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Educators welcome official recognition of dyslexia
Friday, 20 April 2007, 12:18 am | Massey University
The head of an international organisation researching learning disabilities has welcomed the Government’s announcement yesterday that it recognised dyslexia as a significant barrier to learning. More >>
University assignment wins travel writing prize
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 4:12 pm | Massey University
A university assignment has won Wellington extramural student Terence Wood $1000 and an award at the Cathay Pacific Travel Media Awards, announced recently in Auckland. On Top of the World, a story set in Greenland, was written as an assignment for the ... More >>
World War I photos wanted for publication
Monday, 16 April 2007, 2:51 pm | Massey University
Military historian and author Associate Professor Glyn Harper is appealing to the public for copies of historic WWI photographs to be reproduced in a definitive photographic record of New Zealand involvement in the Great War. More >>
Masters thesis provides practical business advice
Friday, 13 April 2007, 2:52 pm | Massey University
Robyn de Bruin-Judge decided from the outset that if she were to get through her masters thesis, it would have to be relevant to the business world. More >>
Walkers overstep the mark
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 4:19 pm | Massey University
Visitors to the University in recent weeks could be forgiven for thinking they have stumbled across some sort of roaming secret society. More >>
Small businesses as community hearts
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 9:57 am | Massey University
One of Britain’s leading researchers on small businesses says they add value to communities as well as economies. Dr Francis Greene says a local newsagent is a good example of a small business providing a “heart” for a community. More >>
New survey on the Government’s performance
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 1:10 pm | Massey University
The Government gets ticks from the public for its performance in protecting the environment, fighting unemployment and dealing with security threats. More >>
Former refugee graduates with a Social Work degree
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 2:56 pm | Massey University
Somalia-born Mohamud Mohamed has overcome a lack of schooling and English language to complete a Bachelor of Social Work at Massey’s Wellington campus. More >>
Anti-design for designers
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 9:50 am | Massey University
Dutch designer Gert Jan Leusink will visit Massey’s Wellington campus to talk about his experience in the early years of Droog design. Droog is a collective since 1993 that re-thinks industrial design. More >>
Ribena case tip of the iceberg?
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 2:10 pm | Massey University
The Ribena case highlights researchers’ concerns that health claims about foods may give rise to misleading impressions, says marketing professor Janet Hoek. More >>
Further deterioration in home affordability
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 1:36 pm | Massey University
More bad news for first home buyers – confirmation that national home affordability continued to deteriorate in the quarter ending February 2006. Affordability is now the most difficult it has been since the Massey University Home Affordability series ... More >>
Satellite-tracking the flight of the godwit
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 12:14 am | Massey University
As the last bar-tailed godwits leave New Zealand estuaries on their northern migration to Alaska this week, Massey scientists will trace their journey via satellite-tagged individuals. More >>
NZer amongst world cricket injury experts
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 2:55 pm | Massey University
Sport injury expert Darryl Cochrane will represent New Zealand at an international congress in Barbados timed to coincide with the World Cup series. More >>
Fulbright award for sleep scientist
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 3:11 pm | Massey University
Sleep scientist Sarah-Jane Paine has won a Fulbright Travel Award to present her PhD research at a leading international conference. Ms Paine holds the Health Research Council Mäori Health PhD Scholarship, and is based at the Sleep/Wake Research Centre ... More >>
4 yr primary teaching qualification national first
Monday, 19 March 2007, 1:06 pm | Massey University
The University’s College of Education is to launch a new four-year primary teacher education programme that will bring New Zealand in line with international teacher training standards and mean higher rates of pay for graduates. More >>
Conference to launch infant mental health
Monday, 19 March 2007, 11:31 am | Massey University
Issues relating to the mental health of infants will be the subject of a conference in Wellington next month (26 April). More >>
Maharey hails Aviation School’s flight simulator
Friday, 16 March 2007, 5:21 pm | Massey University
Education Minister Steve Maharey says he decided this morning that operating the Massey School of Aviation’s new flight simulator was likely to be the most exciting thing he did today. More >>
Contract aims to improve disaster awareness
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 4:34 pm | Massey University
The Joint Centre for Disaster Research has been awarded a $27,000 contract from the Earthquake Commission to investigate effective community-based public education initiatives. More >>
Vets investigating yellow-eyed penguin deaths
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 9:59 am | Massey University
PALMERSTON NORTH – Veterinarians at the University’s Wildlife Ward are investigating the cause of death of the last of a population of endangered yellow-eyed penguins hatched on Stewart Island this breeding season. More >>
Fly the Frasca
Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 11:49 am | Massey University
A new state-of-the-art flight simulator just acquired by the Massey University School of Aviation sets new standards in realism. More >>
