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Waikato University to offer $50,000 in science scholarships

Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 2:27 pm | University of Waikato

Ten new research scholarships valued at $5000 each are up for grabs in B Semester, from the University of Waikato’s Faculty of Science & Engineering. More >>

Ready to race

Monday, 27 May 2013, 11:38 am | University of Waikato

It may not quite be petrol head heaven, but some of the fastest cars to come out of the University of Waikato will hit the track when the annual Mechatronics Cup is held on 4 June. More >>

Agribusiness Innovation and Growth 2013

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 3:20 pm | University of Waikato

New Zealand’s agritech sector is a $3 billion industry, generating export sales in excess of $700 million a year. Top players in the sector are gathering in Hamilton on the night before Fieldays for a mini-symposium on agribusiness and innovation. ... More >>

First Terry Healy Memorial Award Recipients Announced

Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 10:01 am | University of Waikato

The first two recipients of the Terry Healy Memorial Award have been announced, with Andi Ramli and Stephen Hunt both receiving $750 to help them attend international conferences. More >>

National Agricultural Fieldays Scholarship Winners Announced

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:58 am | University of Waikato

The NZ National Fieldays Society funds the university’s New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays Sir Don Llewellyn Scholarship worth $22,000. Each student has received a half share of the scholarship More >>

The right person for the right job

Thursday, 16 May 2013, 11:41 am | University of Waikato

Some suggest that he helped England win the Rugby World Cup in 2003, but he firmly denies it. Dr Lenny Kristal could help you out of that dead end job though. More >>

Words That Stand the Test of Time

Monday, 13 May 2013, 11:34 am | University of Waikato

A University of Waikato academic involved in a groundbreaking and controversial new study on words which have remained in use for around 15,000 years says the team involved expected the results to be controversial but the years of work that went into it ... More >>

Scholarship Winner's Passion for History and Theatre

Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 2:57 pm | University of Waikato

Waikato university history student Ryan Wood’s love for history has secured him the prestigious Michael Caiger Memorial Scholarship, worth $5,000. More >>

University of Waikato up with the best

Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 2:53 pm | University of Waikato

The quality of a University of Waikato education has been recognised globally with six subject areas taught at the University assessed as being among the best in the world. More >>

Big Apple beckons University of Waikato Fulbright scholar

Monday, 6 May 2013, 12:46 pm | University of Waikato

University of Waikato Fulbright Scholar Lora Vaioleti is heading to New York City to work with a global partnership dedicated to helping island leaders work together on climate change, conservation and progress towards a sustainable future. More >>

Indonesian movie star still calls Hillcrest home

Friday, 3 May 2013, 12:05 pm | University of Waikato

Ario Bayu may not have been the most diligent student ever enrolled at the University of Waikato but the former business studies student has more than made up for his less than stellar academic career with a starring role alongside Mickey Rourke in ... More >>

University of Waikato Focus Turns to Fieldays

Thursday, 2 May 2013, 11:12 am | University of Waikato

University of Waikato researchers are at the leading edge of agricultural research, with many aspects of that research going on show at the National Agricultural Fieldays, which run at Mystery Creek from 12-15 June. More >>

Researchers Return to Kapiti

Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 2:56 pm | University of Waikato

When the Kapiti Marine Reserve was established in 1992, one of the first jobs was to carry out a stocktake of the 2167 hectare area to see what was there. More >>

Students Collaborate and Create Instructions For Life

Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 1:24 pm | University of Waikato

Opening on May 16 at the Playhouse, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, the play is a devised theatre piece, collectively collaborated by a group of 13, including seven Waikato University students and four former students. More >>

Top line-up for inaugural indigenous research conference

Monday, 29 April 2013, 3:34 pm | University of Waikato

The University of Waikato’s Te Kotahi Research Institute will host its inaugural indigenous research conference - He Manawa Whenua - at the Claudelands Events Centre in Hamilton in June. More >>

University’s Marine Field Station welcomes student visitors

Friday, 26 April 2013, 2:01 pm | University of Waikato

The University of Waikato’s Coastal Marine Field Station at Sulphur Point continues to demonstrate its benefit to the local community, this time by involving secondary student volunteers in its operations. More >>

Reducing Run-Off Secures Fieldays Scholarship For Student

Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 9:56 am | University of Waikato

Reducing Run-Off Secures Fieldays Scholarship For University Of Waikato Student Finding novel ways to reduce the amount of sediment and nutrient in run-off from farmland has won a University of Waikato student a Fieldays scholarship that’s ... More >>

Te Piringa - Faculty Of Law Increase in Research Quality

Friday, 12 April 2013, 11:15 am | University of Waikato

Te Piringa - Faculty Of Law Shows Remarkable Increase In Research Quality Te Piringa - Faculty of Law at the University of Waikato has shown a dramatic increase in the quality of its research outputs over a 10-year period, and the number one improvement ... More >>

Waikato Uni boasts world-class research

Friday, 12 April 2013, 9:48 am | University of Waikato

Waikato Management School at the University of Waikato boasts the country’s highest concentration of world-class researchers in Economics, and Marketing and Tourism. More >>

China’s regional inequality – is it real?

Thursday, 11 April 2013, 5:08 pm | University of Waikato

During China’s 30-plus years of economic reform attention has often been drawn to claims of rising inequality between China’s fast-growing coastal provinces and the poorer interior. But economists from the University of Waikato say the way that ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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