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2011 Girdlers’ Scholar looking forward to student life at Cambridge

22 March 2011 | media

Ryan Ammar is looking forward to student life at Cambridge University when he begins studying for an English Tripos later this year.  The 18-year-old former Head Boy at Timaru Boy’s High School ...

Robertson Scholarship takes Kiwis to US universities

22 March 2011 | media

Two former head girls of schools in Auckland and New Plymouth have won scholarships to esteemed universities in the United States.Brenna Cukier from St Heliers, Auckland is off to pursue her...

Myers Scholar to study languages at Cambridge

18 March 2011 | media

William Coleman, head prefect at King’s College, Otahuhu last year, has been awarded the prestigious Sir Douglas Myers Scholarship for 2011 to Cambridge University in England.The scholarship, worth...

Universities responding to Christchurch students’ needs

04 March 2011 | media

In the aftermath of the earthquake, the New Zealand universities have been working together to assist affected students from the Canterbury region. Lincoln University’s physical facilities are all...

Universities working together to respond to the Canterbury earthquake

01 March 2011 | media

Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara would like to express our deepest sympathy and concern for the people of Christchurch and the broader Canterbury region after last week’s devastating...

Responding to an ageing academic workforce

31 January 2011 | publications

Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara commissioned Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL) to analyse the academic workforce, identify possible scenarios for the future and present the...

Universities face the challenge of an ageing workforce

31 January 2011 | media

A report by Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL) shows that the universities are facing a shortage of academic staff over the next ten years due to an ageing academic workforce and other...

The Economic Value of University Investment

14 October 2010 | publications

Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara commissioned the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) to model the economic impact of investment in university teaching and research.  The...

It’s not just what is under your feet... it’s also about what's above your shoulders

27 April 2010 | publications

Extract from the opening address at the Higher Education Summit, Auckland, 15 March 2010 by Derek McCormack, Vice-Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology and Chair of the New Zealand Vice...

The Evolution Of Science – Where Is New Zealand Going?

03 December 2009 | news

Extract from a public lecture delivered at The University of Auckland by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Advisor Let us focus on the science system. It would escape no‐one's attention...

Māori Academic Leadership

07 October 2009 | news

Māori Academic Leadership: Capacity, Capability and Character Leadership                     Dr Steven Covey in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, (1989) discovered an interesting...

Major Advance For Indigenous Involvement In NZ Tertiary Education

25 June 2009 | media

Towards Social Cohesion: The Indigenisation Of Higher Education In New ZealandA summary of a paper presented by Professor Mason Durie, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Māori and Pacific) and Professor of...

Why Universities Are Critical To Our Recovery

03 June 2009 | news

The effects of the financial crisis currently underway are being felt in many countries, including New Zealand. The exact course of this recessionary period is unknown; however, the expected...

Universities key to building export education industry

20 February 2009 | news

By Professor Roy Crawford, Chair, NZVCC International Policy CommitteeThe importance of export education’s annual $2.3 billion contribution to the New Zealand economy, including the industry’s...

Briefing to the Incoming Minister

17 February 2009 | publications

The Briefing to the Incoming Minister (361KB PDF) was released on the 17th February 2009.

A Programme for New Zealand Universities

22 December 2008 | news

Victoria University of Wellington Vice-Chancellor Professor Pat Walsh outlined at a media briefing the universities' intention to work with the new government, as follows:The universities want the...

Paying Dividends For New Zealand

24 October 2008 | news

Excerpts from a speech delivered by NZVCC Chair Professor Roger Field at the launch of the publication University research commercialisation - paying dividends for New Zealand appear below."In 1988...

Sharing the funding pie

03 September 2008 | news

"As Vice-Chancellor of Wellington's leading tertiary institution, I feel a responsibility to let students and their parents understand the full picture when they look at what political parties...

NZUniGradStats No. 3

11 June 2008 | publications

The NZVCC conducts an annual survey of all graduates from the New Zealand university system in a given year. Headline results from that survey are contained in the publication NZUniGradStats. See...

University Staff Academic Salaries & Remuneration (Deloitte Report 2008)

28 May 2008 | publications

The NZVCC commissioned a comparison of New Zealand university academic staff salaries and remuneration data with that for Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and United States.  Prepared by...

NZVCC Submission on the Education (Establishment of Universities of Technology) Amendment Bill

19 March 2008 | submissions

Vice-Chancellors and Chancellors presented submissions on former NZ First MP Brian Donnelly's private member's legislation - the Education (Establishment of Universities of Technology) Amendment...

NZVCC Submission on the Education (Establishment of Universities of Technology) Amendment Bill

19 March 2008 | publications

Vice-Chancellors and Chancellors presented submissions on former NZ First MP Brian Donnelly's private member's legislation - the Education (Establishment of Universities of Technology) Amendment...

An Investment Approach to Public Support of New Zealand's Universities

31 August 2006 | publications

In the context of tertiary education reforms being pursued by the current government, and their emphasis on "investment", the NZVCC has published a paper which takes a research-based approach to...