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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 >>
No real commitment to great universities
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 4:25 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Vice-Chancellors say that while the government has invested heavily in some aspects of New Zealand’s future it is yet to show a commitment to creating the great universities that will be central to the country’s future. More >>
Universities generate $19.95 billion in regions
Monday, 15 May 2017, 11:38 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
New research shows that New Zealand’s universities contribute up to $19.95 billion to the regions where they are located and individually drive between 1.6% and 6.5% of regional GDP. More >>
Prestigious Girdlers’ Scholarship awarded to Hamish Thomas
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 4:16 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Hamish Thomas, aged 17 from Christchurch, has been awarded the prestigious Girdlers’ Scholarship which will see him study Natural Sciences, specialising in genetics, at the University of Cambridge. More >>
Scholarship for outstanding women lawyers announced
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 3:42 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The 2017 New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin scholarship for outstanding women lawyers has been awarded to Johanna McDavitt. More >>
Universities high performing but underfunded
Friday, 5 May 2017, 4:43 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The latest rankings show that New Zealand has an efficient, high-performing university sector that is struggling to maintain its place in the world against a backdrop of underfunding. More >>
Sir Douglas Myers
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 12:29 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand manages the Sir Douglas Myers Scholarship for undergraduate students to study at Cambridge University. The scholarship covers tuition and college fees, and provides a living allowance, which is worth approximately £34,000 or NZ$60,000 ... More >>
Concerns over persistent UE disparity for Māori & Pasifika
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 9:48 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
University Vice-Chancellors welcome the increased numbers of secondary school students achieving NCEA Level 2 but remained concerned about the persistent achievement gap at University Entrance level for Māori and Pasifika students. More >>
Productivity Commission report fails NZ
Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 10:00 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
The Productivity Commission has again failed to understand the real challenges facing New Zealand’s universities and is trying to fix what’s not broken while ignoring things that are. More >>
Universities’ expertise strengthening Asia-Pacific ties
Thursday, 9 March 2017, 12:49 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Universities New Zealand says the three Centres of Asia-Pacific Excellence announced today demonstrate the important role universities play in sharing their research and expertise with government and business to support their work with these important ... More >>
NZ universities excel in QS World University Subject ranking
Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 9:48 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
New Zealand has again excelled in the latest world university rankings, being placed in the top 50 universities in the world in 22 different subjects, and in the top 100 in 39 (out of a possible 46) subjects. More >>
A degree is a smart investment
Tuesday, 24 January 2017, 2:40 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Students recognise that earning a degree creates great benefits for them and their families, and that’s why they are willing to take on an average of $15,000 debt as they know they’ll earn $1.3-$4 million more over their working lives than a ... More >>
