
Access to tertiary education, pathways, transitions from school to tertiary education, student support, participation rates, education statistics of NZ, state of education in NZ, student retention and qualification and course completion rates.
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Education Statistics of New Zealand Tables: 1999-2007
The information in these statistical tables relate to the 1999-2007 academic years. They cover early childhood education, primary and secondary school education. Some of the earlier years also cover formal education leading to a recognised qualification at polytechnics universities, wananga,…
Author(s): Education Information and Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: Various Years
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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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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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Māori Tertiary Education Students in 2014
This fact sheet describes selected characteristics of Māori tertiary education students. It includes: Māori student participation in tertiary educationenrolment trends by gender and study loads employment outcomes of young Māori graduates student allowances recipients and loan borrowers, fields of study,…
Author(s): Mieke Wensvoort, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: September 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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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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Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 2014
The Student Loans Scheme Annual Report 2014 provides information on the scheme and those who borrowed from it in 2013. Key findings in the report are: The nominal value of loan balances was $14,235 million as at 30 June 2014.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2014
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Vocational Pathways Update 2014: Successes, challenges, next steps
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
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2013 Tertiary Education Enrolments
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
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Extramural students’ participation and achievement: Trends, patterns and highlights
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
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The migration patterns of industry trainees
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
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Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 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
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Domestic postgraduate enrolments in 2013: early indications
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
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2012 Tertiary Education Enrolments
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
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Staying the course: school leavers completing their first one-year non-degree qualification
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
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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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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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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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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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