Universities NZ welcomes Ministerial appointments

25 October 2017 | media

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,...

New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statement 2017

25 October 2017 | media

Click here for the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2017.

Overview of assessment practices and addressing complaints

30 April 2017 | publications

This Overview of assessment practices and addressing complaints, sets out the robust internal and external quality management and quality improvement processes within every university and across...

Life-changing opportunity for Woolf Fisher scholars

20 September 2017 | media

Caption: Chairman of the Woolf Fisher Trust, Sir Noel Robinson with the Woolf Fisher Scholars for 2018 from left: Josh Brian, Oliver Hailes and Nat Walker-Hale.Three outstanding young New...

Inaugural Critic and Conscience Award to environmental “crusader”

13 September 2017 | media

Massey University academic Dr Mike Joy has 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...

UNZ cautions about potential for misuse of national earnings data

30 August 2017 | media

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...

University education changes lives, increases social capital

10 August 2017 | news

 New research has found that a university education is associated with a wide range of benefits for Māori and Pacific graduates, their families and communities, including reducing labour market...

The links between research and teaching

10 August 2017 | news

A defining characteristic of New Zealand universities is the statutory requirement that requires degrees to be taught mainly by people engaged in research....

Government responds to the Productivity Commission

10 August 2017 | news

After receiving a “revise and resubmit” on last year’s draft, the Government gave the Productivity Commission’s final report on “New Models of Tertiary Education” a just-passing grade, agreeing...

Strong endorsement for CUAP

10 August 2017 | news

A recent independent review has strongly endorsed the quality assurance system for university academic programmes and qualifications and found the system is working well for New Zealand and New...