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University of Waikato - Latest News [Page 62]

Management School confirms No 1 research ranking

Friday, 4 May 2007, 5:30 pm | University of Waikato

Waikato Management School has been re-confirmed as New Zealand’s No 1 research-based business school in the latest tertiary rankings released today. The independent results, published by the Tertiary Education Commission, saw Waikato Management School’s ... More >>

Substantial increase in research performance

Friday, 4 May 2007, 5:27 pm | University of Waikato

University of Waikato has achieved a major improvement in research performance with the release of the Tertiary Education Commission's 2006 Performance-Based Research Fund Results. More >>

Waikato University researcher wins funding to help

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 12:59 am | University of Waikato

Nine and a half million pictures could hold the key to figuring out the best way to help China’s 100 million poorest citizens, and the methodology to analyse this data has been developed right here in New Zealand. Up until now, the problem has ... More >>

Waikato University researcher ranks Manukau top

Thursday, 8 March 2007, 4:36 pm | University of Waikato

Manukau City Council is riding the knowledge wave as top scorer in the first-ever survey of local authorities up and down the country to see how well they report their intellectual capital. Manukau achieved a 76% score in the disclosure index for providing ... More >>

Leading historian accepts Waikato professorship

Thursday, 1 March 2007, 1:52 pm | University of Waikato

One of the country's leading historians and editor of the forthcoming Oxford history of New Zealand has accepted an appointment as Professor of History at the University of Waikato. More >>

University Centre awarded $1.12m for study

Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 5:00 pm | University of Waikato

The University of Waikato's Centre for Biodiversity and Ecology Research has been awarded $1.12 million in funding from the Foundation for Science, Research and Technology to look at methods to restore the biodiversity of native forest fragments in rural ... More >>

Academic excellence award for doctoral graduate

Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 12:51 am | University of Waikato

A few months back, Dr Riri Ellis celebrated getting her PhD on her home marae in Tauranga. Later this week she’ll receive national recognition for her achievement at the 2007 National Maori Academic Excellence Awards, being held at Turangawaewae ... More >>

Top award for lecturer with the human touch

Friday, 23 February 2007, 2:20 pm | University of Waikato

Dr Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten is passionate about teaching, and it’s won her the 2006 University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor’s Medal for Staff Excellence. The medal is the supreme award bestowed on one of the six annual recipients of staff awards; in ... More >>

Sustainable supply chain expert joins University

Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 4:52 pm | University of Waikato

Dr Stefan Seuring-Stella has been appointed Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Waikato Management School. An authority on sustainable supply chains, Dr Seuring has come to Waikato from Oldenburg University in Germany and has ... More >>

New professor of management communication

Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 4:38 pm | University of Waikato

Dr Kay Weaver has been appointed Professor of Management Communication at the University of Waikato Management School. A former policewoman and journalist, Prof Weaver has written extensively on violence and the media; her most recent book Women and Violence ... More >>

Noted Educator Seeks New Focus

Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 4:10 pm | University of Waikato

A noted educator who forged the links between The University of Waikato and Hamilton College of Education after they merged in 1992 retired this week after 14 years as Dean of The School of Education to focus on research. More >>

Advocate for transparency receives honorary award

Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 3:59 pm | University of Waikato

A “crusader” for transparency in accounting has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University of Waikato. Dr David Coy, who is widely credited with almost single-handedly introducing a new methodology for external reporting by tertiary institutions, received ... More >>

Agreement signals new note in music education

Tuesday, 21 November 2006, 2:20 pm | University of Waikato

A memorandum of agreement, signed recently between the University of Waikato and Orff New Zealand Aotearoa, signals a major initiative in postgraduate music education at the School of Education. More >>

China’s hidden history on display

Monday, 13 November 2006, 10:46 am | University of Waikato

Economist Steven Lim has an unlikely passion for propaganda posters from Maoist China. Seventeen posters from his extensive collection are currently on display at the Academy of Performing Arts at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, to mark the fortieth anniversary ... More >>

New Dean At University of Waikato

Friday, 3 November 2006, 11:30 am | University of Waikato

Professor Alister Jones has been appointed as the new Dean of Waikato University’s School of Education. Vice-Chancellor, Professor Roy Crawford described the appointment of Professor Jones as ‘an exciting development for the School and the University’. ... More >>

Management prof finalist in internatl ethics award

Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 1:39 pm | University of Waikato

A University of Waikato Management School academic has been internationally recognised for her work in strengthening the School’s focus on sustainable business. Professor Juliet Roper was among the eight finalists for five prestigious international awards ... More >>