The Impact of Further Education on the Employment Outcomes of Beneficiaries Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2013 Further education and training can assist beneficiaries to gain skills, improve their chances of gaining employment and reduce long-term benefit dependence. This study examines the impact of…
Productivity by the numbers: The New Zealand experience Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2013 This Commission Research Paper provides an assessment of New Zealand’s productivity performance for the whole economy, for individual industries and compared to other OECD countries. The research shows that New…
Success Factors and Barriers in School Provision for International Students Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 In 2012, 14 percent of primary and intermediate schools and 62 percent of secondary and composite schools enrolled international students. Enrolments in 2012 were 15, 645,…
Building back better: Utilising women’s labour in the Canterbury recovery Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 This research report presents new information about the employment situation of un- and under-employed Canterbury women. It tells us that there is under-utilised, ‘hidden’ female labour…
In Pursuit of Excellence: Analysing the results of New Zealand's PBRF Quality Evaluations Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 This report analyses the results of the three Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Quality Evaluations. It also examines the types of research outputs and categories of peer…
An analysis of collaborative journal article authorship at New Zealand universities Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 This paper summarises the findings from previous studies of research collaboration in New Zealand and presents a new analysis of collaboration in New Zealand universities.
Final evaluation report for Primary Care Practice Assistant Demonstration Programme Last Publication Date: 11 Jun 2013 This report is an evaluation of a demonstration site coordinated by Health Workforce New Zealand. A primary care practice assistant is a new type of health…
The Changing Structure of the Public Tertiary Education Workforce Last Publication Date: 01 May 2013 This report provides an analysis that allows us to see how institutional strategies have evolved in the light of changing policy over the last ten years…
Organisational approaches to e-learning in the tertiary sector: An annotated bibliography Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2013 This report gives an overview of the research literature relating to approaches adopted by tertiary sector organisations when planning or implementing e-learning.
Studying engineering at university: Who is eligible and who decides to study it? Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2013 This report considers the question: 'How many students leave school with the pre-requisites that enable them to study engineering?' In addition it investigates the likelihood of…