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These pages contain the original text of the Tertiary Education Strategy documents. Only edit content if you notice the text is inconsistent with the final published document. Feel free to develop your own cross references and index structure. Develop the skills New Zealanders need for our knowledge societyRefer to Tertiary Education Strategy text for Strategy4
This strategy represents a critical area of skills development to support New Zealand’s long-term goals, but for most agencies and TEOs, is unlikely to be a major priority during the period of the Interim STEP 2002/03. Objectives18. Accurate and timely skills forecasting capability 19. Industries are supported in meeting their self-identified skill needs 20. Equity of access and opportunity for all learners 21. Learners are equipped to make informed choices about career and learning options 22. Broader development of skills for active citizenship and the maintenance of New Zealand’s cultural identity 23. Improved provision of, and better systems of recognition for, high-level generic skills 24. Promotion of specialist skills that contribute to New Zealand’s development Priorities for Tertiary Education OrganisationsAs they work with their stakeholders to prepare strategic and business plans, TEOs should focus this year on Objective19, in order to better meet the skills requirements of end-users. Activity here should have a regional flavour where appropriate, and polytechnics may access the Regional Economic Development Fund in this regard. TEOs should also include, in their plans, descriptions of the proactive measures they will take, in accordance with Objective20, to remove barriers to access and improve opportunity for learners. This should include planning for improved access and opportunity for disabled peoples, traditionally under-represented groups and learners from low-income backgrounds. Some TEOs, such as universities, will also be focussed on Objective24, and will work with stakeholders to identify the areas of specialist skills development in which they can best contribute to the overall portfolio of tertiary education provision, given their distinctive strengths. Universities in particular will also be maintaining their commitment to Objective22 and Objective23. In preparation for a greater emphasis on this strategy area in the next STEP, all providers and ITOs should be considering how best to ensure the tertiary education services they deliver are providing learners with the generic, transferable skills and high level specialist skills required by the labour market. Those providers and ITOs investigating the development of unit standards or national qualifications in these areas should work with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority to ensure such development results in common understandings and applications of generic, transferable skills and high level specialist skills. Private Training Establishments may be considering a range of objectives under this strategy as they prepare applications for the new Private Training Establishment Strategic Priority Fund. Priorities for AgenciesThe Skills Information Action Plan will be implemented in accordance with Objective18 and Objective21. This is designed to speed up the matching of people’s skills to the job opportunities that are currently available and to reduce skill shortages in the future by helping people make better decisions about education and training.. The Department of Labour is responsible for the implementation of a number of key projects within that plan. These include an integrated website including `what you want to know about the New Zealand labour market’, a six-monthly Skills Report, integrated data on employees and their jobs, a new survey on job vacancies and designing a survey on the employment and earnings outcomes for tertiary graduates. These projects are being developed in conjunction with a number of education, social and economic agencies. Career Services, MOE, and the TEC will focus on Objective21 in order to improve access to impartial information and advice on career and learning options. During the period of this STEP, Government will continue to extend workplace learning through its increased investments in industry training, Modern Apprenticeships, Mä¯ i Trade Training and Gateway initiatives. « Strategy 3 | STEP1 | Strategy 5 » |
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