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No 7 April 2005

 

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1.  2004 Monitoring Report released

This first annual monitoring report of the Tertiary Education Strategy has been released.

The report tracks the progress of the tertiary education system against the TES during the initial period of the implementation of the tertiary education reforms from 2002 to 2004. The emphasis during this period has been on developing infrastructure and implementing new policy. As such, the report considers early indications of direction within the sector and the overall progress of policy implementation.

The report builds on the Baseline Monitoring Report, published in April 2005, which provided a view of the tertiary education system at the start of the TES and before the implementation of the tertiary education reforms.

The report shows that the TES is beginning to make a difference in the shape of the tertiary education sector. However, there is still a long way to go to achieve the goals of the TES.

Participation in tertiary education is increasing – but the focus needs to be on greater excellence in teaching, learning and research that will see more students completing qualifications and achieving at a higher level.

There is still considerable scope to build more active connections with stakeholders to increase the relevance of tertiary education and research to meeting national goals.

Some groups of learners, including Māori, Pasifika and people with disabilities, continue to be underrepresented in some areas. Greater efforts need to be made to increase their successful participation at higher levels of achievement.

Go to Monitoring Report 2004 to access the full text of the report.

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2.  2005–07 Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities released

The 2004 Monitoring Report has informed and reinforced the priorities in the recently released Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities 2005–2007 (STEP).

The STEP sets out a way forward for government agencies and tertiary education organisations to work towards further achievement of the goals set out in the TES.

The main messages in the STEP are that tertiary education organisations will work with the NZQA, the Tertiary Education Commission and the Ministry of Education to:

• take responsibility for, and actively work to improve, the quality of their teaching to ensure that all students and learners gain the best value possible from their participation in tertiary education

• ensure that students and learners access excellent education and training, which is relevant to both their needs and to New Zealand’s broad national goals, and that they increasingly progress to higher levels of learning and qualifications

• enable knowledge, teaching, and research activities to give greater support to innovation in all aspects of New Zealand life and to the social, economic, environmental and intellectual development of New Zealand and the maintenance of our unique environment.

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3.  Improvements to the monitoring website

We are making improvements to the website to make it easier to navigate and find information. These include:

• a revised Monitoring Information area, that is structured in a similar way to the monitoring reports. This area will hve the key indicators, links to relevant sections in the reports and links to related reports.

• the Baseline Monitoring Report and the Monitoring Report 2004 have been placed in their own areas - which has allowed us to add side-bar navigation for each report and improve the page titles.

We will also develop a site index.

4.  Related information of interest

Student decision making by prospective tertiary students, a review of existing New Zealand and overseas literature

This report reviews and synthesises research literature on decision-making by prospective students on whether, where and what to study at a tertiary level. The report is based on findings from New Zealand and overseas literature and will contribute to knowledge and understanding of the factors that influence student-decision making. It provides useful information for people who advise prospective students on their education and career choices.

Student Outcomes in Undergraduate Tertiary Study

This project researched the characteristics of academic staff development programmes and student support services offered in tertiary institutions that make a difference for undergraduate tertiary students in their studies. Student outcomes comprised achievement, participation, progression, retention and completion. The research findings will assist institutions with decision-making around policies and programmes that are likely to be effective for students. The research was undertaken by Massey University College of Education. For each of these aspects a search and synthesis of literature was undertaken and a series of propositions developed. The research is presented in three reports – a full report, and two summary reports for academic staff development and student support services.

Living with a student loan, a profile of student loan debt and repayment, post-study income and going overseas

This report profiles student loan debt and repayment, post-study income and going overseas. One of two analytical reports using previously unavailable information from Statistics New Zealand’s Integated Dataset on Student Loan Scheme Borrowers.

Income of Student Loan Scheme Borrowers

This report provides new information on the impacts of the Student loan Sheme by looking at the income of those who used the Scheme between 1997 and 2000. One of two analytical reports published using previously unavailable information from Statistics New Zealand’s Integrated Dataset on Student Loan Scheme Borrowers.

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