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Chair’s Column – Reflections on the Election Result

31 October 2017 | news

Now that we know what the new Government looks like and the policies it will pursue over the next three years, it’s timely to comment on what I think Ministers should be considering when it comes...

Take a closer look at the tertiary sector

31 October 2017 | news

What is a university and what must it do?That’s set out in Section 162 of the Education Act 1989, which says: “A University is characterised by a wide diversity of teaching and research, especially...

“No qualification required”

31 October 2017 | news

Back in September, NZ Talent and Trade Me Jobs teamed up to create a search filter, so job hunters could find skilled-based roles being advertised with no qualification required.The Head of Trade...

Ministry data confirms excellent outcomes for uni grads

31 October 2017 | news

The Ministry of Education’s new detailed dataset is a first step towards providing a user-friendly interface on graduate outcomes for prospective students, their families and other interested...

The culinary students who couldn’t boil an egg

31 October 2017 | news

Universities have long been concerned about the potential damage to our international reputation from rogue private companies offering dubious tertiary qualifications to less than genuine students,...

New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statement 2017

25 October 2017 | media

Click here for the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2017.

Universities NZ welcomes Ministerial appointments

25 October 2017 | media

University Vice-Chancellors today congratulated Chris Hipkins on his appointment as Minister of Education as well as Associate Ministers of Education Kelvin Davis, Jenny Salesa, and Tracey Martin,...

Life-changing opportunity for Woolf Fisher scholars

20 September 2017 | media

Caption: Chairman of the Woolf Fisher Trust, Sir Noel Robinson with the Woolf Fisher Scholars for 2018 from left: Josh Brian, Oliver Hailes and Nat Walker-Hale.Three outstanding young New...

Inaugural Critic and Conscience Award to environmental “crusader”

13 September 2017 | media

Massey University academic Dr Mike Joy has been presented with the inaugural Critic and Conscience of Society Award for his work in drawing attention to the issue of water quality in New Zealand’s...

UNZ cautions about potential for misuse of national earnings data

30 August 2017 | media

Universities New Zealand welcomes the release of data to guide student choices around study and career options, but is worried about the likelihood that the data might mislead or confuse current or...

What parents overwhelmingly want for their children

10 August 2017 | news

New Zealand parents overwhelmingly want their children to go to university.That’s the key finding from a recent survey commissioned by Universities New Zealand of 1,000 parents of children aged 11...

Strong endorsement for CUAP

10 August 2017 | news

A recent independent review has strongly endorsed the quality assurance system for university academic programmes and qualifications and found the system is working well for New Zealand and New...

Government responds to the Productivity Commission

10 August 2017 | news

After receiving a “revise and resubmit” on last year’s draft, the Government gave the Productivity Commission’s final report on “New Models of Tertiary Education” a just-passing grade, agreeing...

The links between research and teaching

10 August 2017 | news

A defining characteristic of New Zealand universities is the statutory requirement that requires degrees to be taught mainly by people engaged in research....

University education changes lives, increases social capital

10 August 2017 | news

 New research has found that a university education is associated with a wide range of benefits for Māori and Pacific graduates, their families and communities, including reducing labour market...

Read the latest news from Universities NZ - August 2017 newsletter

10 August 2017 | publications

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From the Chair: Brave new careers world?

10 August 2017 | news

Students, schools and those retraining need to be better served by our careers system than the current mishmash of overlapping and inconsistent initiatives offered by a range of government agencies...

SMEs value university research and graduates

10 August 2017 | news

University research makes a positive contribution to New Zealand businesses according to a recent survey of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) commissioned by Universities New Zealand.In a...

Strong endorsement for NZ university academic standards

20 July 2017 | media

An independent review released today has strongly endorsed the quality assurance system that sits across all New Zealand university academic programmes and qualifications.The review was carried out...

Report of the 2017 Review of the Committee on University Academic Programmes (CUAP)

20 July 2017 | publications

 Report of the 2017 Review of the Committee on University Academic Programmes (CUAP) undertaken by the Academic Quality Agency for New Zealand Universities (AQA), July 2017.Universities New Zealand...

Universities NZ Submission Education (Tertiary Education) Amendment Bill

28 June 2017 | submissions

Universities New Zealand presented its submission to the Education and Science Select Committee on the Education (Tertiary Education) Amendment Bill today.We support the majority of changes in the...

10 facts about New Zealand universities

23 June 2017 | news

How well do you know New Zealand’s university sector? Here are 10 facts that might surprise you:1.   Universities are at the forefront of health research in New ZealandUniversities were awarded...

Degrees of freedom

23 June 2017 | news

What do Finance Ministers Bill English and Michael Cullen have in common?  Both have post-graduate Arts degrees. MPs enjoyed lively debate at a recent Select Committee meeting on the use of...

University rankings - why do they matter?

23 June 2017 | news

Love them or hate them, world university rankings are now the higher education version of Trip Advisor, pivotal to universities’ international standing.  So why do they matter so much?  And how...

Read the latest news from Universities NZ - June 2017 newsletter

23 June 2017 | publications

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