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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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Moving Through: Tertiary Education Strategy Monitoring 2010-2012
This report covers progress against the 2010-15 Tertiary Education Strategy for the period to 2012. The information in this report is intended to inform Ministers of the overall progress being made against the Strategy; provide system-level, contextual information to inform…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: October 2013
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Profile & Trends 2012: New Zealands Tertiary Education Sector
This is edition 15 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. The key findings for 2012 were: 422,000 students were enrolled in formal study programmes in 2012, including 47,700 international students. Enrolments in degree and higher qualifications by…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: October 2013
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How does New Zealand's education system compare? OECD's Education at a Glance 2013
This report "How does New Zealand's education system compare?" draws on the New Zealand results in OECD's Education at a Glance 2013 and summarises the characteristics and performance of New Zealand's education system in an international context. This year's report…
Author(s): David Scott, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: September 2013
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An analysis of collaborative journal article authorship at New Zealand universities
This paper summarises the findings from previous studies of research collaboration in New Zealand and presents a new analysis of collaboration in New Zealand universities.…
Author(s): Warren Smart and Roger Smyth, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education and Shaun Hendy, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology.
Date Published: August 2013
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In pursuit of excellence: Analysing the results of New Zealand's PBRF Quality Evaluations
This report analyses the results of the three Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Quality Evaluations. It also examines the types of research outputs and categories of peer esteem and contribution to the research environment items submitted in evidence portfolios. There is…
Author(s): Warren Smart and Ralf Engler, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: August 2013
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The changing structure of the public tertiary education workforce
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
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Initial Teacher Education Outcomes: Standards for graduating teachers
Initial Teacher Education Outcomes focuses on expectations for what initial teacher education graduates need to be able to do on entry into the profession and the resources they need to be able to draw on. The paper outlines the role…
Author(s): Graeme Aitken, Claire Sinnema and Frauke Meyer, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland.
Date Published: May 2013
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Learning to practise
Learning to Practise articulates an image of the teaching professional as adaptive expert for whom promoting the engagement, learning and well-being of all learners is at the heart of their professional identity The paper exemplifies five learning principles underpinning the…
Author(s): Helen Timperley, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland.
Date Published: May 2013
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Organisational approaches to e-learning in the tertiary sector: An annotated bibliography
This report gives an overview of the research literature relating to approaches adopted by tertiary sector organisations when planning or implementing e-learning.…
Author(s): Peter Guiney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: April 2013
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Slow repayers: The characteristics of borrowers who make slow progress in reducing their student loans
This report looks at people who used the Student Loan Scheme (SLS) and left tertiary study between 2000 and 2006, and focuses on those who make slow progress towards repaying their loans.…
Author(s): Nick Chen and Michael Webster, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 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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e-learning achievement: Trends, patterns and highlights
This report presents a view of tertiary e-learning achievement from 2004 to 2009. This report compares completion rates in courses that are delivered with e-learning to those that are delivered by traditional methods. The report will also establish which of…
Author(s): Peter Guiney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2013
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Analysis of the impact of the PBRF: Interim findings
This report examines the quantitative evidence on the impact of the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) in a variety of areas ranging from research impact to completion rates of higher research degrees. This report forms part of a series called 'Research…
Author(s): Warren Smart, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2013
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Assessing skills of adult learners in 2011
This is an initial statistical report on the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool in terms of the extent of its use in 2011, the first full year of implementation, the reading and numeracy profiles of learners when first…
Author(s): Chris Lane, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2013
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Engagement is key
This report presents the findings of a small scale piece of qualitative research with nine providers delivering programmes to young people. The purpose of this research is to understand the experiences of implementing the Assessment Tool. This report supplements the…
Author(s): Jacqui Haggland, Ahikiwi Research and Consulting and Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2013
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CoREs and effect
This report analyses the performance of the Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) across five dimensions – the impact of the CoRE’s on the New Zealand economy and society, research quality, research collaboration, the academic impact of research and knowledge transfer.…
Author(s): Roger Smyth and Warren Smart, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education and Shaun Hendy and Catriona Sissons, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology.
Date Published: February 2013
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The satisfaction of international students in New Zealand universities and ITPs
The Ministry of Education and Education New Zealand contracted the International Graduate Insight Group (i-graduate) to survey international students at New Zealand institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) and universities in 2011. This report presents the findings from further-in-depth analysis…
Author(s): Amapola Generosa, Wilma Molano, Fiona Stokes, Hillmarē Schulze, Business and Economic Research Limited.
Date Published: February 2013
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Moving on up: What young people earn after their tertiary education
This report forms part of a series called Beyond Tertiary Study. It looks at the outcomes for young people who complete a qualification in the New Zealand tertiary education system. It looks at differences in incomes and employment rates for…
Author(s): Paul Mahoney, Zaneta Park and Roger Smyth, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: January 2013
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