The University of Canterbury is a public research university based in Christchurch,New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbury College,the first constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is New Zealand's second-oldest university,after the University of Otago,which was founded four years earlier,in 1869.
Lincoln University is a public university in New Zealand that was formed in 1990 when Lincoln College,Canterbury was made independent of the University of Canterbury. Founded in 1878,it is the oldest agricultural teaching institution in the Southern Hemisphere. It remains the smallest university in New Zealand and one of the eight public universities. The campus is situated on 50 ha of land located about 15 km (9 mi) outside the city of Christchurch,in Lincoln,Canterbury.
Sir John Antony Hood is a New Zealand businessman and administrator. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 5 October 2004 until 30 September 2009. He was the first Vice-Chancellor to be elected from outside Oxford's academic body in 900 years,and the first to have addressed the scholars' congregation via a webcast. In March 2007 New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark awarded him the World Class New Zealand supreme award to honour his contribution to profiling New Zealand and New Zealanders internationally. On 15 November 2007 he announced that he would not seek an extension to his five-year term as Vice Chancellor,and that he would leave Oxford in September 2009.
TheUniversity of Law is a private for-profit university in the United Kingdom,providing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in law,business,psychology,criminology,policing and computer science. It also provides postgraduate courses in education,and specialist legal training and continuing professional development courses for British barristers,solicitors and trainees;it is the United Kingdom's largest law school. It traces its origins to 1876.
Sir David Stephen Eastwood,,is a British academic and long serving university leader who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham between 13 April 2009 and December 2021.
Sir Cary Lynn Cooper,is an American-born British psychologist and 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Manchester Business School,University of Manchester.
Sir Steven George West is a British podiatrist,the vice-chancellor,president and chief executive officer of the University of the West of England since 2008. He holds a number of national and international advisory appointments in higher education,healthcare policy and regional government.
Sir Andrew Thomas Cahn,KCMG is chair of the board of governors of Birkbeck,University of London,and a former senior civil servant.
David Andrew Phoenix is an English biochemist and Chief Executive of London South Bank University.
Sir Peter David Gluckman is a New Zealand scientist. Originally trained as a paediatrician,he served as the inaugural Chief Science Advisor to the New Zealand Prime Minister from 2009 to 2018. He is a founding member and was inaugural chair of the International Network for Government Science Advice,and is president of the International Science Council.
Sir Mason Harold Durie is a New Zealand professor of Māori Studies and research academic at Massey University. He is known for his contributions to Māori health. In 2020,he was appointed to the Order of New Zealand,the highest honour in New Zealand's royal honours system.
Sir David Christopher Graham Skegg is a New Zealand epidemiologist and university administrator. He is an emeritus professor in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at the University of Otago. He was the vice-chancellor of the university from 2004 to 2011 and president of the Royal Society of New Zealand from 2012 to 2015. His primary research interest is cancer epidemiology.
James Alexander McWha is a botanist whose professional career was devoted to teaching,research and educational administration in New Zealand,Northern Ireland and Australia. He retired as Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Adelaide on 30 June 2012. In October 2013 he was appointed as Vice Chancellor of the newly created University of Rwanda. He retired from the University of Rwanda in October 2015.
Alexander Zelinsky is an Australian computer scientist,systems engineer and roboticist. His career spans innovation,science and technology,research and development,commercial start-ups and education. Professor Zelinsky is Vice-chancellor and President of the University of Newcastle joining the university in November 2018. He was the Chief Defence Scientist of Australia from March 2012 until November 2018. As Chief Defence Scientist he led defence science and technology for Australia's Department of Defence.
Vada Harlene Hayne is an American-born academic administrator who was the vice-chancellor and a professor of psychology at the University of Otago in New Zealand,before moving to Western Australia to take up the position of vice-chancellor at Curtin University in April 2021.
Dame Alcyion Cynthia Kiro is a New Zealand public-health academic,administrator,and advocate,who has been serving as the 22nd governor-general of New Zealand since 21 October 2021. Kiro is the first Māori woman and the third person of Māori descent to hold the office.
Laurence Stephen Geller,CBE,is a British-American real estate investor,author and philanthropist. He served as the founder,president and chief executive officer of Strategic Hotels &Resorts from 1997 to 2012. He is the chancellor of the University of West London and the Chairman of Geller Capital Partners.
Dianne Christine McCarthy is a New Zealand scientist and professional director,who was the chief executive of the Royal Society of New Zealand between 2007 and 2014. She lives in Blenheim.
The following lists events that happened during 2018 in New Zealand.
