A closer look at completion in higher education in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 May 2009 New Zealand has one of the lowest reported higher education qualification completion rates in the OECD, significantly below Australia. Why do so many New Zealand students…
High Level Executive Summary: Quality Teaching, Research and Development Samoan Bilingual Hub Last Publication Date: 01 May 2009 The focus of this summary is the Samoan bilingual hub. This QTR&D hub was set up to improve the quality of teaching and learning (pedagogy and…
Inquiry into immigration matters Last Publication Date: 01 May 2009 In May 2008, the then Prime Minister and the then Minister of Immigration asked me to carry out an inquiry into a range of integrity concerns…
Learning from the Quality Teaching Research and Development Programme (QTR&D) - Findings of the External Evaluation Last Publication Date: 01 May 2009 The Quality Teaching Research and Development Programme (QTR&D) was a bold and ambitious pilot development and research project. It was designed as an exploratory programme to…
High Level Executive Summary: Quality Teaching, Research and Development English Medium Settings Last Publication Date: 01 May 2009 The Quality Teaching Research and Development Project (QTR&D) was funded by the Ministry of Education. The exploratory project was developed collaboratively between the ministry, university academics,…
Promoting quality research Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This report used data from the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Quality Evaluations to analyse the factors associated with the likelihood of university academics being promoted between…
Trends in fields of study of bachelors degree graduates in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This report looks at trends in the fields of specialisation of bachelors degree graduates in New Zealand over the period 2002 to 2006. It uses newly…
Paraprofessional Practice in ESOL Programmes: Part 1: Description and evaluation of paraprofessional practices in supporting initial reading programmes Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This document reports on the first part of a two year study on the practices of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) paraprofessionals working with…
Working with young people Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 5-11. Working with young people is tremendously rewarding. Few professional areas of social work provide the kind of practice potential that…
Modern Apprenticeships – Completion Analysis Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This report describes an analysis of the Modern Apprenticeships scheme through examination of the Modern Apprenticeship coordinator data collection, and the industry training administrative dataset. The…
