On this page:

• Reporting
• Monitoring
• Over and under-delivery

If you have an indicative allocation of DQ7-10 funding, you must submit a completed Mix of Provision (MoP) template, and an Educational Performance Indicator Commitments (EPICs) template annually via DXP Ngā Kete.

We review and approve these through the Investment Plan approval process, then monitor your reported delivery against:

• your MoP and EPIC commitments
• the relevant funding conditions, and
• any other requirements and expectations that we set.

Reporting

If you receive funding through DQ7-10 you must report to us through the Single Data Return (SDR).

We use SDR to:

• monitor performance
• publish performance information, and
• report tertiary education statistics.

Use DXP Ngā Kete to:

• submit your SDR
• register and maintain qualifications for funding, and
• update qualification, course and delivery site details.

You must submit your SDR by the SDR submission dates.

Full details of the data requirements and reporting dates can be found in the Data Specifications for the Single Data Return.

Source of funding reporting

SoF 01: Use for all domestic learners enrolled in a programme approved to access DQ7-10 funding.

SoF 03: Use only to report enrolments in:

• qualifications not approved as eligible to access DQ7-10 funding in DXP Ngā Kete, and 
• doctoral study where the 4 equivalent full-time student (EFTS) threshold for SoF 01 has been surpassed.

This applies even if some of the provision will be unfunded.

Reference table for source of funding, loans and allowances

* Includes all funded or unfunded Mix of Provision (MoP) EFTS.

Monitoring

We monitor TEO performance and practices to understand your performance in the sector, and to inform our decisions about future funding.

Educational Performance Indicators (EPIs)

We monitor the performance of each TEO against the following EPIs:

• cohort-based qualification completions
• cohort-based first-year retention
• course completions
• learner progression from Levels 1–4 to higher level study.

You can view your EPIs, and those of other DQ7-10 funded TEOs, using the My Performance and Tertiary Performance information products in DXP Ngā Kete.

For details on how EPIs are defined and calculated, see Performance of tertiary education organisations.

Educational Performance Indicator Commitments (EPICs) and Mix of Provision (MoP) commitments

We also monitor your performance against:

• your Investment Plan Educational Performance Indicator Commitments (EPICs) and
• your Mix of Provision (MoP) commitments.

For further information on EPICs, refer to Investment Plan guidance, templates and timeframes.

You are responsible for notifying us of, and discussing with us, significant shifts from the agreed MoP, and the rationale, well before any such shift occurs.

Other monitoring

We also monitor:

• achievement against other performance standards agreed in your Investment Plan, including any minimum achievement levels
• compliance with DQ7-10 funding conditions and legislative requirements
• achievement of parity for target learner groups set out in the Tertiary Education Strategy
• achievement of other expectations that we communicate to TEOs.

Monitoring compliance includes, but is not limited to, Annual Maximum Fee Movement requirements.

Benchmarking

Tertiary education institutions (TEIs) must participate in benchmarking, which contributes to enhancing institutional capability, performance and sustainability.

You can measure performance against educational and financial benchmarks using the New Zealand Benchmarking tool. 

Over and under-delivery

DQ7-10 funding is approved as a total dollar value, not an EFTS volume. You are expected to manage enrolments effectively and in line with your Investment Plan.

For further information, see Consequences for delivery over 105% of DQ3-7 and DQ7-10 funding.