Dr John Wood incoming Chair of Chancellors’ Group
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Tue Mar 01 2016 13:00:00 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
Dr John Wood incoming Chair of Chancellors’ Group
Tuesday, 1 March 2016, 10:17 am
Press Release: Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
1 March 2016
Dr John Wood incoming Chair of Chancellors’ Group
Universities New Zealand has announced that Dr John Wood CNZM QSO, Chancellor of the University of Canterbury, is the incoming Chair of the Chancellors’ Group.
The Chancellors of each of the eight universities meet formally on a regular basis and also meet with Vice-Chancellors.
Dr Wood is a former New Zealand diplomat. He was Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and served two separate terms as New Zealand's Ambassador to the United States in Washington.
Dr Wood says he is looking forward to working with Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors during a dynamic time in the university sector.
“Together with my fellow Chancellors I look forward to consolidating new University Council structures following legislative changes last year. We want to ensure that new Council constitutions are both agile and strategic to focus on the opportunities and challenges being faced across the university sector,” says Dr Wood.
“We will also be making submissions to the Productivity Commission’s review of the tertiary sector to ensure it is vigorous and future focused. It is also imperative that the review recognises the quality of our universities – all of which are ranked in the top 3% in the world, and acknowledges the contribution our universities make to the country’s economic growth and social wellbeing.”
Dr Wood replaces Mr John Ward, the Chancellor of the University of Otago. Both Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors conveyed their gratitude to Mr Ward for his service as Chair of the Chancellors’ Group since 2012.
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The full list of Chancellors is:
- Dr Ian Parton, University of Auckland
- Mr John Maasland, Auckland University of Technology
- Rt Hon James Bolger, University of Waikato
- Mr Chris Kelly, Massey University
- Sir Neville Jordan, Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr John Wood, University of Canterbury
- Mr Tom Lambie, Lincoln University
- Mr John Ward University of Otago.
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