Higher education agreement between France and NZ

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Higher education agreement to be signed between France and New Zealand

Universities New Zealand and its French counterpart Conférence des Présidents d’Universités (CPU) to sign an agreement intended to promote exchanges between the two countries in the spheres of teaching, research and scholarship.

On November 28th, Prof. Roy Crawford, chair of Universities NZ and M. Gaël Lagadec, President of the University of New Caledonia and representative for the Conférence des Présidents d’universités will be signing a framework agreement intended to encourage cooperation between universities of both countries.

With the support of the Embassy of France, both organisations have been working closely to draw-up this agreement, with the aim of promoting academic links between the two countries, both parties understanding that furthering the cooperation in the academic sphere will benefit the higher education institutions of both countries.

Notably, this agreement intends to facilitate mobility of students and scholars between France and New Zealand, through establishing the comparative levels of degrees between the universities of the two countries.

More specifically, the purpose of the agreement is to facilitate cooperation:

- in the exchange of undergraduate and postgraduate students between New Zealand and France;

- in the placement of New Zealand and French graduates and researchers;

- in the fostering and implementing of research projects;

- in the exchange of senior and junior staff and research assistants for the implementation of research projects and for teaching;

- through participation in symposia and other academic events;

- in establishing contacts in research and teaching, and in exchanging research information via publications, teaching materials, and electronic networks.

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