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Confidentiality of academic staff information essential

29 November 2012 | media

The potential breach of personal information relating to university academic staff is of great concern says Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara Chair Professor Pat Walsh, following the theft...

Rhodes Scholars Elect for 2013

08 November 2012 | media

Edward Stace, Louis Chambers and James Bonifacio have been selected as Rhodes Scholars Elect for 2013, following a selection meeting chaired by the Governor-General at Government House in...

Five top students to begin studies at the world’s best universities

11 September 2012 | media

With the support of scholarships administered by Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara, five of New Zealand’s top students from high schools throughout the country are soon to begin studying for...

Universities reject Minister’s criticism of their performance

05 September 2012 | media

Universities reject Minister’s criticism of their performanceRecent comments by Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills & Employment Steven Joyce that university councils are impeding the...

Universities sign Academic Cooperation Arrangement with Taiwan

25 May 2012 | media

Universities New Zealand-Te Pōkai Tara and the Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan (FICHET) have signed an Arrangement of Academic Cooperation today.The...

Budget confirms central role of universities for growth

24 May 2012 | media

Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara acknowledges that, despite the difficult economic situation faced by the country, the government has recognised the important contribution that universities...

Performance-Based Research Fund Effective

07 May 2012 | media

Universities NZ welcomes the Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills & Employment's indication over the weekend that there will be a modest increase to the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF)...

University Staff Academic Salaries and Remuneration 2012

03 May 2012 | publications

Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara commissioned Deloitte to undertake a comparison of New Zealand and select international (Australia, Canada, UK and USA) data on university staff academic...

Report finds New Zealand academic salaries still lagging

02 May 2012 | media

A report by Deloitte shows that New Zealand academic salaries are up to twenty percent lower than Australian academic salaries and lower than academic salaries in Canada and the United States. The...

Universities to share national journals storage

24 April 2012 | media

A collaborative initiative by New Zealand’s eight university libraries is set to free up space and save money by jointly storing a single copy of low-use print journals, while ensuring the...

Student Finance in the University Sector: Never Mind the Quality – Feel the Price

17 April 2012 | publications

Speech to the Conference on the Funding of Student Finance, IPS, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, 18 April 2012Stuart McCutcheon, Vice-Chancellor of The University of...

Initial results of world-first graduate survey released

04 April 2012 | media

The baseline report of the Graduate Longitudinal Study New Zealand (GLSNZ) has been released this week. The GLSNZ, a large-scale survey of New Zealand university graduates aiming to determine the...

Myers Scholarship taking Cantabrian to Cambridge

02 April 2012 | media

Zoë Higgins, a student from Banks Peninsula with a passion for improving the quality and sustainability of human life, has been awarded the prestigious Sir Douglas Myers Scholarship for 2012 to...

Robertson Scholars off to Duke University

27 March 2012 | media

Three exceptional students with a strong desire to create a better world have won valuable scholarships to prestigious Duke University in the United States.Their scholarships, each worth $100,000 a...

Universities New Zealand Briefing: Contributing to Government Goals

13 March 2012 | publications

Universities New Zealand Briefing: Contribution to Government Goals is the breifing provided to the incoming Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment in December 2011.

2012 Girdlers’ Scholarship winner announced

12 March 2012 | media

Kate Poskitt is looking forward to engaging with some of the best minds in the world when she begins studying for a Politics, Psychology and Sociology (PPS) Tripos degree at Cambridge University...

Universities NZ welcomes incoming Minister for Tertiary Education

12 December 2011 | media

Universities New Zealand-Te Pōkai Tara welcomes today’s announcement that Steven Joyce will serve another term as the Minister for Tertiary Education as well as be the new Minister for Science and...

Rhodes Scholars Elect 2012

21 October 2011 | media

Andrew Dean, Max Harris and Briar Thompson have been selected as Rhodes Scholars Elect for 2012 following a selection meeting held at Government House in Wellington on Thursday.Tenable at Oxford...

Funding support for Canterbury’s universities welcomed

21 September 2011 | media

Universities NZ welcomes today’s announcement that the government has agreed to fund Canterbury’s tertiary institutions at pre-earthquake-negotiated funding levels through 2012.To secure government...

Universities NZ welcomes changes to UE

10 August 2011 | media

Academic Quality Assurance of New Zealand Universities

09 August 2011 | publications

Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara and the New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit have published an information brochure called Academic Quality Assurance of New Zealand Universities.

World-first survey determines what becomes of university graduates

21 June 2011 | media

A large-scale survey of New Zealand graduates – which aims to determine the ongoing impact of a university education on graduates’ lives – is being launched this year and is a world first in its...

Universities’ reaction to Budget 2011

19 May 2011 | media

Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara is pleased that the government has recognised the important contribution higher education makes to New Zealand’s future growth. Today’s budget announcement...

Commentary on "Catalysing Economic Growth" by IPENZ

06 April 2011 | publications

Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara CommentaryImplications for New Zealand universities of the paper "Catalysing Economic Growth: Boosting Innovation Expertise in the Private Sector" by the...

Universities take leading role in growing innovation

23 March 2011 | media

A survey released today by Statistics New Zealand, in association with the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI), shows that universities undertook $802 million worth of research and development...