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Growing our regions

05 April 2017 | news

New research shows that universities contribute up to $19.95 billion to the regions in New Zealand where they are located and represent between 1.6% and 6.5% of GDP in their region.New Zealand’s...

How does funding stack up against the OECD?

05 April 2017 | news

A recent media story claimed, “New Zealand devoted a higher proportion of its total public expenditure to tertiary education than any other country in the OECD.” [1] But how does government...

Achieving parity

05 April 2017 | media

Universities support TEC's call for participation parity for Māori and Pasifika school leavers but say they are hamstrung by the comparatively low numbers achieving UE while at secondary school...

Globalising NZ students

05 April 2017 | news

Students who study overseas do better academically, get better jobs and are paid more.  So how will the recent TEC announcement support New Zealand student mobility?From this year, tuition funding...

Innovation combats credential fraud

05 April 2017 | media

Recent analysis of 5,500 CVs in the UK found that a staggering 44% had discrepancies in education claims with 10% having false grades. So what are universities here doing to combat credential fraud...

International collaboration pays off

05 April 2017 | media

New research shows that every $1 invested in getting New Zealand researchers to collaborate with overseas researchers returns $7 in increased economic activity over the following 20 years. Here’s...

Latest News - From the Chair

05 April 2017 | news

From the ChairThe recently published Productivity Commission report into ‘New Models of Tertiary Education’ should be of concern to everyone.  It ignores the fact this country has one of the world...

Have an issue or complaint about university assessment processes?

31 March 2017 | media

If you have an issue or complaint about university assessment practices, please email complaints@universitiesnz.ac.nz or call 04 381 8511.Check assessment practices and read about the internal and...

Overview of assessment, quality and complaints practices

30 March 2017 | news

The majority of people who do university study want to develop skills and knowledge that will make them employable and to gain qualifications that potential future employers will recognise and...

Statement from the Chair of Universities New Zealand

29 March 2017 | media

The Chair of Universities New Zealand, Professor Stuart McCutcheon, strongly denies that universities are relaxing standards for either entering university or passing courses.Universities generally...

Outstanding Papamoa student wins scholarship to Cambridge

21 March 2017 | media

Felicity Whale, the Dux at St Paul’s Collegiate in Hamilton last year, has been awarded the prestigious Sir Douglas Myers scholarship to study at Cambridge University in England.There, eighteen...

Future leaders awarded prestigious Robertson Scholarship

21 March 2017 | media

Two exceptional young women with a passion to make a difference have been awarded the prestigious Robertson Scholarship to study in the USA.Antonia Young, aged eighteen from Parnell (Auckland), and...

Productivity Commission report fails NZ

21 March 2017 | news

The Productivity Commission has again failed to understand the real challenges facing New Zealand’s universities and is trying to fix what’s not broken while ignoring things that are.Professor...

Productivity Commission Inquiry into New Models of Tertiary Education

21 March 2017 | news

Productivity Commission of Inquiry into New Models of Tertiary EducationThe Government asked the Productivity Commission to investigate how trends in technology, internationalisation, population,...

Productivity Commission report fails NZ

21 March 2017 | media

 The Productivity Commission has again failed to understand the real challenges facing New Zealand’s universities and is trying to fix what’s not broken while ignoring things that are.Professor...

Universities’ expertise strengthening NZ ties to Asia-Pacific

09 March 2017 | media

Universities New Zealand says the three Centres of Asia-Pacific Excellence announced today demonstrate the important role universities play in sharing their research and expertise with government...

A Crisis Should Not Be Wasted

09 March 2017 | news

By Dr Peter Lee, CEO, Auckland UniServices LtdThe term crisis is being used to describe these economically turbulent times.Crises are disruptive periods in which there is an inherent tendency to...

NZ universities excel in QS World University Subject rankings

07 March 2017 | media

New Zealand has again excelled in the latest world university rankings, being placed in the top 50 universities in the world in 22 different subjects, and in the top 100 in 39 (out of a possible 46...

A degree is a smart investment

24 January 2017 | media

Students recognise that earning a degree creates great benefits for them and their families, and that’s why they are willing to take on an average of $15,000 debt as they know they’ll earn $1.3-$4...

Pathways to scholarship

11 January 2017 | media

Diana Amundsen is an inspiration, and finds inspiration in the people and communities around her. Diana completed her Bachelor of Arts at Waikato University in 1988 and nearly thirty years later...

Briefing for the Incoming Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment 2016

20 December 2016 | news

BIM prepared for Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, by Universities New Zealand.

University research influential on the world stage

30 November 2016 | media

The inaugural Science and Innovation System Performance Report finds that the New Zealand university research system is efficient and their research is influential on the world stage.Chris Whelan,...

Universities awarded 92.5% of Marsden research funding

03 November 2016 | media

Universities New Zealand congratulates all researchers awarded grants in this year’s Marsden Funding, which supports New Zealand’s best investigator-initiated research in science, engineering,...

Governor-General announces Rhodes Scholars for 2017

03 November 2016 | media

The Governor-General has announced that the 2017 Rhodes Scholarship has been awarded to three outstanding all-round graduates, to support their post-graduate study at the University of Oxford, and...

Credit recognition in New Zealand universities: Practice in an international context

31 October 2016 | publications

This paper, Credit recognition in New Zealand universities: Practice in an international context is a desk-based literature review and analysis.The purpose of this analysis was to explore the...