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Time passes
14 December 2023 | news
Chris WhelanChief ExecutiveUniversities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara It was exactly ten years ago that I started at Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara. In the ensuing decade I’ve lost some ha...
Briefing to the incoming Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills November 2023
29 November 2023 | news
Read the Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara November 2023 Briefing to the Incoming Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills, the Hon Penny Simmonds....
Briefing to the incoming Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology November 2023
29 November 2023 | news
Read the Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara November 2023 Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, the Hon Judith Collins....
Briefing to the incoming Minister of Health November 2023
29 November 2023 | news
Read the Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara November 2023 Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Health, the Hon Shane Reti.
Life at Oxford with help from a Kidson Scholarship
27 November 2023 | news
The Edward and Isabel Kidson Scholarship has helped make the University of Oxford a second home for PhD student Ford Wagner. ...
UNZ newsletter November 2023
15 November 2023 | news
Read the latest UNZ newsletter here. Click here to subscribe.
To lift productivity and innovation, invest in postgraduate studies
14 November 2023 | news
Chris WhelanChief ExecutiveUniversities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara Earlier in the year Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara contributed to an Education and Workforce Parliamentary Select Comm...
From the Chair: Do we need a Higher Education Funding Review?
14 November 2023 | news
By Professor Cheryl de la Rey Tumu Whakarae | Vice-Chancellor University of Canterbury Chair of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee As part of Budget 2023, the previous Government annou...
2024 Rhodes Scholars announced
08 November 2023 | news
Exceptional young leaders in public policy and visual art awarded Rhodes Scholarships Established in 1903, the Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest international scholarship programme, bringing outst...
New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statements 2023
31 October 2023 | publications
These are the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2023.
Kiwi Music Scholarship winners - 2023
17 October 2023 | media
The sound of success – four young Kiwi musicians share their talents with the world Four exceptional young classical musicians have been awarded a 2023 Kiwi Music Scholarship to help them pursue...
Exceptional minds, exceptional futures - 2024 Woolf Fisher Scholarship recipients announced
11 October 2023 | media
Fundamental questions of memory, existence, and reality feature in the research interests of this year’s Woolf Fisher Scholarship recipients....
Submission on Covid-19 lessons - Royal Commission of Inquiry
21 September 2023 | submissions
Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara has sent a submission to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19 lessons. Read the submission here
Submission on the 2024 Annual Maximum Fee Movement Notice of 2023
08 August 2023 | submissions
Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara has sent a submission in response to the Tertiary Education (2024 Fee Regulation Settings) Notice of 2023....
UNZ newsletter July 2023
26 July 2023 | news
Read the July 2023 UNZ newsletter here. Click here to sign up to our newsletter.
From the Chair: The higher education funding review
17 July 2023 | news
By Professor Cheryl de la Rey Tumu Whakarae | Vice-ChancellorUniversity of Canterbury Chair of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Tēnā koutou katoa, I began the role of Chair of Univers...
Graduates and research - the real value of universities
17 July 2023 | news
By Chris WhelanChief ExecutiveUniversities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara NZIER have released their latest assessment of the economic value of universities, confirming the crucial contribution univer...
Government offers financial boost to struggling universities
28 June 2023 | news
Universities New Zealand today welcomed the Government announcement of $128 million of additional investment for the tertiary education sector....
New Zealand universities shine in latest international rankings
28 June 2023 | news
All eight New Zealand universities have gone up in the rankings in the 2024 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings and all are in the top 500 universities in the world....
Research vital to Aotearoa New Zealand supported by the William Georgetti scholarship
13 June 2023 | media
From theoretical physics to addressing fundamental issues in the criminal justice system, the nine recipients of the William Georgetti Scholarships for 2023 represent some of the finest student...
Ethel Benjamin Scholarship winner to attend Yale Law School
13 June 2023 | news
Universities New Zealand Te Pōkai Tara is delighted to announce that Auckland lawyer Jessica Fenton has been awarded the 2023 New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship....
Supporting a young musician's first steps on the world stage
01 June 2023 | media
An outstanding young Aotearoa New Zealand soprano has been awarded a 2023 Kia Ora Foundation Patricia Pratt Scholarship to support her study towards a Master of Music in Performance Classical Voice...
UNZ launches new Introductory TR-PSR training module
23 May 2023 | news
Universities New Zealand (UNZ) is pleased to announce the launch of a new online training series aimed at raising awareness about risks relating to foreign interference and export controls...
More pressure for universities in Budget 2023
18 May 2023 | media
Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara appreciates the 5% increase in funding for teaching (Delivery and Quality - DQ funding) as outlined in today’s Budget....
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