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No 18 October 2006

 

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1.  Meeting the Skill Needs of New Zealanders

Indicators for the skills and research strategies have now been updated in Monitoring Information. This issue of the eNewsletter highlights some of interesting trends.

Meeting the skill needs of industry is a strong area of focus in ITP and ITO profiles, with many moving new initiatives started around 2004 into business as usual. However, research on stakeholder engagement found industry were not generally satisfied with the level and quality of engagement.
(Meeting Skill Needs in Industry)

The number of postgraduate qualifications completed each year is increasing steadily. The field of study with the largest increase in completion was health. In the government’s Growth and Innovation Framework priority areas, the only area showing an increase in enrolments has been ‘creative industries’. Growth in trade and technical qualification completions varies by field of study, with food, hospitality and personal services having the most marked growth.
(Development of Specialist Skills)

The analysis of TEO profiles showed that support for learning and career decisions was not a strategic focus for most TEOs.
(Support for Learning and Career Decisions)

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2.  Strengthening Research and Knowledge Creation

External research income for universities continues to increase. This indicator provides a measure of the perceived quality and confidence in university-based research.
(Quality of Research)

Around two-thirds of university-based research expenditure is in the basic research category and contributes to longer-term knowledge creation. The area with the largest growth in indexed research papers has been medicine and health.
(Contribution of Research to National Goals)

There has been steady growth in doctoral enrolments and completions, with a corresponding reduction in attrition. The number of women enrolled in doctoral degrees now exceeds the number of men. The number of women completing is approaching the number of men completing. Enrolments for Maori students have continued to grow notably. There has been less notable growth for Pasifika students.
(New and Emerging Researchers)

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The rest of the Monitoring Information will be updated progressively over the next couple of months.

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