Online education and MOOCs – optimal learning should remain focus

26 November 2013 | news

By Professor Roy Crawford Chair of Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Waikato.Tertiary education continues to undergo a dramatic transformation with...

NZ's Universities Sign Cooperation Agreement with France

28 November 2013 | media

NZ’s Universities Sign Cooperation Agreement with FranceStronger academic cooperation between New Zealand and France to enhance the quality of university education and research is a step closer...

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...

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 –...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...