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Alignment of Literacy and Numeracy Measures

This report presents analysis of the empirical relationship between four measures of literacy and numeracy in use in New Zealand. The first of these are the…

Alignment of Literacy and Numeracy Measures research report

The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) commissioned Maths Technology to investigate and update the alignment between key measures in literacy and numeracy used in secondary and tertiary…

Massive Open Online Courses

Internationally, a number of emerging technologies and associated developments are becoming available that could have far‐reaching effects on the delivery of tertiary education. One of these…

Growing the pipeline of work-ready engineering graduates

An additional $42 million over four years was allocated in Budget 2012 to maintain the quality of engineering provision and increase the number of engineering graduates,…

Literacy and Numeracy Professional Development: Research Findings

The purpose of this research was to find out the extent to which tertiary education organisations (TEOs) are embedding literacy and numeracy into their practices; how…

Adult Literacy and Numeracy: An Overview of the Evidence - Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography highlights the findings from research into adult LLN skills since 2006. The literature has been taken from New Zealand and countries that face…

Doing Better for Māori in Tertiary Settings

The TEC commissioned this literature review and the development of draft indicators resulting from the literature to inform and guide an understanding of what TEOs can…

Transitions from Secondary School into Postsecondary Education and Training: A Literature Review

The review surveys the issue of transitions from secondary schooling to tertiary / postsecondary education and training, the picture it paints suggests that where the education…

The Auckland study - An assessment of the tertiary education needs of school leavers in the Auckland Region

The Auckland region will continue to lead the population and economic growth across New Zealand. To ensure Auckland is able to reach the growth projected, the…

In-house Literacy, Language and Numeracy (LLN) Initiatives in New Zealand Workplaces

This summary report is based on a more extensive research report written by Dr Catherine Kell (with Kim Hastwell and Shona Guy) in 2008 and 2009.…