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  University of New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New Zealand University Bursary began to be awarded in 1966 after the dissolution of the University, as student retention numbers in the Seventh Form increased in the 1960s and not all Seventh pupils had the calibre to succeed at Scholarship level.
The New Zealand Council for Legal Education was established in 1930 as a result of a Royal Commission of Inquiry in to the University of New Zealand; this body oversaw the teaching of Law in the University and was responsible to the University Senate.
Universities formed after the dissolution of the University of New Zealand are Waikato (1964) and AUT (2000).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_New_Zealand   (721 words)

  
 Lincoln University, New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lincoln University is New Zealand's second newest university, formed in 1990 when Lincoln College, Canterbury was made independent of the University of Canterbury.
From 1896-1961 it served students under the name "Canterbury Agricultural College", and was the fourth constituent college of the University of New Zealand until that institution's demise.
From 1961 to 1990, it became Lincoln College, a constituent college of the University of Canterbury, until achieving autonomy in 1990 as Lincoln University.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lincoln_University,_New_Zealand   (330 words)

  
 Bursary: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
New zealand is an independent sovereign state in the south-western pacific ocean....
From 2004, the new zealand scholarship is new zealands highest secondary school leaving qualification gained at the end of year 13, and is an undergraduate award...
The new zealand qualifications authority (nzqa) is the new zealand government department tasked with providing national and international leadership in assessment...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bu/bursary.htm   (719 words)

  
 ISEP Institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In New Zealand, degree programs are referred to as programmes, and individual classes are referred to as papers.
New Zealand follows the Southern Hemisphere calendar; therefore, students will find it beneficial to begin their studies during the U.S. second term.
The university has a tradition of academic excellence across a wide range of disciplines following its early recognition as New Zealand's premier and largest institution for agricultural and horticultural teaching and research.
www.isep.org /nus/nzealand   (1104 words)

  
 Introducing New Zealand Universities
New Zealand Universities are putting increased resources into the internationalisation of their universities.
New Zealand maintains a high level of research activity, the calibre of which continues to be recognised internationally.
Many New Zealand graduates go onto postgraduate study at universities in Canada, The United Kingdom and the United States- the most common destinations- prior to taking up careers either overseas or back in New Zealand.In addition many New Zealand graduates are awarded prestigious prizes and scholarships for further study in countries other than New Zealand.
www.intstudy.com /study_abroad/livfiles/saww6a31.htm   (909 words)

  
 Massey University New Zealand News and Media Information
New Zealand's immigration policy is inconsistent and difficult to work with according to a survey of immigration consultants.
New Zealand's immigration policy is difficult to work with and its operation is subject to variation across New Zealand and internationally.
New Zealand's grim road-death statistics may soon be about to change for the better if College of Education Associate Professor Pat Nolan has his way.
masseynews.massey.ac.nz /2000/publications/massey_news/archived_indexes/issue19.htm   (870 words)

  
 New Zealand :: Study Abroad :: University of Denver
Because New Zealand is located in the southern hemisphere, its seasons are the reverse of those in the United States.
New Zealand native Jane Campion, director of the Academy Award-winning film, The Piano, was the first female director to win the Palme D'Or at Cannes.
New Zealand’s national rugby team is the All Blacks, considered one of the most formidable teams in the world.
www.du.edu /intl/abroad/programs/newZealand.html   (1137 words)

  
 Association of University Staff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Association of University Staff (AUS) is calling for greater investment in New Zealand universities in the 2006 Budget to ensure that they are sufficiently funded to meet the country's research and education challenges of the twenty-first century.
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has labelled as worthless a survey released yesterday by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, purporting to show that New Zealanders have what is described as a "middling" level of confidence in the quality of tertiary education provided.
Representatives from the New Zealand Vice- Chancellors ' Committee (NZVCC) and Association of University Staff (AUS) have presented the Minister for Tertiary Education, Dr Michael Cullen, with a report showing that universities are under-funded, and that salaries are at an inadequate level as a consequence.
www.aus.ac.nz   (759 words)

  
 University Sport New Zealand » FAQs
One of two national university student bodies (the other being NZ University Students Association); the organisation works alongside sports and recreation providers on campus, and outside agencies, to maximise opportunities for its members.
They must be former students of the establishments mentioned in the previous article who have received their degree or diploma in the previous year; be nationals of the country they represent and be between the ages of 17 and 28 years at the time of the World Student Games.
For the prestigious New Zealand University Blues Awards, the criteria, for each sport is set by the national sports body, and is ultimately decided by an experienced New Zealand University blues panel.
www.universitysport.org.nz /about/faqs   (797 words)

  
 Farming without subsidies in New Zealand
In 1982, Federated Farmers of New Zealand (New Zealand’s leading farmer organization) submitted to the government an economic position paper declaring that controlling inflation, rather than compensating farmers for the consequences of inflation, should be the national priority.
New Zealand has a strong interest in trumpeting subsidy-free agriculture, of course, since NZ farm exporters are at a disadvantage on the global market with respect to their subsidized counterparts in Europe and the US.
New Zealand was a founding member of the Cairns Group (named for Cairns, Australia, the location of the group’s organizing meeting), a consortium of agricultural trading nations that banded together in the mid-1980s to lobby for liberalization of trade rules on agricultural products.
www.newfarm.org /features/0303/newzealand_subsidies.shtml   (2528 words)

  
 About the University - The University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is New Zealand's pre-eminent research-led University.
The University is situated in the heart of the cosmopolitan city of Auckland and provides an exciting and stimulating environment for over 40,000 students.
The University's comprehensive range of research-based study programmes is internationally recognised, and attracts postgraduate and undergraduate students from all over the world.
www.auckland.ac.nz /cir_visitors/index.cfm?action=display_page&page_title=visitors_newzealand   (305 words)

  
 Study in New Zealand (Waikato University) - New Zealand
New Zealand lies in the South Pacific and consists of two main islands, the North and South Islands.
Many new international students have never traveled such long distances away from home before, and potential homesickness and culture shock may also create problems while you are trying to settle in.
Students are welcomed to New Zealand, and offered support and assistance to make it as easy as possible to understand and settle in their new home.
www.worldendeavors.com /NewZealand/Program.cfm?ProgramID=39   (1033 words)

  
 Senior Academic Officer From New Zealand University Is Third Provost Candidate
Luanna H. Meyer, a Wisconsin native who is assistant vice chancellor at Massey University in New Zealand, will be on the campus of the University of Iowa Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 8 and 9 to interview for the position of provost, the university's chief academic officer.
She moved to the University of Minnesota in 1982, where she was associate professor of special education, and then went to Syracuse University in 1984 and was promoted to professor in 1988.
Reporting directly to the university president, the provost is responsible for the supervision of all academic programs, a variety of faculty-related matters (including academic promotion and tenure decisions and faculty advocacy), student academic affairs, and strategic academic planning.
itsnt166.iowa.uiowa.edu /uns-archives/2003/december/120803provost.html   (702 words)

  
 Steve Dawson,Staff, Marine Science, Otago University , New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Abundance, residency and habitat utilisation of Hector's dolphins in Porpoise Bay, New Zealand.
Incidental bycatch of yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) in gillnets in New Zealand waters 1979-1997.
Buckland, S.J., Hannah, D.J., Taucher, J.A., Slooten, E. and Dawson, S.M. Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in New Zealand's Hector's dolphin.
www.otago.ac.nz /marinescience/staff/SteveD.htm   (1393 words)

  
 The University of Auckland Official Homepage - The University of Auckland
The University of Auckland Official Homepage - The University of Auckland
Three University of Auckland students have been named in the MacDiarmid Young Scientists of the Year Awards, including the winner of the overall title of Young Scientist of the Year.
The capability and capacity of biomedical imaging at The University of Auckland has taken another significant step forward with the commissioning on May 31 of the latest Confocal laser live cell imaging system.
www.auckland.ac.nz   (115 words)

  
 Oxford University Press - New Zealand Dictionary Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The New Zealand Dictionary Centre was established in July 1997 in partnership with Victoria University of Wellington and Oxford University Press with the purposes of:
The New Zealand Dictionary Centre is based in Wellington, where there are valuable sources for lexicographical research in the National Library, the Alexander Turnbull Library, and the National Archives.
The New Zealand Dictionary Centre has an extensive reference library and direct access to citations for words which are being processed but which have not yet been published in the Oxford English Dictionary.
www.oup.com.au /content/General.asp?ContentID=1266&MasterID=48   (664 words)

  
 New Zealand Welcomes University-Based Chiropractic School
As all New Zealand chiropractors have been trained either in the US, the UK, Canada, or Australia, an undergraduate program was considered an essential component of Vision 2000.
The New Zealand Chiropractors Association formed the NZCA Centre for Chiropractic Ltd., to administer the chiropractic college.
Private training establishments in New Zealand are accredited by the New Zealand Government's Qualifications Authority (NZQA), which authorizes the awarding of national certificates, diplomas, and degrees.
www.chiroweb.com /archives/12/08/11.html   (595 words)

  
 Massey University New Zealand News and Media Information
The University came in for praise for innovation from the Prime Minister Helen Clark in her speech at the opening of the Auckland-based Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation on Friday 15 November.
Two Massey University scientists and their teams will play a lead role in the work of the two latest Centres of Research Excellence.
Massey University College of Education is to host the annual conference of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education from 5 to 8 December.
masseynews.massey.ac.nz /2002/archives_issues/issue21.htm   (1138 words)

  
 VOICES 3(1)-Krout: A Kiwi Odyssey: Music Therapy University Training in New Zealand Takes Flight
Music therapy in New Zealand has a history going back almost 30 years, and the new programme builds on the fine traditions established over that time.
While the New Zealand Society for Music Therapy (NZSMT) was formed in 1975, it is only now that a full-time dedicated New Zealand university music therapy programme is in place.
Along with the NZSMT and supporters from allied health fields, Dr. Denise Grocke of the University of Melbourne was a key advisor and consultant in shaping an overall curriculum template that was acceptable to Massey.
www.voices.no /mainissues/mi40003000114.html   (2121 words)

  
 6.2 New Zealand University Entrance Provisions [ NZQA ]
University Bursaries results can be recognised through University Entrance transition arrangements.
Students gaining grade C or higher in University Bursaries English or Te Reo Rangatira in 2003 will be deemed to have met the literacy requirement for university entrance.
Students entering a combination of University Bursaries subjects and unit or achievement standards in 2002/2003 will be able to count their Bursaries results for the current university entrance provision.
www.nzqa.govt.nz /ncea/acrp/secondary/6/62.html   (455 words)

  
 Massey University - New Zealand Diploma in Business (2006) - Introductory information
The New Zealand Diploma in Business (NZDipBus) is an extremely useful and practical general business qualification which provides a good knowledge of the key business areas.
For New Zealand students under 20 years wishing to enter university, a pass in three NZDipBus papers is considered equivalent to entrance to university.
New Zealand Diploma in Business papers can be used to gain cross-credits towards Massey University's Business degrees.
study.massey.ac.nz /programme.asp?prog_code=93257   (637 words)

  
 Massey University New Zealand News and Media Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Claims by the NZ University Students’ Association that students are being used to compensate institutions for the reduction in government funding have been roundly rejected by the country’s universities.
The May meeting of the University Council was preceded by a confidential debrief on the repositioning project, led by the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Education Professor Luanna Meyer.
The University is honouring New Zealand Music Month with a diverse and eclectic series of performances on the Wellington campus.
www.massey.ac.nz /~wwpubafs/_2001/archived_index/issue8.htm   (967 words)

  
 University in New Zealand - Study Abroad
New Zealand's eight universities are part of the international university community.
At the end of their studies in New Zealand they receive a certificate listing all the taken courses and grades.
However, the courses are chosen on the spot at the university in New Zealand, therefore it is difficult to design a course schedule before taking up studies in New Zealand.
www.studyingnewzealand.com /university-in-newzealand/study-abroad.html   (290 words)

  
 University Sport New Zealand
The 3rd World University Beach Volleyball Champs will take place at Protaras, Cyprus on 14-18 June 2006.
Over 400 students are expected to converge on Wanaka to represent their Universities in a week of ski and snowboard competition.
Team Managers for each University have been confirmed for the 2006 Uni Snow Games in Wanaka from 26 August - 1 September.
www.universitysport.org.nz   (152 words)

  
 International Education @ Oakland University - Programs - New Zealand - Teacher Exchange
The New Zealand student teacher exchange began in 1998-99 as a collaborative between Christchurch College of Education (CCE) in Christchurch, New Zealand and the School of Education and Human Services (SEHS) at OU.
This collaborative was developed for the purpose of improving the preparation of elementary teachers by exposing them to a comparison of theory and practice of education in both countries.
Oakland University students selected for this exchange program, spend five of their 15-week student-teaching placement in a New Zealand school, the other ten having been successfully completed Michigan with an assigned cooperating teacher.
www2.oakland.edu /ie/programs.cfm?page=exchange   (1053 words)

  
 Lincoln University Home
Every effort is made to ensure the information contained herein is correct at the time of printing, but the content may be subject to change.
Lincoln University reserves the right to make changes, amendments or deletions - including withdrawal of courses, should circumstances change.
Lincoln University does not assume and hereby disclaims any express or implied liability whatsoever to any party for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions, whether these errors or omissions result from negligence, accident or any other cause.
www.lincoln.ac.nz   (166 words)

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