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New writing showcased in Turbine
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 2:20 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Poetry, memoir and a tribute to artist Ralph Hotere feature in the 2013 issue of the online literary journal Turbine which is published by Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML). More >>
Young adults shown to behave differently on Facebook
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 10:05 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Many young adults show more cruelty on Facebook than they do in everyday life, a Victoria University of Wellington study has found. Dr Val Hooper, an associate professor and head of Victoria’s School of Information Management, guided student research, ... More >>
Helping students get smart with money
Monday, 17 February 2014, 9:06 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Helping students get smart with money Victoria University students have played a key role in designing a new tertiary student banking package which is being launched as part of orientation activities. Matt Barnes, who completed a Bachelor of Commerce ... More >>
Upcoming Public Lectures at Victoria
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 2:45 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Evidence for Agile Policy Makers DATE: Friday, 14 February VENUE: Victoria University of Wellington, Pipitea Campus, Rutherford House, Lecture Theatre Three, 23 Lambton Quay, Wellington. TIME: 12:30pm-13:30pm RSVP: No RSVP required, all welcome More >>
Victoria staff and students behind prize-winning book
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 10:58 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A book co-edited by Victoria University senior lecturer Dr Peter Brunt has won the Art Book Prize for 2013—a prestigious award presented by the Authors Club in the United Kingdom. More >>
Ageing population issues under the spotlight
Monday, 10 February 2014, 10:50 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Ageing population issues under the spotlight The challenges brought by an ageing population will be the focus of a series of presentations to be hosted at Victoria University’s Institute for Governance and Policy Studies this month. Professor ... More >>
Adam Art Gallery connects histories of cinema and painting
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 11:10 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The interaction between major figures from the history of cinema and important contemporary artists lies at the heart of the Adam Art Gallery’s upcoming show at Victoria University of Wellington. More >>
New knowledge about treating multiple sclerosis
Monday, 3 February 2014, 1:44 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
New information that could lead to improved treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been uncovered by Victoria University of Wellington scientists. A study carried out at Victoria, and recently published online in the international scientific journal ... More >>
New thinking on sustainability
Friday, 31 January 2014, 12:21 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Civil disobedience as a response to environmental crises will be explored at a conference to be held at Victoria University’s Faculty of Law in February. The conference, titled New Thinking on Sustainability, brings together for the first time in New ... More >>
Lack of support for New Zealanders with intersex conditions
Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 1:12 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A lack of experience and traditional assumptions about male and female bodies make it challenging for New Zealanders with intersex conditions to get the support they need from the medical profession according to PhD research from Victoria University ... More >>
Victoria Uni to confer honorary doctorate on Eleanor Catton
Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 11:33 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Award-winning author of The Luminaries Eleanor Catton, is to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature at Victoria University of Wellington’s May graduation. More >>
Bringing nature to the city
Friday, 24 January 2014, 11:58 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Bringing nature to the city An external ‘green wall’ has been installed at Victoria University of Wellington, supporting a drive to bring nature in to Wellington City. 27106_REC003 (3)The vertical garden has been installed at Victoria’s Kelburn Campus ... More >>
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 >>
