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Kiwi philanthropist awards full scholarship to 18 year-old to Cambridge

24 March 2015 | media

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,...

Letter to Ministers about the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) on NZ copyright

17 March 2015 | news

Copy of Letter to Ministers

Conference: Business Improvement in Universities - Maximising efficiency by applying business processes to academic institutions

13 March 2015 | news

Conference dates: 17 - 18 June 2015, CQ Functions, Melbourne, AustraliaNote Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara members get an exclusive discount on this conference. Quote the code CC*UNZ and...

Universities 101 - what it's like to study at uni today

23 February 2015 | news

By Chris Whelan, Executive Director, Universities New ZealandThis month sees over 20,000 young people starting university for the first time.  All of them will be approaching it with a mix of...

Who is fuel poor and why?

18 December 2014 | media

 A scholarship to study fuel poverty in New Zealand has been awarded to an Otago University student.Fatima McKague has been awarded the Todd Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship in Energy Research,...

How do we develop tomorrow’s leaders and thinkers today?

15 December 2014 | news

by Professor Harlene Hayne - Chair of Universities New Zealand, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago.The greatest challenge facing New Zealand’s universities is to act as incubators,...

New scholarship honours Kiwi farming leader

10 December 2014 | news

The memory of one of New Zealand’s farming leaders is being honoured with the establishment of the John H Aspinall Scholarship to support study into public access to the outdoors and New Zealand’s...

New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statements 2014

03 December 2014 | media

Click here for the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2014.

New opportunities with Chinese universities

20 November 2014 | media

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...

Universities New Zealand – Briefing to the Incoming Minister October 2014

17 November 2014 | publications

Universities New Zealand – Briefing to the Incoming Minister October 2014

Rhodes Scholarships awarded to three exceptional young New Zealanders

06 November 2014 | media

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...

New Zealand universities still in top 3% globally

02 October 2014 | media

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...

Congratulations to 2014 Woolf Fisher Scholars

18 September 2014 | news

Universities New Zealand warmly congratulates Nelson Lam, Athene Laws and Rory Little who been have awarded prestigious Woolf Fisher Trust Scholarships to study for their doctorate at the...

Engage:ED Conference 15-16 September, 2014, Auckland, New Zealand

31 July 2014 | news

ENGAGE:ed Recruitment | Engagement | Retention 15 - 16 September, 2014 | Stamford Plaza, Auckland, New Zealand ENGAGE:ed is set to explore strategies, challenges and experiences within recruitment,...

Excellent kiwi engineering student to study at Duke University

03 June 2014 | media

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...

NZ universities view budget as step in the right direction

15 May 2014 | media

NZ universities view budget as step in the right directionUniversities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara welcomes student achievement component (SAC) funding increases announced in today’s budget for...

Future Learning Environments Conference 29-30 July, 2014 Auckland

12 May 2014 | news

Future Learning Environments29 - 30 July, 2014 | Stamford Plaza, AucklandLeveraging the enablers of next generation learningDigital technologies have revolutionised the education sector.In the last...

New Scholarship - Auckland Council Economics Research

10 April 2014 | news

The Auckland Council Chief Economist's Research Scholarship in Economics.This scholarship was established in 2013 to support and encourage research into urban economics.For 2014 applications are...

Exceptional student's dreams to advance Asian development a step closer

03 April 2014 | media

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...

Outstanding all-rounder heading to Cambridge University

27 March 2014 | media

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...

Fiftieth NZ Girdlers' Scholarship awarded

19 March 2014 | media

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...

NZ Universities rank among the world's best

09 March 2014 | media

The latest world rankings demonstrate that New Zealand universities lead the world when it comes to internationalisation.Times Higher Education has compiled a list of the top international...

Universities welcome Tertiary Education Strategy and working collaboratively

05 March 2014 | media

Universities welcome Tertiary Education Strategy and working collaboratively Universities New Zealand- Te Pōkai Tara welcomes the release of the Tertiary Education Strategy (2014-2019) and will...

World University Rankings pivotal to universities' international standing

25 February 2014 | news

by Professor Roy Crawford, Chair, Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara and Vice- Chancellor, University of WaikatoUniversities have a love-hate relationship with world university rankings –...

Governance changes will undermine role of universities

16 February 2014 | media

Governance changes will undermine role of universitiesUniversities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara opposes plans to change the composition of university councils which will remove the statutory...