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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...

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...

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...

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...

Universities NZ to strengthen ties with India

26 October 2016 | media

Universities New Zealand has announced the development of an engagement strategy to strengthen relationships with India and also attract more university students to New Zealand, during a delegation...

NZ Universities and Maharashtra Government enter Strategic Partnership

26 October 2016 | media

A Strategic Education Partnership Agreement has been signed today between Universities New Zealand and the Maharashtra State Government, to coincide with Prime Minister John Key’s visit to India...

New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statement 2016

20 October 2016 | media

Click here for the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2016.

Statement on Telford Division, Lincoln

19 October 2016 | media

Universities New Zealand’s Committee on University Academic Programmes (CUAP) has considered thefindings of the Deloitte report. CUAP has determined the issues raised relate to funding reporting...

NZIER - Economic impact of Universities

30 September 2016 | publications

NZIER - Economic impact of UniversitiesThis report is an analysis of the contribution of New Zealand's universities to economic activity.The objective of the report is to estimate the economic...

New research shows economic impact of New Zealand’s universities: NZIER Report

30 September 2016 | media

New research confirms the major contribution New Zealand’s eight universities make to the nation’s economy, through productivity gains from research, innovation and teaching as well as through...

Impact of university research rising compared with world average

30 September 2016 | media

Universities New Zealand has welcomed a new government report which found that the academic impact of research by New Zealand’s universities has been rising compared with the world average....

Productivity Commission Report still far from presenting a compelling vision

29 September 2016 | media

University Vice-Chancellors are currently carefully considering the Productivity Commission’s 400-page report on new models of tertiary education says Chris Whelan, Executive Director of...