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Doing a bachelors degree
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
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School's out - what next?
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
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Māori Tertiary Education Students in 2009
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
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Māori in Tertiary Education: Fact Sheets
A series of fact sheets that presents information on Māori tertiary education students: their participation by qualification level, their qualification completions, their field of study and student allowances and loans – as well as participation in industry training by Māori…
Author(s): Various
Date Published: May 2011
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Pasifika in tertiary education
This is the home page of two annual fact sheets – one on Pasifika tertiary education students and the other one on Pasifika tertiary education students by ethnicity. The information includes where Pasifika tertiary education students study, their qualification levels,…
Author(s): Mieke Wensvoort
Date Published: Annually
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e-learning provision and participation: Trends, patterns and highlights
This report analyses tertiary sector e-Learning provision at a system, sub-sector and course level from 2004 to 2008. The sub-sectors focused on in the report are universities and polytechnics and the course levels bachelors degrees and certificates (Levels 1-4). Participation…
Author(s): Peter Guiney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: April 2011
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OECD review on evaluation and assessment frameworks for improving school outcomes
In 2010 New Zealand participated in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes. The purpose of the review was to explore how systems of evaluation and assessment can be…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: April 2011
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International student enrolments in New Zealand 2004-2010
This report is the latest in a series of annual summaries of the publicly available data, from three main sources, on the number of enrolments of international students with New Zealand education providers.…
Author(s): International Division, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: April 2011
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Literacy and numeracy at work: Skills, education and job tasks
This report looks at the use of literacy and numeracy skills at work, and how this relates to the skills and education of employees. It uses data from the Adult Literacy and Lifeskills (ALL) survey to look at how well…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: February 2011
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Achievement in formal tertiary education
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
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Pasifika tertiary education students in 2009
This is edition four in an annual series on Pasifika tertiary education students. Pasifika Tertiary Education Statistics on Education Counts. This fact sheet includes gender information on Pasifika tertiary education students, the qualifications students are taking, where they are studying,…
Author(s): Mieke Wensvoort, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting Division, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: January 2011
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Pasifika tertiary education students in 2009 by ethnicity
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
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How can tertiary education deliver better value to the economy
This paper asks how tertiary education can deliver better value to the economy. It is based on a presentation given at the New Zealand conference of the Association of Tertiary Education Management in Auckland in July 2010.…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2010
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Facing the challenge: Tertiary Education Strategy Monitoring 2010
This is the 2010 annual monitoring report for the Tertiary Education Strategy. It provides baseline data to monitor progress against the 2010-15 Strategy. The report is framed around the seven priority areas of the Strategy. Each section discusses key indicators…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2010
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Outputs and outcomes of the government's tertiary education expenditure 2005-2009
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
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Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 2010
The Annual Report for 2010 provides information on the scheme and those who borrowed from it in 2009, as well as the financial schedules for the fiscal year to 30 June 2010. This year’s report is structured so that the…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: October 2010
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How does New Zealand's education system compare? OECD's Education at a Glance 2010
This series "How does New Zealand's education system compare?" draws on the New Zealand results in OECD's Education at a Glance 2008 and summarises the characteristics and performance of New Zealand's education system in an international context. This year's report…
Author(s): David Scott and Paul Gini, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: September 2010
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Industry training stocks and flows... and the effects of the economic downturn
This paper examines the new starts, terminations and other exits in industry training, looking at the relationship between industry training take-up and the business cycle. Because participants in industry training must have jobs to enter training, and because industry shares…
Author(s): Paul Mahoney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting Division, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: September 2010
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Analysing the performance of New Zealand universities in the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities
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
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Digital information literacy: Supported development of capability in tertiary environments
This report describes a project to explore what digital information literacy is and how it could be most effectively applied in tertiary education. It provides an initial definition of digital information literacy based on a review of the national and…
Author(s): Bronwyn Hegarty and Merrolee Penman (Otago Polytechnic), Oriel Kelly (Manukau Institute of Technology), Lynn Jeffrey (Massey University), Dawn Coburn and Jenny McDonald (University of Otago)
Date Published: August 2010
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