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Meeting Skill Needs in Industry

 

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These indicators will look at how well tertiary education is meeting the skill needs of industry

1.  Key indicators

Meeting skill needs of industry is a strong area of focus in ITP and ITO profiles. The decline in change focus from 2005/07 to 2006/08 profiles, in many cases, represents the shift from new initiatives to business as usual.

Percentage of TEOs with change-focussed objectives relating to meeting the skill needs of industry in profiles 2005/07–2006/08

Research on stakeholder engagement with tertiary education providers found that people within industry reported wide-ranging amounts of engagement. Industry representatives, including ITOs, were generally critical of the quality of engagement, often seeing it as narrowly based and lacking mutual respect. Successful engagement was dependent on the people and providers involved and a willingness from both sides to identify and work on areas of mutual interest.

The direct cash investment by industry in industry training has continued to increase. However, government investment has increased by a larger amount and proportion.

Industry and government contributions to the cost of industry training 1997–2005

Source: Tertiary Education Commission
Note: Research indicates that the reported contribution by industry almost certainly underestimates its actual cash contribution. In addition, industry non-cash investment is likely to exceed this cash contribution.

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2.  What has been reported

Baseline Monitoring Report

Developments in Industry Training

Monitoring Report 2004

Skills in the Labour Market

Monitoring Report 2005

Skills in the Labour Market

3.  Related information

Tertiary Education Providers and their Stakeholders

Researchers looked at how much contact there is between New Zealand’s tertiary education providers and their stakeholders, including industry, and how good it is at producing results.

Industry Training Federation Publications and Research

Research undertaken by the Industry Training Federation.

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4.  Your views

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