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More Pressure For Universities In Budget 2023
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 3:52 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara appreciates the 5% increase in funding for teaching (Delivery and Quality - DQ funding) as outlined in today’s Budget. “This increase comes at a time when the university sector is under significant ... More >>
Critic And Conscience Of Society Award Winner Holds Those In Power To Account
Friday, 12 May 2023, 3:05 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
For the vital role he has played in contributing analysis and academic expertise to areas of public interest, the winner of the 2023 Critic and Conscience of Society Award is Dr Dean Knight, Associate Professor of Law at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University ... More >>
Universities Launch ‘Piki Ake’: A Transition Programme Designed To Change The Trajectory For Upcoming Māori Researchers
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 5:05 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The Pike Ake transition programme seeks to redesign the trajectory for Māori researchers across New Zealand’s eight universities. Piki Ake is an MBIE-funded, whole-of-university sector initiative being overseen by peak body Universities New Zealand—Te Pōkai ... More >>
North Shore Robertson Scholar An Extraordinary All-rounder
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 4:44 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
‘An extraordinary all-rounder who goes above and beyond what is usually expected of a high school student’. That is how one of his teachers describes Hunter Haynes , 18, winner of this year’s Robertson Scholars Leadership Program. Hunter completed ... More >>
Myers Scholarship Recipient Looks Forward To Giving NZ A Voice In Cambridge
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 3:36 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Rangimarie Puttick , recipient of this year’s Sir Douglas Myers Scholarship to attend Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, will go to Cambridge “not only enormously grateful to have been given this opportunity ... More >>
‘Robust’ Research Track Record Wins NZ A Place In Flagship EU Programme
Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 2:05 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
New Zealand’s eight universities welcome the conclusion of negotiations between the Government and the European Commission to give New Zealand researchers access to Horizon Europe, the European Union’s flagship programme for research and innovation. ... More >>
Universities Look Forward To Contributing To Research Sector White Paper Reforms
Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 10:28 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
As trainers of most of the country’s researchers and home to nearly 60% of them, New Zealand’s eight universities expect to be key contributors to the major overhaul of the research, science and innovation (RSI) system promised ... More >>
Bilateral Forum Reaffirms Universities’ Close Ties With Viet Nam
Monday, 5 December 2022, 9:37 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
New Zealand’s eight universities have welcomed today’s Viet Nam–New Zealand Education Forum hosted at The University of Waikato as an opportunity to reaffirm and strengthen the sector’s longstanding relationships with Viet Nam. Image: Ho ... More >>
$50,000 Critic And Conscience Of Society Award 2023 Opens For Applications
Monday, 14 November 2022, 1:32 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
New Zealand university academics who excel at keeping the public informed with their expert commentary could receive a $50,000 grant as the 2023 Critic and Conscience of Society Award opens for applications. The 2023 winner of the award will be following ... More >>
NZ-China Forum Reaffirms Commitment To Higher Education Relationship
Friday, 11 November 2022, 11:06 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara (UNZ) and the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) yesterday co-hosted a successful sustainability-themed forum to reaffirm the countries’ commitment to their higher education relationship. ... More >>
Future Human Rights, Climate Action And Healthcare Leaders Recognised By Rhodes Scholarships
Friday, 4 November 2022, 2:42 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The Rhodes Scholarship’s long history of identifying and developing future leaders in their fields continues with New Zealand’s 2022 recipients set to leave their mark on human rights, climate action and healthcare. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2211/3f0e6e3ea56b14ef0471.jpeg" ... More >>
Fellowships Support Musicians To Up The Tempo Overseas
Tuesday, 1 November 2022, 10:15 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Three outstanding musicians have received a Judith Clark Memorial Fellowship to help them travel overseas to audition for internationally renowned postgraduate courses. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2211/9e26510c2da8ac6e202e.jpeg" ... More >>
Bright Futures Ahead For Kiwi Music Scholarship Recipients
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 1:28 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Five exceptional young classical musicians have been awarded a 2022 Kiwi Music Scholarship to help them pursue their bright futures on the world’s stages. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2210/fda32613f42e4f371c05.jpeg" width="720" height="655"> Pictured clockwise from top ... More >>
Groundbreaking Research By Woolf Fisher Scholarship Recipients Aims To Transform New Zealanders’ Lives
Friday, 7 October 2022, 12:44 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The three recipients of a 2022 Woolf Fisher Scholarship aim to transform New Zealanders’ lives with their groundbreaking research into Parkinson’s disease, cochlear implants for people with hearing loss, and the best ways to regenerate native forests. Worth ... More >>
Universities Mourn Her Majesty And Praise Her Support For Higher Education
Friday, 9 September 2022, 11:24 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The Vice-Chancellors of Aotearoa New Zealand’s eight universities have expressed their sorrow at the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and spoken of her support for higher education. Paying tribute to Her Majesty, Professor Jan Thomas, Chair ... More >>
Universities Join Call For Free Public Transport For Students And Others On Low Incomes
Thursday, 8 September 2022, 12:28 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Aotearoa New Zealand’s eight universities have joined the Aotearoa Collective for Public Transport Equity in calling on the Government to make public transport free to students and other New Zealanders on low incomes. Doing so will help alleviate ... More >>
New Zealand Centre At Peking University MOU Marks 15-year Partnership Success
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 8:04 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Fifteen years of successful international education collaboration through the New Zealand Centre at Peking University have been celebrated with the renewed signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the prestigious Chinese university and ... More >>
Universities Launch Programme To Support Māori Academics
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 3:17 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Te Kei, the first Māori academic career development programme funded by Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara (UNZ), has been launched. Te Kei is jointly led by UNZ’s committee of Māori academic leaders, Te Kāhui Amokura, and the human resources ... More >>
Georgetti scholarship recipients boost research
Monday, 27 June 2022, 1:32 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The nine recipients of a 2022 William Georgetti Scholarship are addressing everything from healthcare delivery inequities experienced by refugees to the best use of agricultural land to keep within the Earth’s environmental limits while contributing to global ... More >>
Smokefree NZ Researcher Receives 2022 Critic And Conscience Of Society Award
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 3:31 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
A leading researcher into ways to achieve a smokefree Aotearoa New Zealand received the 2022 Critic and Conscience of Society Award at a presentation in Christchurch today. Janet Hoek is a Professor of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington, ... More >>
