Universities welcome post-study work rights proposals

02 June 2018 | media

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.“The previous system...

Ethel Benjamin scholarships for outstanding women lawyers announced

23 May 2018 | media

Three remarkable women have this year received New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin scholarships for outstanding women lawyers.The awards honour Ethel Benjamin, New Zealand’s first woman...

Engineering students awarded RMTU scholarships

18 May 2018 | media

Two young students with a passion for engineering have been awarded Ernest William File scholarships for 2018.Eighteen-year-old Hannah Hudson (Christchurch) and Anton Rufer (Tirau) have been...

Budget a missed opportunity, say universities

17 May 2018 | media

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...

Canterbury academic receives Critic and Conscience of Society Award

15 May 2018 | media

On 22 February 2011, Dr Ann Brower’s life was changed by the Canterbury earthquake.The only survivor of 13 people in a bus crushed by falling masonry from the unreinforced parapet and facade of a...

Outstanding young musicians awarded Patricia Pratt Scholarships

09 May 2018 | media

Three outstanding young musicians—cellist Matthias Balzat, tenor Filipe Manu and soprano Katherine McIndoe—have been awarded 2018 Patricia Pratt Scholarships in Musical Performance, enabling them...

BayTrust scholarship awarded to kaimoana researcher

08 May 2018 | media

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.Worth $5000,...

Prestigious 2018 Girdlers’ Scholarship awarded to Andrew Tang

21 March 2018 | media

Andrew Tang, from Wellington, has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Girdlers’ Scholarship, which will enable him to study Economics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, starting in October 2018....

Future leader awarded prestigious Robertson Scholarship

01 May 2018 | media

 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...

Outstanding Auckland student wins scholarship to Cambridge

27 April 2018 | media

Olivia Bennett, Dux of Auckland’s St Cuthbert’s College last year, has been awarded the prestigious Sir Douglas Myers scholarship to study at Cambridge University in England.Eighteen-year-old...