Educational Outcomes

includes qualification attainment, soft skills, social benefits to tertiary education, societal engagement, citizenship, and productivity. Also includes employer perceptions of graduates and graduate destinations.

Most Recent Resources about Educational Outcomes

Improving Workforce Development and Organisation Performance

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A report on the benefits gained by embedding workplace-based training in the New Zealand health and disability sector.

Improving Participation, Retention and Progression of Māori Tertiary Learners in the Whanganui Region

This project investigated how two Private Training Establishments could improve the participation, retention and progression of Māori Tertiary Learners in the Whanganui Region.

Stumbling blocks or stepping stones? Students’ experience of transition from low-mid decile schools to university

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This report from the Starpath project found that surviving the transition from school to university can have a big impact on whether Māori and Pacific students succeed at tertiary level. The study examined the stumbling blocks that cause so many able students from low-decile schools to struggle once they reach university.

A synthesis of foundation learning evaluation and research in New Zealand

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This synthesis provides an overview of research and evaluation information drawn from all recent New Zealand adult literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) initiatives. Commissioned by the Dept. Labour to inform the Upskilling Partnership project, which is researching approaches to engage employers in workplace literacy, language and numeracy programmes, to help raise their productivity.