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Universities acknowledge funding increase
Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 5:18 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
University Vice-Chancellors acknowledge the 1.6% increase in tuition subsidies announced today and hope this Government will invest further in the university sector in coming years to ensure it can deliver on its policies to build a resilient and adaptable ... More >>
Universities welcome post-study work rights proposals
Saturday, 2 June 2018, 10:14 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
New Zealand’s universities welcome today’s announcement by Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway of proposed changes to post-study work visas for international students. More >>
Ethel Benjamin scholarships for outstanding women lawyers
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 9:26 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Three remarkable women have this year received New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin scholarships for outstanding women lawyers. More >>
Engineering students awarded RMTU scholarships
Friday, 18 May 2018, 3:43 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Two young students with a passion for engineering have been awarded Ernest William File scholarships for 2018. More >>
Budget a missed opportunity, say universities
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 5:10 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The Government has utterly failed to back up its rhetoric about the future of work and the importance of preparing for the challenges of technological change, according to the Vice-Chancellors of New Zealand’s universities. More >>
Canterbury academic receives Critic and Conscience Award
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 4:46 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Canterbury academic receives Critic and Conscience of Society Award On 22 February 2011, Dr Ann Brower’s life was changed by the Canterbury earthquake. More >>
BayTrust scholarship awarded to kaimoana researcher
Tuesday, 8 May 2018, 4:14 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Waikato University PhD student Vanessa Taikato has been awarded the 2018 Bruce Cronin BayTrust Scholarship to study ways in which Māori moved marine shellfish from location to location. More >>
Future leader awarded prestigious Robertson Scholarship
Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 3:42 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
An exceptional young woman who wants to make a difference by working on the ethical complications arising from technology has been awarded the prestigious Robertson Scholarship to study in the US. More >>
Universities New Zealand delighted at conference win
Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 5:03 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand (UNZ), the peak body representing the interests of New Zealand’s eight universities, is delighted that New Zealand has been successful in its bid to host the 2021 Asia-Pacific Association of International Education (APAIE) Conference ... More >>
International collaborations shown to benefit NZ Inc.
Thursday, 8 March 2018, 4:18 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand has today released a new Deloitte Access Economics report that assesses the benefits of international collaboration between New Zealand and overseas universities. It finds that collaboration on joint research, and the active ... More >>
Governments education work programme welcomed
Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 3:58 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand says the Government’s release of more detail of its education portfolio work programme for the next three years is welcome, and it comes at an important time for a system under pressure from a long-term decline in real per-student ... More >>
Music Scholarships Awarded to Outstanding Young Performers
Thursday, 21 December 2017, 11:14 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Five talented young performers have been awarded Kiwi Music Scholarships to continue their musical development. More >>
Rhodes scholarships awarded to future leaders
Wednesday, 8 November 2017, 3:59 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Prestigious Rhodes Scholarships have been awarded to three outstanding young New Zealanders to carry out post-graduate study at the University of Oxford (UK). More >>
Universities NZ welcomes Ministerial appointments
Wednesday, 25 October 2017, 2:20 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
University Vice-Chancellors today congratulated Chris Hipkins on his appointment as Minister of Education as well as Associate Ministers of Education Kelvin Davis, Jenny Salesa, and Tracey Martin, and Minister of Research, Science and Innovation, ... More >>
Life-changing opportunity for Woolf Fisher scholars
Wednesday, 20 September 2017, 11:10 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Three outstanding young New Zealanders with the potential to be leaders in their field have each been awarded a life-changing Woolf Fisher Scholarship to study at Cambridge. More >>
Inaugural Critic and Conscience Award
Wednesday, 13 September 2017, 10:28 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Massey University academic Dr Mike Joy has today been presented with the inaugural Critic and Conscience of Society Award for his work in drawing attention to the issue of water quality in New Zealand’s rivers, lakes and drinking water. More >>
UNZ cautions about potential for misuse of data
Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 3:06 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand welcomes the release of data to guide student choices around study and career options, but is worried about the likelihood that the data might mislead or confuse current or potential students. More >>
Strong endorsement for NZ university academic standards
Thursday, 20 July 2017, 12:38 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Strong endorsement for NZ university academic standards 20 July 2017 An independent review released today has strongly endorsed the quality assurance system that sits across all New Zealand university academic programmes and qualifications. More >>
UNZ welcomes first Health Research Strategy
Thursday, 22 June 2017, 4:13 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
By 2020 New Zealand will be investing over $120 million annually on health research so it’s critical the Health Research Strategy released today has the greatest impact possible. More >>
FMB Reynolds Law Scholarship awarded to Alison Chamberlain
Thursday, 1 June 2017, 9:51 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Auckland solicitor Alison Chamberlain has been awarded the 2017 FMB Reynolds Scholarship in Law which will see her carrying our post-graduate study towards a Bachelor of Civil Law at the prestigious University of Oxford. More >>
