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Waikato leader gets boost
Friday, 13 May 2016, 10:08 am | University of Waikato
Long-standing McKenzie Centre Director Trisha Benge continues to make the world less scary and lonely for hundreds of families who have children with special needs. More >>
Breakers co-owner shares her secret recipe for leadership
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 10:10 am | University of Waikato
What can you do to make your business as successful as the SkyCity Breakers basketball team? The professional sports team owner Liz Blackwell will reveal the culture and leadership of the Breakers at a free public lecture at the University of Waikato ... More >>
Holding a tune, and finding it later
Monday, 9 May 2016, 11:39 am | University of Waikato
Imagine if Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony wasn’t ever recorded because a young Ludwig forgot to jot down the famous notes “Da-da-da duuumm”. More >>
Engineering at Waikato set to grow
Thursday, 5 May 2016, 2:00 pm | University of Waikato
Image caption: The university’s school of engineering will offer civil and environmental engineering programmes from B Semester. More >>
Bringing te reo Māori home
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 2:10 pm | University of Waikato
A University of Waikato student has started a business to revitalise the Māori language. It’s called Taputapu and specialises in designing Te Reo Māori homewares. More >>
Nitrogen loss research benefits from scholarship
Tuesday, 19 April 2016, 11:00 am | University of Waikato
Could feeding cows brassicas help reduce nitrogen loss from the soil? More >>
Doing the extras gets you the job
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 12:39 pm | University of Waikato
For Jess Howse, it was the internships and extra-curricular activities she had under her belt that gave her an edge when she was applying for a job. More >>
Computer and maths whiz set to graduate
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 12:38 pm | University of Waikato
Tom Levy has done some pretty cool things at university. Aside from all the learning, Tom, who graduates this month with a Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences with first class honours, managed to fit in two internships at Google in Sydney, ... More >>
‘Crazy’ business idea built on fresh Kiwi air
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 11:45 am | University of Waikato
The idea of exporting clean Kiwi air to residents of smog-infested cities has seen a team of students from Waikato Management School win a $1,000 prize for the Gallagher ‘Craziest Idea that Might Just Work’ Award at the Innes48 Business Startup Competition ... More >>
University of Waikato to set up Napier base
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 4:04 pm | University of Waikato
Greater access to tertiary courses in specialist areas such as marine science without having to leave Hawke’s Bay may get a little easier from now on, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Napier City Council and the ... More >>
Bishops to receive University of Waikato’s highest honour
Monday, 11 April 2016, 2:22 pm | University of Waikato
Two of Hamilton’s community leaders will receive Honorary Doctorates from the University of Waikato next month. More >>
University of Waikato honours former Vice-Chancellor
Monday, 11 April 2016, 2:21 pm | University of Waikato
The man who headed the University of Waikato for a decade until the end of 2014 is being awarded an honorary doctorate by the university. More >>
Waikato education lecturer to speak at national conference
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 12:57 pm | University of Waikato
Dr Dianne Forbes, Senior lecturer at the University of Waikato’s Te Kura Toi Tangata Faculty of Education, will be speaking at the national ‘DEANZ2016’ Conference, hosted at the University of Waikato from 17 to 20 April. More >>
Electric car star hits the road to Waikato
Wednesday, 6 April 2016, 12:08 pm | University of Waikato
Electric vehicles offer New Zealand great opportunity to tackle climate change and related problems, but it is a challenge to move to high levels of uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). More >>
Young Hamilton musician gets head-start at uni
Monday, 4 April 2016, 2:12 pm | University of Waikato
A Hamilton musician has landed a scholarship that covers her uni fees and will help develop her talents as an artist. More >>
New Scholarship for German Language Students
Friday, 1 April 2016, 10:16 am | University of Waikato
University of Waikato German language students Stephen Burroughs and Antonio Salsano are the first recipients of a new scholarship valued at around $3,600, which was introduced by the University’s German programme last year. More >>
Old dirt, new boots: the economics of land, water and people
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 3:22 pm | University of Waikato
The evolution of New Zealand’s farming systems towards greater sustainability, and one man’s journey to redefine what it means to be an academic, are the topics for an inaugural professorial lecture being held at the University of Waikato this ... More >>
Cambridge local takes center stage with top scholarship
Thursday, 24 March 2016, 10:47 am | University of Waikato
From school plays to the world stage. At least that’s the plan for Cambridge local Georgia Pollock who’s won a top scholarship from the University of Waikato. More >>
What is Adventure?
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 1:47 pm | University of Waikato
Adventurous Learning: A Pedagogy for a Changing World by Waikato University Senior Lecturer Dr Mike Brown and Dr Simon Beames from the University of Edinburgh challenges traditionally held views of what “adventurous” means in learning. More >>
Michèle’s top scientific mind
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 2:38 pm | University of Waikato
An academic from the University of Waikato has been named one of the world’s most influential scientific minds. More >>
