New Zealand’s universities all rank in top 100 in subject rankings

29 April 2015 | media

New Zealand’s universities rank amongst the best in the world with all eight universities making the top 100 in at least one subject according to an international report released today.The...

Why did so many students fail UE last year and what needs to be done?

11 May 2015 | news

Opinion piece by Chris Whelan, Executive Director, Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai TaraAbout 65,000 secondary students finish school each year.  Of them about 38% will enrol to study at one of...

Universities a key part of the solution: Budget 2015

21 May 2015 | media

Vice-Chancellors have welcomed today’s Budget funding increase as further recognition that universities are key drivers of New Zealand’s economic growth and social well-being.Budget 2015 allocates...

Seven “best brains” awarded post graduate scholarships

26 May 2015 | media

Several young New Zealanders are heading offshore for their postgraduate study thanks to the William Georgetti Scholarships.The scholarships were established by the late William Georgetti, a Hawkes...

Patricia Pratt Scholarship awarded to talented violinist and bassoonist

28 May 2015 | media

Two talented young musicians have been awarded the 2015 Patricia Pratt Scholarship in Musical Performance enabling them to continue their postgraduate development at a renowned international music...

Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to universities

03 June 2015 | media

University Vice-Chancellors have congratulated Professor Roy Crawford and Dr John Wood who were appointed Companions to the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to tertiary education in the...

New Zealand France Friendship Fund Excellence Scholarship awarded to Dylan Chambers

10 June 2015 | media

The 2015 New Zealand France Friendship Fund Excellence Scholarship has been awarded to recent Victoria University graduate Dylan Chambers.The 25-year old student has been awarded $25,000 to...

10 KiwiRail Children awarded Scholarships

15 June 2015 | media

The sons and daughters of ten current KiwiRail employees have been awarded scholarships of $2000 towards their tertiary education.The scholarship is funded by KiwiRail Group to enable employees’...

Busting myths around universities today - by Chris Whelan

23 June 2015 | news

By Chris Whelan, Executive Director, Universities New ZealandLast month I was fortunate to be part of the delegation to Latin America led by Tertiary Education Minister Stephen Joyce to strengthen...

Todd awards nine research scholarships to benefit New Zealand

26 June 2015 | media

The Todd Foundation has awarded scholarships to nine postgraduate students to encourage the development of new concepts, technology or research which will benefit New Zealand.Dr Christina Howard,...