The New Zealand tertiary education demand forecast report presents the methodology used by the Ministry of Education to forecast the demand for provider-based tertiary education at Levels 3 and above on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework. It also includes the…

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

Date Published: May 2022

This is the home page for OECD's Education at a Glance. Every year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) publishes Education at a Glance (EAG), a set of indicators that compares the education systems of its member countries,…

Author(s): Various

Date Published: Annually

This brief describes the extent to which tertiary education providers use NCEA in the entry requirements for their qualifications.…

Author(s): Rebekah Roos and David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: November 2018

This is edition 19 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Tertiary Education Sector and Student Support is the fifth of six reports to be published in the Profile and Trends 2016 series. The key findings of Tertiary…

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

Date Published: January 2018

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

This document provides a record of proceedings, and sets out the key themes of conversations, presentations and workshops at the Innovations in Tertiary Education Delivery Summit 2014. The content represents the views of the Summit attendees, and is not a…

Author(s): Ministry of Education.

Date Published: October 2014

In 2013, the age structure of the academic staff at universities and polytechnics was substantially older than at wānanga: 47 percent of the university academic staff employed in 2013 was aged 50 years and over (compared to 49 percent in…

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

Date Published: February 2014

This report is the first in a series that will track trends in the post-compulsory education system in greater Christchurch over the next three years. This first report provides a baseline view of the sector, looking at what happened in…

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

Date Published: December 2013

This report provides an analysis that allows us to see how institutional strategies have evolved in the light of changing policy over the last ten years (2001 to 2011). Key findings include: Polytechnics and universities now employ a higher proportion…

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

Date Published: May 2013

This report synthesises the inputs, outputs and outcomes of the government’s tertiary education expenditure over the period 2005 to 2009 in eight key funds. In total, these funds distributed around $4.3 billion to providers and students in 2009.…

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

Date Published: November 2010

This occasional paper examines the performance of New Zealand universities in the 2010 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). In particular, the analysis examines the data behind the overall rankings to get a more comprehensive picture…

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

Date Published: September 2010

This report analysed the data behind the Annual Rankings of World Universities Top 500 and Times Higher Education Supplement Top 200 university rankings to see what they can tell us about the performance of New Zealand universities.…

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

Date Published: March 2010

This report examines trends in domestic tuition fees under various government policies since 1990. In particular, there is a focus on trends in domestic tuition fees under the current Fee and Course Costs Maxima (FCCM) policy.…

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

Date Published: June 2009

The focus of this summary is on the Māori-medium which involved a university team, two school based hubs (settings) of teachers with in-service teacher educator support and a provider to support on-line communication and materials development.…

Author(s): Developed from research coordinators’ original reports with their agreement.

Date Published: May 2009

This report has been prepared by the Ministry of Education, with assistance from the Tertiary Education Commission and input from stakeholders in the ACE and LLN sectors to be submitted to the regional preparatory conference for CONFINTEA VI in Seoul…

Author(s): Tertiary Education Policy, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: September 2008

This report examines changes in the priorities of New Zealand universities over the period since the first Tertiary Education Strategy was introduced. It looks at the objectives set out in the universities’ annual reports from 2002 to 2006 and analyses…

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

Date Published: March 2008

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).…

Author(s): Various

Date Published: Last updated: 30 January 2007

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…

Author(s): Mieke Wensvoort

Date Published: April 2006

Tertiary Education Providers and their Stakeholders - Researchers looked at how much contact there is between New Zealand's tertiary education providers and their stakeholders and how good it is at producing results.…

Author(s): Gordon Paterson, David Mitchell, Peter Oettli, Hera White, Telesia Kalavite and Kenneth Harry, Waikato Institute of Technology.

Date Published: April 2006

This is the home page for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) publications. Initial Teacher Education enables students to learn to become quality teachers. All programme of Initial Teacher Education include opportunities to learn to teach on practicum, with support. The publications…

Author(s): Various

Date Published: Various