Brett Berquist

As Amokapua | Assistant Vice-Chancellor Engagement Brett leads UC’s engagement, institutional advancement, and strategic partnerships at a local, national and international level.  

Brett brings three decades of university experience in several countries to the role; his passion is collaboratively developing and implementing strategy to help institutions address changing conditions, demographics, and objectives. 

With a firm dedication to civic engagement, in 2023 Brett commissioned the first ever community impact report undertaken by a New Zealand University.  In 2020 he co-edited a book published by Michigan State University Press titled ‘Community Engagement Abroad: Perspectives and practices on service, engagement, and learning overseas’ which proposed a new framework for community engagement.  

His research interests include community engagement, work integrated learning, employability, internationalization and related government policies, outcomes of international learning mobility, quality assurance in mobility and transnational education. He is active in a number of professional associations and external reviews, and regularly participates on international industry panels.