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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. Strengthen research, knowledge creation and uptake for our knowledge society
“Research is to see what everybody else has seen and to think what nobody else has thought” Albert Szent-Gyoergi Where do we want to be by 2007?By 2007, the quality and focus of tertiary education research, and the strength of the relationships between the tertiary system and other sectors, will be seen in the faster uptake of new knowledge and the widespread recognition that the ongoing growth of New Zealand’s knowledge economy depends on our ability to develop and apply new ideas and technologies to create high-value exports. Universities, in particular, will be seen as key drivers of economic transformation through fundamental knowledge creation and its diffusion within New Zealand’s innovation system. The contribution tertiary research is making to other national goals, particularly to Maori development and advancement, and to cultural and social dimensions, will also be widely appreciated. This research will contribute to a deeper understanding of ourselves as a nation within a world that is increasingly global — socially, politically and economically. The tertiary system will contribute more directly by providing a research base for new government policy initiatives in these areas and for a more inclusive approach to economic transformation. The international and national networks of tertiary staff, combined with stronger relationships with other sectors, will see faster and more effective dissemination of relevant knowledge. This flow of knowledge will be two way:
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