New Tertiary Education Strategy#

The Minister for Universities and Minister for Vocation Education are developing a new Tertiary Education Strategy (TES). This is expected to be issued later in 2025.

The draft priorities for the TES are:

• Lifting achievement to ensure that students and trainees achieve qualifications that lead to good careers
• maximising economic impact and innovation, by delivering relevant, adaptable skills and research that drives innovation
• increasing access and participation for people from all backgrounds and regions
• deepening integration and collaboration between tertiary providers, communities and industries
• boosting the international education sector and increasing New Zealand’s international connectivity.

The Government initiatives for the universities portfolio are on the page below.

2025 Government initiatives for the universities portfolio

Current Tertiary Education Strategy#

The current TES was set by the Government in 2020, alongside the National Statement of Learning Priorities.

The TES sets priorities for the future of tertiary education and proposed actions to achieve these priorities. 

The Tertiary Education Commission must give effect to the TES and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority must have regard to it. Tertiary Education Organisations (TEOs) must show how they will contribute to achieving the priorities set out in the TES through their investment plans. 

Tertiary Education Strategy 2020