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Universities a key part of the solution: Budget 2015

21 May 2015 | media

Vice-Chancellors have welcomed today’s Budget funding increase as further recognition that universities are key drivers of New Zealand’s economic growth and social well-being.Budget 2015 allocates...

Why did so many students fail UE last year and what needs to be done?

11 May 2015 | news

Opinion piece by Chris Whelan, Executive Director, Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai TaraAbout 65,000 secondary students finish school each year.  Of them about 38% will enrol to study at one of...

New Zealand’s universities all rank in top 100 in subject rankings

29 April 2015 | media

New Zealand’s universities rank amongst the best in the world with all eight universities making the top 100 in at least one subject according to an international report released today.The...

Almost a generation of the best wiped out in WWI

24 April 2015 | news

The First World War touched nearly every New Zealand family, community and workplace as well as our universities.From a population of just over 1 million, 100,000 young men served overseas, 18,000...

New CUAP Handbook released

22 April 2015 | news

The revised Committee on University Academic Programmes (CUAP) Handbook is now available on the Universities New Zealand website.Wendy Robinson, Portfolio Manager – Academic Programmes at...

UNZ part of Ministerial delegation to Latin American

21 April 2015 | news

UNZ Executive Director Chris Whelan is part of a Ministerial delegation of university representatives led by Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce to strengthen education links with Latin...

Prestigious Girdlers’ Scholarship awarded to multi-talented law student

31 March 2015 | media

Eighteen year-old Harrison Fookes from Glendowie has been has been awarded a life changing Girdlers’ scholarship to Cambridge University.The former Auckland Sacred Heart student is described as an...

Robertson scholarships awarded to outstanding future leaders

25 March 2015 | media

Two young New Zealanders have been awarded prestigious Robertson scholarships to study at a top-ranked American university in recognition of their outstanding leadership potential.The scholarship...

Kiwi philanthropist awards full scholarship to 18 year-old to Cambridge

24 March 2015 | media

A scholarship funded by businessman Sir Douglas Myers for a future New Zealand leader to study at Cambridge University has been awarded to exceptional 18 year-old Ethan Sorrell from Waterview,...

Letter to Ministers about the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) on NZ copyright

17 March 2015 | news

Copy of Letter to Ministers

Conference: Business Improvement in Universities - Maximising efficiency by applying business processes to academic institutions

13 March 2015 | news

Conference dates: 17 - 18 June 2015, CQ Functions, Melbourne, AustraliaNote Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara members get an exclusive discount on this conference. Quote the code CC*UNZ and...

Universities 101 - what it's like to study at uni today

23 February 2015 | news

By Chris Whelan, Executive Director, Universities New ZealandThis month sees over 20,000 young people starting university for the first time.  All of them will be approaching it with a mix of...

Who is fuel poor and why?

18 December 2014 | media

 A scholarship to study fuel poverty in New Zealand has been awarded to an Otago University student.Fatima McKague has been awarded the Todd Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship in Energy Research,...

How do we develop tomorrow’s leaders and thinkers today?

15 December 2014 | news

by Professor Harlene Hayne - Chair of Universities New Zealand, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago.The greatest challenge facing New Zealand’s universities is to act as incubators,...

New scholarship honours Kiwi farming leader

10 December 2014 | news

The memory of one of New Zealand’s farming leaders is being honoured with the establishment of the John H Aspinall Scholarship to support study into public access to the outdoors and New Zealand’s...

New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statements 2014

03 December 2014 | media

Click here for the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2014.

New opportunities with Chinese universities

20 November 2014 | media

An agreement renewed today between New Zealand and Chinese universities will help pave the way for new collaboration opportunities between faculty and students in New Zealand and China including...

Universities New Zealand – Briefing to the Incoming Minister October 2014

17 November 2014 | publications

Universities New Zealand – Briefing to the Incoming Minister October 2014

Rhodes Scholarships awarded to three exceptional young New Zealanders

06 November 2014 | media

Three outstanding young New Zealanders have been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to undertake postgraduate study at the University of Oxford. The announcement was made by the Governor...

New Zealand universities still in top 3% globally

02 October 2014 | media

New Zealand universities still rank in the top 3% world-wide despite slippage in the latest tables says the Acting Chair of Universities New Zealand Professor Harlene Hayne.Under the Times Higher...

Congratulations to 2014 Woolf Fisher Scholars

18 September 2014 | news

Universities New Zealand warmly congratulates Nelson Lam, Athene Laws and Rory Little who been have awarded prestigious Woolf Fisher Trust Scholarships to study for their doctorate at the...

Engage:ED Conference 15-16 September, 2014, Auckland, New Zealand

31 July 2014 | news

ENGAGE:ed Recruitment | Engagement | Retention 15 - 16 September, 2014 | Stamford Plaza, Auckland, New Zealand ENGAGE:ed is set to explore strategies, challenges and experiences within recruitment,...

Excellent kiwi engineering student to study at Duke University

03 June 2014 | media

An excellent all round engineering student from the University of Auckland, who wants to use his education and skills to give back to New Zealand, has been awarded a scholarship to study at...

NZ universities view budget as step in the right direction

15 May 2014 | media

NZ universities view budget as step in the right directionUniversities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara welcomes student achievement component (SAC) funding increases announced in today’s budget for...

Future Learning Environments Conference 29-30 July, 2014 Auckland

12 May 2014 | news

Future Learning Environments29 - 30 July, 2014 | Stamford Plaza, AucklandLeveraging the enablers of next generation learningDigital technologies have revolutionised the education sector.In the last...