Roger Smyth’s advisory clients over the past five years include:
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
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
New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission
Advice on the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence
Sustineo Pty Ltd, Canberra, Australia
Development of a graduate outcomes survey for Fiji (for the Fiji Higher Education Commission)
The Primary Sector Industry Training Organisation
Advice on industry training policy and on the New Zealand government’s 2019 Review of Vocational Education
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
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.
University of Otago, New Zealand
Advice on a university business intelligence strategy
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Support for policy development.