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Hobbit trilogy audience survey ‘most ambitious ever’
Thursday, 11 December 2014, 11:46 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The release of a worldwide survey on the Hobbit trilogy, designed to understand what fantasy means to people around the world, will coincide with the launch of the third movie on 12 December. More >>
Best film scripts awarded prizes at Victoria
Thursday, 11 December 2014, 10:34 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A Victoria University of Wellington Masters student has won the annual David Carson-Parker Prize for his feature film script The Sun At Night, set in Wellington's youth and drug culture. Jack Barrowman, a Masters student in the Creative Writing programme ... More >>
Earth science draws UK siblings to Victoria
Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 2:17 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The sister of a sibling duo from the United Kingdom will be back in Wellington to graduate with a PhD in Geology this week, reuniting with her brother who also studies earth sciences at Victoria University. More >>
Justice inconsistent across New Zealand
Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 12:58 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The severity of sentences imposed in New Zealand’s District Courts can differ dramatically between regions, PhD research from a Victoria University of Wellington graduating student reveals. Wayne Goodall, who will graduate with a PhD in Criminology tomorrow ... More >>
Turbine 14 highlights new and established literary talent
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 2:03 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
New writing from emerging and established writers and the latest graduates of Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is featured in the 2014 edition of literary journal, Turbine . More >>
Fans expect personal relationship with musicians
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 12:40 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Music fans want to feel a personal connection with musicians on social networking sites rather than communicate with other fans, PhD research from Victoria University of Wellington has found. More >>
Young Adult novel wins Adam Prize
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 11:44 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Young Adult novel wins Adam Prize A young adult novel, described by leading United Kingdom children’s author Mal Peet as “richly imagined, sinisterly futuristic and morally complex,” is the first of its genre to be awarded the 2014 Adam Foundation ... More >>
Victoria graduands celebrate their success
Monday, 8 December 2014, 11:46 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Nearly 1250 students, including 84 who are graduating with a PhD, will mark the successful completion of their studies at Victoria University of Wellington during graduation ceremonies and a parade in Wellington this week. More >>
Mood-altering chemical increases risk of drug addiction
Friday, 5 December 2014, 10:12 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington research has shown that the mood-altering brain chemical, serotonin, makes some people more susceptible to drug dependence than others. More >>
Third generation to cross the stage
Thursday, 4 December 2014, 11:30 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A Victoria University of Wellington graduand will follow in the steps of her mother and grandmother as she walks across the stage to collect a Tohu Māoritanga/Diploma in Māoritanga during graduation next week. More >>
Fellow to explore finance’s contribution to inequality
Thursday, 4 December 2014, 11:20 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The question of whether banks do more harm than good will be the focus of a public lecture by this year’s Reserve Bank Professorial Fellow in Monetary and Financial Economics. More >>
Student work to feature in Pacific exhibition
Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 2:39 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Work by a Victoria University of Wellington third year architecture student will feature in a virtual exhibition by New Zealand-based Pacific artists. More >>
Debating innovation and entrepreneurship
Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 10:16 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Debating innovation and entrepreneurship Next week two teams of experts will debate how innovation and entrepreneurship can be complementary drivers for New Zealand’s growth. The idea behind the event came from Margaret Maile Petty, Head of Victoria ... More >>
Chinese history expert to receive honorary doctorate
Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 10:12 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A world authority in the field of early Chinese history and archaeology, Dr Noel Barnard, is to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature at Victoria University of Wellington’s December graduation. More >>
New Chancellor elected at Victoria University
Tuesday, 2 December 2014, 11:40 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Neville Jordan, CNZM, was elected Chancellor of Victoria University for 2015 at a meeting of the University Council held yesterday. Mr Jordan was appointed to the University Council by the Minister of Tertiary Education in June last year. More >>
Visions of a vegetarian New Zealand
Tuesday, 2 December 2014, 10:27 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Visions of a vegetarian New Zealand A vegetarian New Zealand is seen as contradictory to our national identity but may create a kinder society, according to Victoria University of Wellington research. Maddie Judge, who will graduate next week with a PhD in Psychology, ... More >>
Victoria academic 1st to receive management consulting award
Monday, 1 December 2014, 9:38 am | Victoria University of Wellington
1 December 2014 Victoria University academic first in New Zealand to receive international fellow award for management consulting Victoria University academic, Stephen Cummings, is the first New Zealander to become an International Council of Management Consulting ... More >>
Rising kiwi numbers may mask inbreeding depression
Monday, 1 December 2014, 9:14 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A boom in the number of little spotted kiwi appears to be a conservation success story, but new research by a Victoria University of Wellington graduand shows that, in some populations, the rapid growth could be masking the potentially devastating ... More >>
Thin Ice heading for United States television screens
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 1:01 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The success of a Victoria University of Wellington fundraising campaign means the screening of Thin Ice—the Inside Story of Climate Science on United States television next year could coincide with a peak in international interest in dealing with the ... More >>
Young entrepreneurs help create a better New Zealand
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 12:09 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand’s next generation of social entrepreneurs will gather at Victoria University of Wellington this summer for an intensive enterprise accelerator programme called Live the Dream. The programme supports several early stage youth-led ventures ... More >>
