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MonitoringReport2004 Supporting Development of Specialist Skills ← Developing a New Zealand Framework for Key Competencies in Tertiary Education | Home Page | Engagement of TE Os with Industry for Skills Development → Steady increase in the number of postgraduate qualification completionsThe number of postgraduate qualification completions increased to 12,870 in 2003, from 12,400 in 2002, an increase of 3 percent. The strongest relative growth was in doctoral completions, which increased by 7 percent.  Postgraduate qualifications completed by formal domestic students 1997–2003 The fields of study with the largest increases in postgraduate qualification completions were management and commerce, society and culture, and engineering and related technologies. The fields where there were decreases were sciences, health and creative arts.  Increase/decrease in postgraduate qualifications completed by formal domestic students from 2002 to 2003 by field of study and qualification level Note: Qualifications coded as ‘mixed-field’ have been recoded to a subject field using the main subject code. The government’s Growth and Innovation Framework (GIF) identifies three sectors that have high growth potential and can enable growth in other sectors of the economy, namely information and communications technology (ICT), biotechnology and the creative industries. The postgraduate enrolments (in EFTS terms) in biotechnology-related courses remained fairly constant from 2002 to 2003 1. Postgraduate enrolments in creative arts and information and communications technologies courses increased. The EFTS consumed in courses in the three areas made up around 20 percent of all postgraduate EFTS consumed for 2002 and 2003.  EFTS consumed by formal domestic students in postgraduate courses in GIF priority areas 2001–2003 Growth and Innovation PilotsThe Growth and Innovation Pilot Initiatives have been introduced to help build the capability of TEOs to underpin the development of GIF priority sectors (referred to above). The intention of the pilots is for TEOs to work with industry and enterprise to design an approach that will best suit their specific circumstances and capability requirements. This may differ according to TEO type, the different GIF areas, and even across different regions within particular GIF areas. As a result of funding decisions in the first round of the pilots, eight were confirmed and signed with a total funding of $1,980,000 in the first year. This investment is predominantly aligned to Enterprise Training pilots (90 percent) and covers all the GIF sectors — i.e. biotechnology ($200,000, one pilot), design ($373,000, two pilots), ICT ($1,209,000, four pilots). In addition, funding of $198,000 was granted for one pilot in the Knowledge Sharing and Entrepreneurship stream. Expansion of Step Up ScholarshipsStep Up Scholarships were established in 2004 for students from low-income backgrounds entering degree-level courses in human and animal health. The scholarships were granted to 169 students in 2004, which was fewer than had been anticipated. The government has expanded the criteria for 2005 to include students up to the age of 24. In 2006, a new category will provide 175 scholarships for school leavers studying towards degrees in the areas of science and technology. New funding for international scholarshipsThe government has committed funding for up to 100 postgraduate and 100 undergraduate scholarships to attract top international students to New Zealand. The scholarships will be awarded on academic merit, with the postgraduate scholarships being awarded to candidates whose research will contribute to the priorities in the government’s Growth and Innovation Framework. The government will also fund up to 100 New Zealanders to study overseas, with academic merit and contribution to GIF priorities as key criteria. Both sets of scholarships will be introduced over the next three years. 1 In this year’s report we have expanded the definition of biotechnology-related qualifications to include all biological sciences. (↑) ← Developing a New Zealand Framework for Key Competencies in Tertiary Education | Home Page | Engagement of TE Os with Industry for Skills Development → Page last modified on 26 November 2006, at 06:29 PM |
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