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Universities a key part of the solution
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 6:50 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
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. More >>
NZ universities rank in world’s top 100 in subject rankings
Wednesday, 29 April 2015, 10:35 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
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. More >>
Prestigious Girdlers’ Scholarship awarded to law student
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 10:15 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Eighteen year-old Harrison Fookes from Glendowie has been has been awarded a life changing Girdlers’ scholarship to Cambridge University. More >>
Kiwi philanthropist awards full scholarship to Cambridge
Thursday, 26 March 2015, 10:57 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
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, Auckland. More >>
Robertson scholarships awarded to outstanding future leaders
Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 11:08 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
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 will cover their study and living costs over four years, ... More >>
New opportunities with Chinese universities
Thursday, 20 November 2014, 5:17 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
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 research partnerships, leadership development programmes ... More >>
Rhodes Scholarships awarded to 3 exceptional New Zealanders
Friday, 7 November 2014, 1:32 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
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-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae at Government ... More >>
New Zealand universities still in top 3% globally
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 9:36 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
New Zealand universities still in top 3% globally 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 ... More >>
NZ universities support Labour’s commitment to lift funding
Monday, 18 August 2014, 2:38 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand welcomes the Labour Party’s commitment to increase funding for health, education and other public services by $1 billion a year, says acting Universities New Zealand chair and University of Otago Vice-Chancellor, Professor ... More >>
Kiwi engineering student to study at Duke University
Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 2:40 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
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 prestigious Duke University in the United States. More >>
NZ universities view budget as step in the right direction
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 5:34 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara welcomes student achievement component (SAC) funding increases announced in today’s budget for science, agriculture, pharmacy and physiotherapy on a per capita basis. More >>
Exceptional student’s dreams to advance Asian development
Thursday, 3 April 2014, 1:18 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
An exceptional New Zealand student committed to creating a better world, with a focus on Asian development, has been awarded a scholarship to study at esteemed Duke University in the United States. More >>
Outstanding all-rounder heading to Cambridge University
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 12:54 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Shem Harris, a first-year University of Auckland student determined to have a positive impact on society, will study at Cambridge University after being awarded the prestigious Sir Douglas Myers Scholarship 2014. More >>
Fiftieth NZ Girdlers’ Scholarship awarded
Thursday, 20 March 2014, 12:52 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Paul Newton-Jackson, a first-year music student at the University of Waikato, is the fiftieth New Zealander to be awarded the Girdlers’ Scholarship to study at Cambridge University’s Corpus Christi College. More >>
Fiftieth NZ Girdlers’ Scholarship awarded
Thursday, 20 March 2014, 11:20 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Paul Newton-Jackson, a first-year music student and Sir Edmund Hillary Scholar at the University of Waikato, is the fiftieth New Zealander to be awarded the Girdlers’ Scholarship to study at Cambridge University’s Corpus Christi College. More >>
NZ universities rank among the world’s best
Sunday, 9 March 2014, 12:38 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The latest world rankings demonstrate that New Zealand universities lead the world when it comes to internationalisation. More >>
Universities welcome Tertiary Education Strategy
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 12:13 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand- Te Pōkai Tara welcomes the release of the Tertiary Education Strategy (2014-2019) and will work closely with Government to achieve key goals such as boosting student achievement, occupational skills and economic growth. More >>
Governance changes will undermine role of universities
Monday, 17 February 2014, 9:34 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand opposes plans to change the composition of university councils which will remove the statutory protections that ensure universities have the independence and diversity to effectively represent the communities they serve. More >>
NZ’s Universities Sign Cooperation Agreement with France
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 12:39 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Stronger academic cooperation between New Zealand and France to enhance the quality of university education and research is a step closer with an agreement signed today at the French Embassy by Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara and its French ... More >>
Rhodes Scholars Elect For 2014
Friday, 8 November 2013, 4:20 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Benjamin Abraham, Hamish Tomlinson and Alice Wang and have been selected as Rhodes Scholars Elect for 2014, following a selection meeting chaired by the Governor-General at Government House in Wellington on 7 November. More >>
