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Sports Bodies Urged to Consider Needs of Migrants
Monday, 30 November 2009, 11:30 am | Massey University
Sports codes should consider the needs of migrants if they want to attract players and supporters, says a new report by sociologist Professor Paul Spoonley. Women's sports, such as netball and hockey, need to recognise the cultural requirements of ... More >>
New book plots future of farming
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 12:41 pm | Massey University
The New Zealand agricultural sector must speak with one voice if it is to increase productivity and maintain its international reputation, says the co-editor of a new book launched at the Manawatu campus yesterday. More >>
Pay, Employment Equality Review for Massey
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 4:56 pm | Massey University
The University, in partnership with the tertiary education sector unions, is to undertake a pay and employment equity review to determine the extent to which gender affects women's pay and employment experiences, and to find ways to remove barriers and achieve ... More >>
Life cycle management director appointed
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 11:25 am | Massey University
Dr Sarah McLaren has been appointed Associate Professor in Life Cycle Management and inaugural director of the New Zealand Centre for Life Cycle Management based at the Manawatu campus. More >>
Surplus & Creativity: Design and the Readymade
Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 4:50 pm | Massey University
Conservation House foyer, 18-32 Manners Street, Wellington. Open to the public weekdays, 9am to 5pm ,18 November – 1 December 2009. Part of the BLOW.o9 Festival More >>
'Pain thermometers' urged to combat injustices
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 4:44 pm | Massey University
Social workers should draw on their experiences with clients in difficulty to highlight the serious need for policy change on issues such as housing, income support and mental health treatment, says social work and social policy researcher Associate ... More >>
Engineering students mix creativity and complexity
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 4:47 pm | Massey University
Complex engineering problems and their solutions will be on display in an exhibition that caps four years of study for engineering students at the Wellington campus. Observe, Invent, Realise will be held at the Holiday Inn on Wednesday and showcases ... More >>
Great Ideas During Global Entrepreneurship Week
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 3:55 pm | Massey University
The e-centre, the University’s business incubator unit at the Albany campus has organised Entrepreneurs Day on November 17, which offers a free 20-minute appointment with an expert for anyone with a business idea. The "E-Day" initiative is part of ... More >>
GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard
Friday, 6 November 2009, 11:46 am | Massey University
Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep. More >>
Sustainability never more relevant for business
Friday, 6 November 2009, 11:43 am | Massey University
An explosion of interest, research and debate about sustainability and its increasing role in the understanding of management and organisations has led to the University's first sustainability conference, to be held at Albany next Thursday and Friday. More >>
Third AIMES Award Given for Computer Science
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 5:16 pm | Massey University
Computer science researcher and PhD student Daniel Playne has won a North Harbour Club award for his groundbreaking work on computer simulations used to solve physics-related problems. It is the third year running he has received the Massey-sponsored IT, Innovation ... More >>
Evolutionary research featured in Nature
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 11:31 am | Massey University
Research by Professor Paul Rainey shedding new light on the origins and genetics of adaptive traits is the cover story in the latest edition of the prestigious science journal Nature. More >>
Rare business scholarship another string to bow
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 3:57 pm | Massey University
Third-year Bachelor of Business Studies student Valeria Kern has won a Zonta International Jane M Klausman Women in Business Scholarship, one of just 12 worldwide this year. More >>
Massey e-centre/eCOGENT Collaboration
Monday, 2 November 2009, 11:59 am | Massey University
Massey University's commercial arm, the Albany-based e-centre, and eCOGENT Farm Business Systems today announced a new collaboration designed to assist eCOGENT make more New Zealand pastoral farms increasingly profitable and more environmentally sustainable. More >>
MBA students visit China
Friday, 30 October 2009, 1:43 pm | Massey University
A group of MBA students leave for China next Thursday for a study tour. About 20 students and staff will spend 10 days in the cities of Shanghai and Suzhou assessing economic growth in the manufacturing and service sectors and experiencing the significant ... More >>
Business entries among best in awards history
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 2:15 pm | Massey University
This year's entries in the Wanganui Business Awards are among the best judging convener Dr James Lockhart has seen. Dr Lockhart is one of three judges on the panel, all of them linked to Massey University, which is sponsor of the awards, to be announced ... More >>
Tiri quails found to be Aussie import
Friday, 23 October 2009, 4:47 pm | Massey University
A Massey biology researcher has used DNA analysis to prove quail on Tiritiri Matangi Island are Australian and not remnants of an extinct New Zealand species. PhD researcher Mark Seabrook-Davison from the Institute of Natural Sciences at Albany says the introduced ... More >>
Hall of Fame Inductees Join Illustrious List
Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 4:26 pm | Massey University
Three illustrious alumni from the University's College of Creative Arts and its forerunner institutions have been named as the latest inductees into the college's Hall of Fame. Graphic designer Grant Alexander, photographer Jane Ussher and (posthumously) ... More >>
Staff and students designs BeST for 2009
Monday, 19 October 2009, 10:24 am | Massey University
Fifteen current and former students from Massey, and two staff members, are celebrating after wins at this year's BeST Design Awards. More >>
Thesis to business – banking on brainpower
Friday, 16 October 2009, 3:56 pm | Massey University
A new strategy aimed at converting more brilliant research ideas into commercial ventures was launched yesterday at the Albany campus. More >>
