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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NZIS and NZCM warming up for new campus in Wellington

October 3, 2018

3 October 2018 – It has been announced that the New Zealand Institute of Sport (NZIS), and New Zealand College of Massage (NZCM) will be moving together to level 1 of the heritage railway building in Wellington from late January 2019. Staff are excited to be moving into a modern and newly refurbished learning environment, and…

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A 360 degree view on tourism training

May 22, 2019

22 May 2019 –  Virtual reality (VR) technology has entered the vocational classroom, and students are loving the true life experience it creates.  Immersed in the ‘real’ world, students are able to visualise, learn, and retain information effectively.  For New Zealand School of Tourism (NZST) it creates a new learning opportunity for students to sample…

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UP Education joins overseas delegation

November 10, 2022

Mark Rushworth, UP Education Group CEO, attended an overseas delegation to East Asia led by the Minister of Education, Chris Hipkins, to promote New Zealand as an international education destination of choice. They were joined by Education New Zealand, university and school representatives. The delegates promoted New Zealand’s commitment to education cooperation with South Korea…

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