University of Waikato - Latest News [Page 18]
Satisfaction levels on the rise
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 11:30 am | University of Waikato
University of Waikato students are overwhelmingly satisfied with their study experience. A student survey conducted by i-graduate asked international and domestic students at more than 200 tertiary institutions to complete a comprehensive survey of their ... More >>
Waikato engineering student wins German traineeship
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 11:09 am | University of Waikato
A University of Waikato engineering student is in Germany after being selected for an all-expenses-paid traineeship at the University of Stuttgart. More >>
Sombreros off for Mexico business strategy
Monday, 19 October 2015, 12:35 pm | University of Waikato
A bold plan to turn a Hamilton-based dairy equipment manufacturer into an international powerhouse by moving to Mexico, and then expanding into North and South America, has seen a team of students from Waikato Management School win this year’s 39th ... More >>
Sport and arts winners announced at University Blues Awards
Monday, 19 October 2015, 11:03 am | University of Waikato
Excellence in rowing, waka ama and cello was acknowledged in the top accolades presented at the 2015 Wallace Corporation University of Waikato Blues Awards on Friday, October 16. More >>
Waikato’s walking warriors win top PR campaign award
Friday, 16 October 2015, 2:37 pm | University of Waikato
A team of University of Waikato students who inspired 230 strangers to get more physically active and walk nearly 10 million steps in five days has won the 14th Chesterman Group Public Relations Campaign Award 2015 on behalf of their client, Sport Waikato. More >>
Wonderland translation a wonderful experience
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 3:48 pm | University of Waikato
The main reason Senior Lecturer Tom Roa agreed to translate Alice in Wonderland into te reo Māori was because he thought it would be fun. More >>
Top University of Waikato honour for kaumātua
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 2:35 pm | University of Waikato
A Tauranga kaumātua who has spent decades working for his people is to receive the University of Waikato’s highest honour. More >>
Good marketing doesn’t end when your customers are dead
Monday, 12 October 2015, 5:15 pm | University of Waikato
A designer custom coffin for people who want to make their final exit in grand style when they’re six feet under was the overall winner of this semester’s Marketing Trade Show at the University of Waikato Management School, held on Friday, 9 October. More >>
Nihal to become a Doctor of Science
Monday, 12 October 2015, 3:09 pm | University of Waikato
It’s been an unconventional career journey for electronic engineering Senior Lecturer Nihal Kularatna, a journey that is about to deliver him a Doctor of Science. More >>
Who Would a Would-Be Be: Literary Encounters
Friday, 9 October 2015, 3:36 pm | University of Waikato
In this lecture, the poet, critic, dramatist and soon-to-be fiction writer, Murray Edmond, will evoke his youthful and formative meetings with well-known New Zealand literary figures, including Frank Sargeson, Kendrick Smithyman, Mary Stanley, James ... More >>
Sisters with Masters to graduate together
Wednesday, 7 October 2015, 3:48 pm | University of Waikato
Hamilton sisters and University of Waikato masters students Mel and Kim Modlik (Te Āti awa, Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Toa) are set to graduate side by side later this month. More >>
University a finalist in Australasian sustainability awards
Monday, 5 October 2015, 3:32 pm | University of Waikato
The University of Waikato has been selected as a finalist in the 2015 Green Gown Awards Australasia. More >>
Refugee Stories Form Theme of Theatre Students’ Play
Monday, 5 October 2015, 10:20 am | University of Waikato
The current refugee crisis, as well as the history of refugee movements, forms the base theme of an original play production taking place in the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts this month. More >>
Performing with the very best
Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 4:12 pm | University of Waikato
A University of Waikato Sir Edmund Hillary scholar is one of six finalists competing in Australia's third largest music competition. More >>
A cold but golden opportunity
Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 4:00 pm | University of Waikato
A high-achieving University of Waikato student is preparing for the internship of a lifetime; travelling to Antarctica in February as an Antarctic Youth Ambassador with The Sir Peter Blake Trust and Antarctica New Zealand. More >>
IT girls on campus
Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 11:34 am | University of Waikato
“It was a Nintendo Super Mario Brothers game. They tried to ban me but it didn’t work.” More >>
Primary students encouraged to get digging
Monday, 28 September 2015, 3:15 pm | University of Waikato
Future soil scientists are being encouraged to keep digging by two University of Waikato experts. More >>
Three Minute Thesis winner off to Trans-Tasman competition
Thursday, 24 September 2015, 4:04 pm | University of Waikato
After taking out the University of Waikato’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in 2014, Onyekachi Raymond is about to head off to compete in the Trans-Tasman 3MT on 2 October. More >>
Exploring the World of Tudor and Stuart England
Thursday, 24 September 2015, 9:26 am | University of Waikato
Exploring the World of Tudor and Stuart England University of Waikato students will have the opportunity to delve a little deeper into the patronage and politics that defined 16th and 17th century England, through a new course being offered this November. More >>
Māori Researcher slams MOTU report as flawed analysis
Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 10:22 am | University of Waikato
The released report “Indigenous Belief in a Just World: New Zealand Maori and other Ethnicities Compared” by the MOTU Policy and Research Unit is uninformed and misinterprets data related to Māori values, states University of Waikato Research ... More >>
