Massey University

Not to be confused with Massey College.
Massey University
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa
Motto Floreat scientia (Let knowledge flourish)
Type Public
Established 1927
Chancellor Chris Kelly[1]
Vice-Chancellor Hon. Steve Maharey
Students 33,904[2]
Location Palmerston North, Auckland (Albany), Wellington, New Zealand
Campus Urban
Website www.massey.ac.nz

Massey University (Māori: 'Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa') is a university located in Palmerston North, New Zealand, Albany, New Zealand, and Wellington, New Zealand. Massey University has approximately 35,000 students, 17,000 of whom are extramural or distance-learning students.[2]

Massey University has campuses in Palmerston North (sites at Turitea and Hokowhitu), Wellington (in the suburb of Mount Cook), and Auckland (at Albany).[3] It also has a business school accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Research is undertaken on all three campuses. More than 3,000 international students from over 100 countries study at the university.[4]

Massey University is the only university in New Zealand offering degrees in aviation, dispute resolution, veterinary medicine, and nanoscience. Massey's veterinary school is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association and is recognised in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Britain. Its agriculture programme is the highest-ranked in New Zealand, and 19th in Quacquarelli Symonds' (QS) world university subject rankings.[5] Massey's Bachelor of Aviation (Air Transport Pilot) is an internationally recognised and accredited qualification, is the first non-engineering degree to be recognised by the Royal Aeronautical Society (1998), and has ISO9001-2000 accreditation.

Key facts

From 2008 Annual Report[6]

History

The New Zealand Agricultural College Act of 1926 established the sixth college of the University of New Zealand (UNZ) at Turitea, across the Manawatu River from Palmerston North City. It drew from the agriculture departments of Victoria University College in Wellington and Auckland University College.

In 1927 the college was renamed Massey Agricultural College after former New Zealand Prime Minister William Fergusson Massey who died in 1925 and had been vigorous in land reform efforts. The Massey Agricultural College Committee first met on 1 February 1927 and the Batchelar property, near the present Turitea site, was purchased that June. The college was officially opened for tuition on 20 March 1928 by O. J. Hawkin. Women were admitted from 1932, with Enid Hills being the first.[7]

With the demise of the UNZ in 1961, it became Massey College, part of Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). In 1960 a branch of VUW was established in Palmerston North to teach students by distance education, known as extramural study. In 1963 this branch amalgamated with Massey College to form Massey University College of Manawatu, and on 25 September, the Massey University Act 1963 made it an independent university as Massey University of Manawatu, with its present name being adopted in 1966.

Inaugurated in 1993, classes began at Massey's Albany campus in 1994.[8]

In December 2010 Massey announced that the Wellington campus would close its School of Engineering and Advanced Technology the next month. Students were offered places at either the Albany or Manawatu campuses with compensation, but those who could not make the move and chose to undertake their degree elsewhere were given no compensation, and only a few papers were able to be cross-credited.[9]

The College of Health was launched in February 2013 [10] with three broad goals: promoting health and wellbeing, disease and injury prevention and protecting people and communities from environmental risks to health.

Campuses

Graduates in Wellington

Massey University has campuses in the Manawatu at Palmerston North (sites at Turitea and Hokowhitu), at Wellington (in the suburb of Mt Cook) and on Auckland's North Shore at Albany. In addition, Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally. It has the nation's largest business college. Research is undertaken on all three campuses.

New Zealand's first satellite, KiwiSAT is currently being designed and built by New Zealand Radio Amateurs with the support of Massey, especially in space environment testing.

Manawatu Campus

The Manawatu campus in Palmerston North consists of two locations at Turitea and Hokowhitu. The campus has around 9,000 students.[11]

The Turitea site houses the main administrative units of Massey University as well as the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Sciences, and the Business School. The Turitea site is home to the only Veterinary School in New Zealand. In 2013 the College of Education became the Institute of Education and is part of College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Albany Campus

Part of Massey University's Albany Campus in 2005

Since 1993 the Auckland campus in Albany has grown rapidly in a fast developing part of Auckland's North Shore City. Science and Business are the two largest colleges on the campus with the College of Science housing the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study solely on the campus. Around 7,000 students are enrolled at Albany.[12] This campus has grown since then and an on-campus accommodation facility opened in semester one 2015.[13]

Wellington Campus

In 1999 the Wellington campus was created through the acquisition of the Wellington Polytechnic. Part of Massey Wellington sits inside the New Zealand Dominion Museum building. The Wellington campus primarily specializes in Design (College of Creative Arts), Nursing, as well as Communication and Journalism. It has over 4,000 students.[12]

Extramural

Extramural study first began in 1960 and Massey University is New Zealand's largest and pre-eminent provider of distance education.[14] Massey is known for its flexible learning and innovative delivery options and this tradition continues in the use of elearning.

The University is currently embarking on a major project to further digitise its distance delivery and has recently adopted Moodle (branded as Stream) as its new Learning Management System (LMS).[15][16]

Governance

Massey Agricultural College, then Massey College, and then Massey University were governed by a board of governors, and then by a university council.[17]

Chairmen of the Board of Governors

Chancellors

Notable alumni

Politicians

Sportspeople

Nathan Cohen

Others

Kay Cohen

Notable faculty

Notable faculty, past or present include:

Lockwood Smith

Massey University Students' Association

The Massey University Students' Association (MUSA) represents the student bodies at Massey University. MUSA has three representatives to the Massey University's governing body, the Massey University Council.

Constituent members

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "New Chancellor elected to University Council". Massey University. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Massey University Annual Report" (PDF). 2011. p. 106.
  3. ↑ "About our Campuses – Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Massey University At Auckland And Palmerston North, New Zealand". Edumaritime.com. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2013 – Agriculture & Forestry". Topuniversities.com. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Massey University Annual Report 2008\publisher=Council.massey.ac.nz" (PDF). Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "First woman at Massey dies – education – national". Stuff.co.nz. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Expanding into three cities (1993–2009) – Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Amanda Fisher (20 December 2010). "Students offered up to $30,000". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Colourful launch to College of Health – Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Study Abroad on ISEP-Direct!". ISE.orgP. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Study Abroad on ISEP-Direct!". ISEP.org. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Albany – Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  14. ↑ (Owens, 1985)
  15. ↑ "'Moodle' the first step in learning enrichment strategy – Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Stream to enhance interactive online learning environment – Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "Past Officers and Members of the Council and Honourary Graduates". Massey University. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "Massey College Board". Auckland Star LXIX (142). 18 June 1938. p. 20. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Edward Durning Holt Biography". Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  20. ↑ "Top public servant appointed to Council". Massey University. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  21. ↑ Anzac Day: From teen ratbag to hero (25 April 2012). Hawkes Bay Today. Retrieved 2 May 2012
  22. ↑ "Ross McEwan: who is RBS's new chief executive?". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

References

OWENS, J.M.R. Campus Beyond the Walls: The First 25 Years of Massey University's Extramural Programme Palmerston North, Dunmore Press Ltd, 1985. (ISBN 0864690479) Available free from Massey at

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