Academic Quality Assurance of New Zealand Universities

09 August 2011 | publications

Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara and the New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit have published an information brochure called Academic Quality Assurance of New Zealand Universities.

Universities NZ welcomes changes to UE

10 August 2011 | media

Universities NZ welcomes today’s announcement that the government has agreed to fund Canterbury’s tertiary institutions at pre-earthquake-negotiated funding levels through 2012.To secure government...

Funding support for Canterbury’s universities welcomed

21 September 2011 | media

Universities NZ welcomes today’s announcement that the government has agreed to fund Canterbury’s tertiary institutions at pre-earthquake-negotiated funding levels through 2012.To secure government...

Rhodes Scholars Elect 2012

21 October 2011 | media

Andrew Dean, Max Harris and Briar Thompson have been selected as Rhodes Scholars Elect for 2012 following a selection meeting held at Government House in Wellington on Thursday.Tenable at Oxford...

Universities NZ welcomes incoming Minister for Tertiary Education

12 December 2011 | media

Universities New Zealand-Te Pōkai Tara welcomes today’s announcement that Steven Joyce will serve another term as the Minister for Tertiary Education as well as be the new Minister for Science and...

2012 Girdlers’ Scholarship winner announced

12 March 2012 | media

Kate Poskitt is looking forward to engaging with some of the best minds in the world when she begins studying for a Politics, Psychology and Sociology (PPS) Tripos degree at Cambridge University...

Universities New Zealand Briefing: Contributing to Government Goals

13 March 2012 | publications

Universities New Zealand Briefing: Contribution to Government Goals is the breifing provided to the incoming Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment in December 2011.

Robertson Scholars off to Duke University

27 March 2012 | media

Three exceptional students with a strong desire to create a better world have won valuable scholarships to prestigious Duke University in the United States.Their scholarships, each worth $100,000 a...

Myers Scholarship taking Cantabrian to Cambridge

02 April 2012 | media

Zoë Higgins, a student from Banks Peninsula with a passion for improving the quality and sustainability of human life, has been awarded the prestigious Sir Douglas Myers Scholarship for 2012 to...

Initial results of world-first graduate survey released

04 April 2012 | media

The baseline report of the Graduate Longitudinal Study New Zealand (GLSNZ) has been released this week.  The GLSNZ, a large-scale survey of New Zealand university graduates aiming to determine the...