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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 >>
Law Scholarship Recipients Tackle Bias In Public Decision-making And How To Draw On Tikanga Māori
Tuesday, 7 June 2022, 11:42 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Finding ways to use litigation to remedy bias in public decision-making and provide greater recognition of tikanga Māori are the aims of the two recipients of this year’s New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarships. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2206/d03adbcec7963dc79990.jpeg" ... More >>
Universities’ Budget 2022 Funding Doesn’t Even Keep Up With Inflation
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 7:10 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Aotearoa New Zealand’s universities are disappointed that despite their potential to be the key to improving wellbeing, addressing climate change and positioning the country for post-pandemic success, Budget 2022’s tiny funding increases won’t ... More >>
Universities Welcome Much-needed Earlier Border Reopening
Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 4:17 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Aotearoa New Zealand’s eight universities look forward to welcoming back their international students after today’s announcement that the final part of the Government’s staged border reopening will be brought forward from October to 31 July. “This ... More >>
Budget A Chance To Unlock Universities’ Full Potential To Enhance New Zealanders’ Wellbeing And Prosperity
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 2:10 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Budget 2022 is a chance for the Government to better support universities and enhance their huge contribution to national wellbeing and providing the skills and solutions New Zealanders need to prosper, says Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara ... More >>
Critic And Conscience Of Society Award Winner Highlights Vaping Threat To Health Of Young New Zealanders
Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 12:31 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Regulatory loopholes are contributing to increases in the number of young New Zealanders exposed to nicotine through vaping, warns the winner of the 2022 Critic and Conscience of Society Award. Janet Hoek is a Professor of Public Health at the University of ... More >>
Myers Scholarship Winner Will Use Cambridge Learning To Tackle Mental Health Crisis
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 11:16 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The recipient of this year’s Sir Douglas Myers Scholarship to attend the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom aims to use what he learns there to help tackle Aotearoa New Zealand’s mental health crisis. Eighteen-year-old Aucklander Isaac ... More >>
Girdlers’ Scholarship Winner Wants To Help The Pacific Advance Itself Globally
Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 3:03 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The recipient of the 58th Girdlers’ Scholarship to attend Corpus Christi College at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom wants, on completing his studies, to serve Aotearoa New Zealand and the wider Pacific region in advancing themselves ... More >>
Robertson Scholarship Winner Excels In Sport And Music As Well As Studies
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 2:57 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The teachers of this year’s Robertson Scholars Leadership Program winner don’t know how she fits in her many sporting and cultural achievements while also producing such outstanding academic results, but waking some weeks at 4am undoubtedly helps. ... More >>
Universities Call For An Independent National Research Council
Monday, 7 March 2022, 2:31 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Aotearoa New Zealand’s eight universities are calling for the Government to establish an independent national research council to set national research priorities and provide strategic oversight of the country’s research, science and innovation (RSI) ... More >>
