Projects

Roger Smyth’s advisory clients over the past eight years include:

OECD Directorate for Education and Skills

Review of the education system of Japan – Read the skills chapter of the review here

Review of the education system of Greece – Read the higher education chapter of the review here

Higher Education Resourcing Policy project – technical editor and researcher

Expanding the capacity of the Finnish higher education system – researcher and analyst – Read the report on the project here

Digitalisation of the Hungarian higher education system project – researcher, analyst and writer – Read the project report here

The role of labour market information in guiding educational and occupational choices – researcher. Read the published OECD Education Working Paper here

Access to higher education in the German state of Brandenburg – researcher, analyst and writer. Read the published reports on the project here and here

Review of the academic staff career structure in the technological higher education sector in Ireland – analyst, researcher, forecaster/modeler. Read the published report on the project here

Advice to the European Commission on the digitalisation of the education systems of EU countries – researcher and analyst.

Fiji Higher Education Commission

Review of the Fiji higher education funding model.

Development of a new funding model

Oversight of implementation of the new funding model

Advice on the development and implementation of the system of institutional monitoring

Sustineo Pty Ltd, Canberra, Australia

Development of a graduate outcomes survey for Fiji (for the Fiji Higher Education Commission)

New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission

Advice on the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence

Advice on tertiary student surveys

New Zealand Ministry of Education

Advice on research funding approaches

Support for fees policy development

Universities New Zealand

Learner success analytics project – analysis and and scoping for a learner success approach in New Zealand’s universities

Advisor to Universities NZ’s analytical team and expert reviewer of their work

ConCoVE Tūhura – the Construction and Infrastructure Sectors Centre of Vocational Excellence

Advice on policy for funding Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Aotearoa New Zealand. Read the final report here and the array of other papers developed as part of this project at this site

Community Colleges Ltd

Advice on foundation education policy

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Advice on policy on Pacific nation students enrolled in tertiary education in New Zealand

New Zealand Ministry for Ethnic Communities

Development of an analytical framework for the Ministry

The Primary Sector Industry Training Organisation

Advice on industry training policy and on the New Zealand government’s 2019 Review of Vocational Education

University of Otago, New Zealand

Advice on a university business intelligence strategy