Applications Open for One of NZ’s Leading Academic Prizes

Applications Open for One of New Zealand’s Leading Academic Prizes

The NZ-UK Link Foundation is now seeking applicants for its Visiting Professorship 2013. The educational charity funds this award to promote cultural links between New Zealand and the UK with a series of talks (four lectures, one in London and three in other venues) and events through a secondment to the School of Advanced Studies (SAS) in the University of London) over a three-month period in the Spring or Autumn 2013.

The NZ-UK Link Foundation aims to make a ‘continuing and substantial contribution to the intellectual, educational, vocational and academic underpinning of the bilateral relationship between New Zealand and the UK in a changing world’. As a result, the Foundation supported the establishment of the Visiting Professorship programme.

The first Visiting Professorship in October 2010 was awarded to Professor Margaret Wilson of Waikato University, the former Attorney General, Cabinet Minister and Speaker of the House of Representatives. In her lectures and seminars she reviewed New Zealand’s experience of MMP and the establishment of a Supreme Court as the UK prepared for its referendum on proportional representation.

In 2011, the award was made to Professor Jonathan Gardner Professor of Marine Biology at Victoria University. An acknowledged expert on the establishment and management of Marine Reserves, he was able to compare New Zealand’s substantial experience and success in this crucial aspect of environmental policy with his peers in the UK as they consider Great Britain’s policy development.

Sir Graeme Davies, Chairman of The Trustees said “We are seeking applications from any New Zealand academic who can bring their experience to bear on any important issue of policy where the UK and New Zealand will benefit from an exchange of views and the establishment of a fruitful dialogue. Our two previous Professors had great success in leading the critical comparison of thinking in their respective areas of expertise and we are looking to build on this foundation.”
Applications must be submitted by 31 July 2012 to the Chairman, NZ-UK Link Foundation c/o New Zealand House, Haymarket, London SW1Y 4TQ

Notes for Editors

The NZ-UK Link Foundation
The NZ-UK Link Foundation was established in 1991 as a registered charity whose objectives were ‘the advancement of education for the benefits of the public in the UK and New Zealand’. Briefly, this was to be achieved through the establishment of scholarships and exchange schemes for individuals to study and teach aspects of the economic, social, cultural, and scientific history of both countries and the inter-relationships between them.
For further information see http://www.nzuklinkfoundation.org/
Location of Visiting Professorship Programme
The School of Advanced Study is at the hub of the University’s collaborative academic activities. It unites ten prestigious institutes and is a national research resource of outstanding reputation for academics and postgraduates. Its specialist schools include the Institute for Commonwealth Studies, the Institute of Historical Research and the Warburg Institute. This gives Visiting Professors access to extensive research facilities and appropriate academic specialists as required. In addition, the SAS and the University provide practical and logistical support to the VP.
For further information see www.sas.ac.uk

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