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BaselineMonitoringReport Initiatives to Enhance Quality ← Initiatives to Enhance Tertiary Education Organisation Governance and Leadership | Home Page | Collaboration → Since the launch of the TES, a number of initiatives have been put in place to improve the focus on the quality of tertiary education and research at a system level. Greater emphasis on quality within the Integrated Funding FrameworkOne of the aims of the new PBRF is to encourage greater attention to the quality of research within the tertiary education sector. The funding allocation process includes research quality assessments of all research staff in participating TEOs. Information on the quality assessments will be reported publicly. In the future, a small proportion of the student component of the integrated funding framework will be allocated on a performance basis. This will signal the importance placed on TEOs having a focus on quality and achievement, as well as participation and access. A technical working group has been convened to develop measures and indicators for the allocation of the performance element. Their report on options has been provided to Ministers. Project to focus on enhancing qualityThe Ministry of Education will be leading a project in 2004 focusing on Enhancing Quality. The project will focus on how to support a culture of quality and how quality assurance arrangements can be better used to enhance quality teaching and learning in tertiary education. The project will be in two stages. The first will be a scoping exercise involving the tertiary education sector, key government agencies and stakeholders. The second will involve a working group considering what can be done to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in tertiary education. Strategic review and plan for tertiary education workforceThe government has agreed to establish a strategic review and plan for the tertiary education workforce in 2003/04. This review is proposed to ensure that the workforce meets the future needs of the reformed tertiary education system and will contribute to ensuring that New Zealand’s tertiary education system meets the requirements of New Zealand’s knowledge society. Single register of quality assured qualifications implementedIn March 2001, agreement was reached to develop a register of all tertiary qualifications in New Zealand. Previously, each quality assurance body had maintained its own register of qualifications, resulting in fragmentation of the qualifications system across provider types. The key purposes of the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured Qualifications are to:
The Register sets criteria for qualifications to be included. All existing qualifications have been included. They are currently being updated to ensure they meet the criteria for the Register. This process will be completed by August 2006. The Register was made available to the public in July 2003 through the KiwiQuals website (http://www.kiwiquals.govt.nz). This site allows people to search for information on all quality assured qualifications in New Zealand. The next step of implementation is to improve credit recognition and transfer. The NZQA have developed a Credit Recognition and Transfer Policy. As part of this, providers have agreed to have credit recognition and credit transfer processes in place from January 2004. These processes will be checked by the quality assurance bodies. ← Initiatives to Enhance Tertiary Education Organisation Governance and Leadership | Home Page | Collaboration → Page last modified on 26 November 2006, at 06:29 PM |
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