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To enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning in tertiary education, the government has agreed to a process involving three elements.

The first element addresses accelerating the shift towards more effective teaching and learning. It involves bringing together key sector leaders in a Teaching Matters Forum to provide advice on the establishment of the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence and begin to collect examplars of effective teaching and learning practice to inform the Centre. The Centre will be created from July 2005.

The second element seeks to enhance the quality assurance and risk management practices to support and improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning. NZQA is developing a plan of action to increase the focus on quality teaching and learning in quality assurance processes and enhance the monitoring of delegations to quality assurance bodies including decisions made by academic boards of providers. The government has also agreed to extend the scope of ACE quality assurance. Risk monitoring arrangements will also be enhanced to examine educational risks.

The third element provides a broad, funding-based incentive for providers to assist learners to succeed in their education. This will be achieved through the introduction of the Student Component Performance Measure. The Performance Measure will combine information on course retention and successful completion rates with the results of an annual sector-wide survey of learner experiences. The Performance Measure means that funding will recognise provider performance in keeping students engaged and succeeding in tertiary education and provide a means for remedial action where performance is weakest.

Progress towards an integrated system of tertiary qualifications

Steady progress is being made towards a more integrated system of tertiary qualifications. Quality assurance bodies are working to ensure that all current qualifications comply with the criteria for the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured Qualifications by August 2006.

Providers agreed to have a credit recognition and transfer process in place from January 2004. An evaluation will take place in the first half of 2005 to examine whether the processes give effect to the high-level policy principles and objectives, without placing an unnecessary burden on providers. The evaluation will also identify good practice and ‘what works’.

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• Table of Contents

• The State of Play

• Cross Strategy Indicators

• Raise foundation skills

• Skills for our knowledge society

• Strengthen research and knowledge creation

• Te rautaki mātauranga Māori

• Pacific people’s development and success

• Capability and quality

• Technical and Data Definitions