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Education, income and earnings - with updates for 2020
A summary of how education is related with income and earnings, updated with 2020 impacts based on New Zealand Income Survey data.…
Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: July 2021
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Digital inclusion in New Zealand: 2014 Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
This is the final in a series of in-depth reports from the 2014 Survey of Adult Skills. This report focuses on the digital skills and the digital inclusion of 16 to 65-year-old New Zealanders. Digital inclusion is equity of opportunity…
Author(s): Paul Satherley, Senior Research Analyst, Ministry of Education
Date Published: March 2021
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Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 2020
The purpose of this annual report is to inform Parliament and the New Zealand public about the performance of the Student Loan Scheme for the financial year 2019/20. It includes the audited financial schedules for the year ending 30 June…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2021
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Education and health
Education contributes to wider wellbeing beyond better employment and earning prospects. This short report explores how education is related to health, using one measure of health, self-reported assessment of overall health.…
Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: January 2021
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How does New Zealand's education system compare? OECD's Education at a Glance 2020
This summary report, How Does New Zealand’s Education System Compare? OECD’s Education at a Glance, is an annual Ministry of Education publication designed to complement the release of the 2020 EAG report. It contextualises and more closely examines how New…
Author(s): Kirsti Rawstron and Alice Chappell, Evidence Data & Knowledge, Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2020
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15-year-olds in 2009, their educational achievement, where they went and what they earned over the next decade
This report follows the education and earnings of 15 year-olds in 2009, over a decade until they were 24 or 25. It is intended as a postscript to the report Education and earnings, A New Zealand update which provides a…
Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: September 2020
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Education and earnings, a New Zealand update
This report draws together the latest New Zealand information on education’s role in people’s earnings. It aims to provide a resource to inform decisions involving education, and to contribute to the evidence base on education’s role in wider wellbeing.…
Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2020
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Qualification level match and mis-match in New Zealand
The Survey of Adult Skills showed that New Zealand had one of the highest rates of qualification level mismatch in the OECD. Qualification level mismatch means that a person’s qualification was higher or lower than the usual level currently required…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Chief Research Analyst, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: May 2020
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Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on earnings of tertiary graduates in New Zealand
This report looks at the impacts the Global Financial Crisis had on the earnings of tertiary education graduates in New Zealand, and explores the extent to which these impacts may still be being felt by those impacted.…
Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2020
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Student Loan Scheme Annual Report 2019
The purpose of this annual report is to inform Parliament and the New Zealand public about the performance of the Student Loan Scheme for the financial year 2018/19. It includes the audited financial schedules for the year ending 30 June…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2019
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Student Loan Scheme Annual Reports
This is the home page for the Student Loan Scheme Annual Report publication series. The Student Loan Scheme Annual Report has been tabled in Parliament each year since 2001 and provides public accountability information to government and New Zealanders to…
Author(s): Ministry of Education, Inland Revenue, the Ministry of Social Development and Statistics New Zealand
Date Published: Annually
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Employment Based Initial Teacher Education Literature Reviews
The Ministry commissioned literature reviews of Employment Based (“field-based”) Initial Teacher Education in English Medium (both nationally and internationally) from NZCER.…
Author(s): Jenny Whatman, Eliza de Waal, and Jo MacDonald, New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: December 2019
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Preliminary insights on Employment based initial teacher education in Māori-medium
The Ministry engaged Te Paetawhiti Ltd to complete a literature review of employment based Initial Teacher Education in Māori Medium education settings.…
Author(s): Dr Shane Edwards and Roxanne Smith, Te Paetawhiti Limited.
Date Published: December 2019
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The research specialisations of New Zealand tertiary education organisations
This report identified the research specialisations of New Zealand tertiary education organisations (TEOs) using two sources of data – the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Quality Evaluation and bibliometric data from Clarivate. It also analysed whether New Zealand universities were research…
Author(s): Warren Smart, Ministry of Education
Date Published: November 2019
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Disabled people and tertiary education: An analysis of the 2013 Disability Survey
This report investigates the participation and success of disabled people in tertiary education, using data from the 2013 Disability Survey. The purpose of the report is to inform policy to support the needs of disabled people in tertiary education.…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: November 2019
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Government funding for research-led teaching and research performance: an analysis of PBRF and research top-ups funding allocations
In this report we present an analysis of Government funding distributed via Vote Tertiary Education to reward and encourage high-quality tertiary education research and research-led teaching. Specifically, we examine the share and size of funding allocated via tuition subsidies for…
Author(s): Warren Smart, Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2019
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How does New Zealand's education system compare? OECD's Education at a Glance 2019
This summary report, How Does New Zealand’s Education System Compare? OECD’s Education at a Glance, is an annual Ministry of Education publication designed to complement the release of the 2019 EAG. It contextualises and more closely examines how New Zealand’s…
Author(s): Kirsti Rawstron, Evidence Data & Knowledge, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: September 2019
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Not just about NEETs: A rapid review of evidence on what works for youth at risk of limited employment
The Ministry of Education commissioned this evidence review, with support from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, to determine how to improve interventions for young people who are likely to experience poorer than average employment over their lifetime.…
Author(s): Mandy McGirr, Independant Contractor and Dee Earle, Tertiary, Ministry of Education
Date Published: May 2019
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Comparing literacy and numeracy scales in the Assessment Tool and Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
This report is intended to help educators and researchers using the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool understand the extent to which results from the Assessment Tool can be compared with the results from the Survey of Adult Skills.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: March 2019
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How are skills related to social and economic participation? Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
New Zealand participated in the OECD's Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) in 2014. The survey is part of the OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).This A3 looks at how skill levels relate to social and economic…
Author(s): Paul Satherley, Tertiary, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2018
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