New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Education by numbers: A picture of tertiary education through statistics January Conference 2010

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Overview Why do we need information and statistics? What sort of info is useful? Where do we get it? How can we use this to our advantage? What are some of the statistical trends in recent times?

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Why do we need good reliable useful appropriate info and stats? To: – be informed, credible, effective – To understand our membership – To plan and implement policy and change – To better understand your members & achieve positive results for students Because: – Appropriate & effective advocacy & representation require knowledge and evidence

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations What sort of info is useful? Participation rates and trends – Who is studying what? Where? When? … – Campus-specific and sector-specific focus Tertiary sector funding and regulations Impact and outcomes of policies on students – Student support – Quality – Access Information and analysis from a student perspective

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Where to access information? Government departments & agencies – Ministry of Education – Statistics New Zealand – Department of Labour – Ministry of Women’s Affairs – Te Puni Kokiri NZUSA – I&E, debt casebooks, student parent surveys etc Your institution Generate your own – surveys, polls, service data etc

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Recent trends & factors… Recession Rising unemployment Increase in higher education participation Workplace learning continues to grow strongly Domestic student numbers decreased, international enrolments stabilised Fewer lower level qualifications, while longer and higher level enrolments increased

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations The Landscape - What students where? Very diverse but integrated sector Training/vocational mixed with wider education Significant rates of participation, but in specific areas High participation doesn’t necessarily mean high equity or achievement

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Who studies? Student numbers Year UniversitiesITPsWananga ,756117,5942, ,275123,3624, ,518125,59316, ,454137,61644, ,433177,90065, ,937201,08069, ,333213,60262, ,571214,39448, ,931206,96542, ,128186,94240,326

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Equivalent Full Time Students - EFTS YearUniversitiesITPsWananga ,78356,7441, ,96652,2482, ,65653,7177, ,56355,61922, ,02161,92234, ,18868,53232, ,70879,53630, ,99076,03923, ,33271,61522, ,30068,05922,658

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Who? Participation by ethnicity Ethnic group Level 4-7 Non-degree Bachelor/ Postgrad TEI Total European57%59.9%58.7% Maori21%9.3%14.3% Pasifika6.1%4.3%5% Asian8.9%13.6%11.6% Other3.7%4.9%4.4%

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations Gender UniversitiesITPsWanangaTotal Female57%52%67%57% Male43%48%33%43% Age Age groupUniversitiesITPsWananga under 181%5%2% %26%11% %36%42% 40+16%33%45%

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations In 2008… 502,000 people in tertiary education in ,800 international students 29,100 in targeted training programmes 38,800 in courses of less than a week’s duration 195,000 in industry based training 12,100 in modern apprenticeships 223,000 in adult and community education 12% of population participated in some form of learning

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations I & E summary Debt – Average debt $28,838 – Risen 54% since 2004 – 147% higher than 1998 – 88% fulltime students have loans Expenditure rises since 2004 – Food, accommodation, living expenses all rose Fee rises Decrease in student earnings and assets More students in paid work

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations I&E policy responses 77% agreed a universal allowance should be provided for all fulltime students 91% agreed interest should not be charged on student loans 76% agreed that fees were too high 68% agreed that tertiary education should be fully funded

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations I&E course quality responses 87% rated overall quality of main course as good or very good 80% rated quality of teaching as good or very good 74% rated library resources as good or very good Reasonableness of workload and quality of academic support services rated poorest

New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations How & when to use it? Timing and purpose are crucial – Prioritise tasks and actions, tailoring info to support – Key messages crucial Where? – at Council, within your students’ association, at various committees etc, directly to your students When you least expect it! – Be informed and prepared – Reliable, credible, robust data and info important

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