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Beliefs and attitudes can influence reasoning
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 11:01 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Beliefs and attitudes can influence reasoning People’s beliefs and attitudes play a key role in the way they evaluate information, according to an academic at Victoria University of Wellington. In multiple studies investigating how people learn, Dr ... More >>
Small talk and humour essential in working life
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 9:39 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Small talk and humour essential in working life Small talk and humour in the workplace serve to build rapport and define hierarchy, Victoria University of Wellington researchers have found. Over the last 18 months researchers from Victoria’s Language in the ... More >>
Victoria researcher ponders how to help problem teenagers
Tuesday, 21 January 2014, 10:37 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Mixing physical activity with structured teaching of personal and social responsibility could be a winning formula when it comes to turning around at-risk and problem teenagers says a Victoria University of Wellington researcher. More >>
Helping to save the rhino
Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 1:01 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Research from Victoria University has revealed a way to help secure the future of an endangered species of black rhinoceros in South Africa. More >>
Writer’s success highlights Victoria University Press
Friday, 20 December 2013, 9:28 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The recent success of Man Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton has resulted in significant international attention for Wellington-based publishing house Victoria University Press (VUP). More >>
Research improves understanding of speech disorder
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 3:48 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A PhD candidate from Victoria University of Wellington has won an award for her research in the field of aphasia research and treatment. Paula Speer from Germany was one of five people to receive the biannual Gesellschaft für Aphasieforschung und Behandlung ... More >>
Callaghan Innovation research teams to transfer to Victoria
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 11:42 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Callaghan Innovation research teams to transfer to Victoria University Two Callaghan Innovation research teams will join Victoria University of Wellington early in the new year under a transfer agreement between the two organisations. The carbohydrate ... More >>
Memoir of World War II exile wins Adam Prize
Friday, 13 December 2013, 3:22 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A memoir about the family of one of the Polish children offered refuge in New Zealand during World War II has won the prestigious Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing for 2013. More >>
Samoan grandmother Vic’s first Pacific Studies PhD graduate
Friday, 13 December 2013, 1:29 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A 60-year-old grandmother, Dr Esther Tumama Cowley-Malcolm, has become the first student to graduate with a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington’s Pacific Studies programme. More >>
From drop-out to doctor
Friday, 13 December 2013, 1:11 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Arini Loader knew nothing about university when she enrolled at Victoria as a 23-year-old high school drop-out and solo mother—yesterday she graduated with a doctorate in Māori Studies. More >>
Victoria graduands end the year on a high note
Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 4:23 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Nearly 1200 students will begin the festive season by marking the successful completion of their studies at Victoria University of Wellington during graduation ceremonies and a parade in Wellington this week. More >>
Understanding impulsive behaviour
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 1:01 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Helping offenders to control their impulses can reduce the risk of re-offending and help with anger control, according to research from Victoria University of Wellington. More >>
Bullying—“It is everyone’s problem”
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 11:15 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Bullying—“It is everyone’s problem” Action to prevent bullying in schools is being thwarted by finger pointing over who is responsible for managing and preventing the problem, according to new research from Victoria University of Wellington. More >>
Playing the interview game
Monday, 9 December 2013, 2:29 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University graduand Ewa Kusmierczyk has discovered the key to success in job interviews—and it's more than just what you say, or how you say it. She says it’s all about the small things which help to develop trust between the interviewer ... More >>
Victoria researchers to uncover the secret life of cats
Monday, 9 December 2013, 12:52 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Whether domestic cats living around Zealandia are preying on native birds, lizards and insects will be clearer as a result of a study being carried out by Victoria University researchers this summer. More >>
Clinical research to improve surgery outcomes
Friday, 6 December 2013, 4:08 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Post-surgery organ damage could be reduced by modifying a simple pre-surgery technique that a Victoria University of Wellington PhD student is researching. More >>
Taking a different stage
Friday, 6 December 2013, 12:13 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Annie Ruth is used to being in charge of public performances but she will have a different role to play at next week’s Victoria University of Wellington graduation ceremonies. More >>
Colour makes a difference to insects
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 3:25 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Insects prefer to eat green leaves rather than red ones, research from Victoria University has shown. Ignatius Menzies, who will be awarded a PhD in Ecology and Biodiversity next week, tested a long-standing hypothesis that plants use red foliage as a visual ... More >>
Rugby World Cup generates legacy for volunteering
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 4:28 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Many Rugby World Cup 2011 volunteers delivered on their intentions to do more volunteer work after an outstanding experience with the event, a longitudinal study has found. More >>
Student develops portable X-ray system
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 12:36 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
An X-ray imaging system developed by Victoria University researcher Nicola Winch could open the way for X-rays to be carried out in a range of new environments. More >>
