What parents overwhelmingly want for their children

10 August 2017 | news

New Zealand parents overwhelmingly want their children to go to university.That’s the key finding from a recent survey commissioned by Universities New Zealand of 1,000 parents of children aged 11...

SMEs value university research and graduates

10 August 2017 | news

University research makes a positive contribution to New Zealand businesses according to a recent survey of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) commissioned by Universities New Zealand.In a...

From the Chair: Brave new careers world?

10 August 2017 | news

Students, schools and those retraining need to be better served by our careers system than the current mishmash of overlapping and inconsistent initiatives offered by a range of government agencies...

Read the latest news from Universities NZ - August 2017 newsletter

10 August 2017 | publications

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Report of the 2017 Review of the Committee on University Academic Programmes (CUAP)

20 July 2017 | publications

 Report of the 2017 Review of the Committee on University Academic Programmes (CUAP) undertaken by the Academic Quality Agency for New Zealand Universities (AQA), July 2017.Universities New Zealand...

Strong endorsement for NZ university academic standards

20 July 2017 | media

An independent review released today has strongly endorsed the quality assurance system that sits across all New Zealand university academic programmes and qualifications.The review was carried out...

From the Chair: Who can call themselves a university and does it really matter?

23 June 2017 | news

 Mitt Romney recently described Donald Trump’s promises being “as worthless as a degree from Trump University”. The potential to have a Trump University scenario here in New Zealand has increased....

Read the latest news from Universities NZ - June 2017 newsletter

23 June 2017 | publications

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University rankings - why do they matter?

23 June 2017 | news

Love them or hate them, world university rankings are now the higher education version of Trip Advisor, pivotal to universities’ international standing.  So why do they matter so much?  And how...

Degrees of freedom

23 June 2017 | news

What do Finance Ministers Bill English and Michael Cullen have in common?  Both have post-graduate Arts degrees. MPs enjoyed lively debate at a recent Select Committee meeting on the use of...