Platinum partnership celebrates 20 years with The University of Auckland

7 June 2019 – A 20 year partnership between the University of Auckland and UP Education has been celebrated across campuses this month to acknowledge the special relationship between the two organisations.

In 1998, Ian King, then Deputy CEO of ACG Education, and a member of the University of Auckland Academic staff were fortuitously delayed flying out of Indonesia. Before long they had devised a plan to create a new programme to support the recruitment of international students into the University via a Foundation course.

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Meet Christy Cheung – registered nurse

January 21, 2018

After studying at an ACG Pathways course, Christy Cheung worked towards her dream career in nursing.   Christy, from Hong Kong, completed the fast-track AUT Certificate in Foundation Studies in 2014. She went on to graduate from AUT University with a Bachelor degree in Health Science specialising in Nursing. “The foundation course allowed me to…

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UP Education international students take home top prizes

November 15, 2021

UP Education Foundation Studies students, Ronel Giam and Nehara Pandey, from Victoria University of Wellington took home the top honours at the 2021 Wellington International Student Excellence Awards held on 9 November at the Opera House in Wellington City, New Zealand. UP Education is driven to shape the changemakers of tomorrow, continuing to support international…

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Central Christchurch to gain a $5M creative hub

October 4, 2018

Christchurch’s reputation as an artistic and creative city continues with the announcement that Yoobee School of Design and Design & Arts College New Zealand (D&A) will merge into a completely renovated state-of-the-art campus in central Christchurch in mid-2019. Yoobee is New Zealand’s leading specialised digital design school with several campuses around the country, and D&A…

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