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UNZ Submissions - Universities Advisory Group
17 December 2024 | submissions
Throughout 2024, Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara have prepared submissions to the University Advisory Group (UAG). The UAG was established at the start of the year to provide government...
Statement on cuts to Marsden Funds for Humanities and Social Sciences
04 December 2024 | news
Today's announcement from Government disbanding the humanities and social sciences panels from the Marsden Fund is very concerning. Whilst investment in STEM disciplines is important for shorter...
December Erasmus+ Regional Information Sessions
03 December 2024 | news
Sign up NOW for the Erasmus+ Regional Information Sessions for the Pacific, to find out more about the recently launched 2025 Erasmus+ Call for proposals! Expert speakers from the European Commiss...
Is technology the end of campus-based learning?
18 November 2024 | news
Chris WhelanChief ExecutiveUniversities New Zealand - Te Pokāi Tara Since its formation in March, the Universities Advisory Group has posed a number of questions to the sector, some of which have ...
From the Chair: Punching above our weight: New Zealand universities’ success story makes the case for investment
18 November 2024 | news
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UNZ Newsletter - November 2024
18 November 2024 | news
Read the November 2024 newsletter here. Subscribe to UNZ's newsletter here.
Announcing the inaugural winners of the ACC Scholarship
18 November 2024 | media
MEDIA RELEASE | 18 November 2024...
Strengthening Academic Ties: France and New Zealand Universities Renew Cooperation Agreement
06 November 2024 | media
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New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statements 2024
29 October 2024 | publications
These are the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024.
2025 Woolf Fisher Scholarship recipients announced
16 October 2024 | media
Four exceptional New Zealand graduates have been awarded prestigious Woolf Fisher Scholarships to pursue their doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge.Sophia Bebelman, Petra Fisher, Alexan...
Student mobility and credit transfer
04 October 2024 | publications
A June 2021 paper by Universities NZ examines student mobility and credit transfer patterns across New Zealand's tertiary education sector....
Kiwi Music Scholarship: Launching classical stars onto the global stage
02 October 2024 | media
Aotearoa boasts an exceptional array of young, up-and-coming classical musicians, and thanks to the annual Kiwi Music Scholarship, provided by the Kiwi Music Trust, five have been awarded $15,000 ...
UNZ Newsletter - August 2024
12 September 2024 | news
Read the August 2024 newsletter here. Subscribe to UNZ's newsletter here
Thinking about ‘The Code’ Five Years On
30 August 2024 | news
Chris WhelanChief ExecutiveUniversities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara In 2019, a tragic event that saw the death of a student go undiscovered for a period of weeks prompted an urgent call by Governm...
Reaffirming key principles
30 August 2024 | news
Professor Cheryl de la ReyTumu Whakarae | Vice-ChancellorUniversity of CanterburyChair of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee An important focus of the New Zealand Vice Chancellors’ Commit...
UNZ Submission - Universities Advisory Group Phase 2
30 August 2024 | submissions
Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara have prepared the following submission for Phase Two of the consultation with the University Advisory Group (UAG)....
UNZ and Paraguay’s BECAL establish a joint scholarship programme
28 August 2024 | news
Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara (UNZ) and Coordination of the National Scholarship Program Carlos Antonio López (BECAL) of Paraguay have signed a collaborative agreement to establish a ...
A welcome financial boost for aspiring young journalists
20 August 2024 | media
Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara is pleased to announce that Elsie Williams and Phoebe Utteridge, both from the University of Canterbury, are the inaugural winners of the Brian Gaynor Sch...
Horizon Europe Webinar
05 August 2024 | news
On July 31, UNZ and Universities Canada hosted a webinar to promote joint applications for Horizon Europe Cluster 5. ...
Harvard Horizons for Top Kiwi Scholars
31 July 2024 | news
Harvard Horizons for Top Kiwi Scholars...
Boosting International Academic Collaboration
17 July 2024 | news
New Zealand Universities and Ecuador’s USFQ Sign MOU to Boost International Academic Collaboration...
Moving to a new model of academic audit in New Zealand’s university sector
26 June 2024 | media
From Professor Cheryl de la Rey, Chair of Universities New Zealand. The Education and Training Act 2020 identifies the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee (NZVCC) as the entity primarily respo...
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