Conference: Business Improvement in Universities - Maximising efficiency by applying business processes to academic institutions

13 March 2015 | news

Conference dates: 17 - 18 June 2015, CQ Functions, Melbourne, AustraliaNote Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara members get an exclusive discount on this conference. Quote the code CC*UNZ and...

Letter to Ministers about the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) on NZ copyright

17 March 2015 | news

Copy of Letter to Ministers

Kiwi philanthropist awards full scholarship to 18 year-old to Cambridge

24 March 2015 | media

A scholarship funded by businessman Sir Douglas Myers for a future New Zealand leader to study at Cambridge University has been awarded to exceptional 18 year-old Ethan Sorrell from Waterview,...

Robertson scholarships awarded to outstanding future leaders

25 March 2015 | media

Two young New Zealanders have been awarded prestigious Robertson scholarships to study at a top-ranked American university in recognition of their outstanding leadership potential.The scholarship...

Prestigious Girdlers’ Scholarship awarded to multi-talented law student

31 March 2015 | media

Eighteen year-old Harrison Fookes from Glendowie has been has been awarded a life changing Girdlers’ scholarship to Cambridge University.The former Auckland Sacred Heart student is described as an...

UNZ part of Ministerial delegation to Latin American

21 April 2015 | news

UNZ Executive Director Chris Whelan is part of a Ministerial delegation of university representatives led by Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce to strengthen education links with Latin...

Almost a generation of the best wiped out in WWI

24 April 2015 | news

The First World War touched nearly every New Zealand family, community and workplace as well as our universities.From a population of just over 1 million, 100,000 young men served overseas, 18,000...

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...