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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ACG Education further expands its New Zealand vocational group

June 16, 2017

ACG Education (ACG), New Zealand’s largest independent educational services provider, has reached agreement with Administrators McGrathNicol to acquire Intueri’s seven New Zealand vocational colleges. The colleges will be acquired through ACG’s vocational education division New Education Group, and the transaction is expected to be completed on 30 June 2017. ACG Group Chief Executive John Williamson…

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Daryl Neo Boon Kiat

October 1, 2017

An ACG Education pathways student has received a $5,000 scholarship from Victoria University of Wellington to put toward his first year of undergraduate study. Daryl Neo Boon Kiat, 22, from Singapore, successfully completed the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation Studies Programme this year. He will now undertake a Bachelor of Commerce at Victoria and hopes…

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Kiwi grad turns dyslexia into dream career

September 29, 2022

Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects one in ten New Zealanders, including 70,000 school children. One of those Kiwis is Siubhan McPhail, New Zealand School of Tourism (NZST) graduate, who is defying stereotypes of dyslexia with two awards under her belt. Siubhan’s awards include the 2020 Top Tourism and Travel Student Award and the…

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