New Zealand’s tertiary figures look healthy on paper. But they lean heavily on migrants’ qualifications, while fewer young people raised here go on to study.
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Universities can have a reputation for being too slow or academic for New Zealand businesses to work with. But new research suggests the opposite is true.
If the government is serious about addressing New Zealand’s shortage of psychologists, it needs to introduce practical job training earlier in the qualification process.
Finding a balance between sometimes contradictory definitions of the role of universities will be the first challenge for the University Advisory Group.
Diplomacy and national security rely on expertise in foreign languages and cultures. Australia and New Zealand need to address the looming deficit in university foreign language courses.
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Senior Lecturer and Team Lead Teaching Development, Te Puna Ako Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning, University of Waikato
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