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Lecture to focus on Victorian writer’s ‘terrible sonnets’
Friday, 22 November 2013, 3:26 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A Victoria University professor of English will focus on some “unfinished” poems by a Victorian poet and priest in his upcoming inaugural lecture. Professor Peter Whiteford will examine some late works of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), a ... More >>
New Hunter Fellows announced
Friday, 22 November 2013, 2:47 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington has announced its four latest Hunter Fellows, who will be recognised in a ceremony in the University’s iconic Hunter Building next month. More >>
Research highlights urgency of reducing carbon emissions
Friday, 22 November 2013, 2:47 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Just-published research from Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Oxford highlights the urgency of reducing global emissions of carbon dioxide. More >>
Urgency of reducing carbon dioxide emissions
Friday, 22 November 2013, 12:43 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Just-published research from Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Oxford highlights the urgency of reducing global emissions of carbon dioxide. More >>
Victoria student to follow great explorer
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 11:38 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington PhD student Ben Hines will next week set out on a journey that few people have ever made. More >>
Vic University to confer honorary doctorate on Paul Baines
Monday, 18 November 2013, 4:29 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Business leader Paul Baines will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Commerce during Victoria University’s December graduation ceremonies. More >>
Vic Uni recreates traditional Māori vegetable garden
Friday, 15 November 2013, 4:15 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A traditional Māori vegetable garden (maara kai) is being recreated at Victoria University for research purposes. Space is being cleared and prepared for planting behind the University’s Māori Studies (Te Kawa a Māui) building. More >>
Eleanor Catton wins top Canadian literary prize
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 9:18 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Eleanor Catton has won the prestigious Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction for her novel The Luminaries. The announcement was made today at a ceremony in Toronto. The Governor General’s Award follows Ms Catton’s Man Booker Prize ... More >>
Warm reception for cold facts on climate change
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 12:25 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The people of Warsaw and delegates attending international climate talks will have the chance to hear directly from scientists at the frontline of climate change, including a number from Victoria University of Wellington. More >>
Good IT infrastructure essential
Thursday, 7 November 2013, 4:12 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
New research has found that having adequate information technology (IT) infrastructure in place is critical to successful restructuring. More >>
Guest UK scriptwriter at Institute of Modern Letters
Wednesday, 6 November 2013, 4:54 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Successful international screenwriter, script adviser and teacher of screenwriting Kelly Marshall will teach the Master of Arts in Scriptwriting course at Victoria’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) next year. More >>
Charging for water a path to conservation
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 4:06 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Strategic pricing of water may be the solution to inevitable shortages in the future, a Victoria University of Wellington researcher suggests. Dr Yiğit Sağlam from Victoria’s School of Economics and Finance says that although New Zealand has one of the highest ... More >>
Applying common sense for business success
Monday, 4 November 2013, 2:35 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A common sense theory has solved numerous business problems for a Victoria University of Wellington professor, who will share her insights at an upcoming talk. More >>
Community approach needed to address Pacific health decline
Friday, 1 November 2013, 9:37 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Unless Pacific communities are consulted on health policy, Pacific health will continue to deteriorate, a Victoria University of Wellington academic warns. More >>
Wearable Technology on show
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 2:40 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Illuminated gloves for the hearing impaired and an on-stage visual extravaganza are among projects from Victoria University’s Wearable Technology course to be presented at a show on Friday 1 November. More >>
Analysing religious poetry for the non-religious
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 10:43 am | Victoria University of Wellington
An unusual religious background has left a Victoria University of Wellington Professor of English with a taste for secular writing containing religious ideas. More >>
New Writer at the International Institute of Modern Letters
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 3:13 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand poet, playwright and performer Hinemoana Baker has been appointed the Victoria University of Wellington/Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence for 2014. More >>
Victoria University scoops 21 Marsden grants
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 2:31 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University researchers have scooped 21 prestigious Marsden grants, the largest number ever received by the University. The Marsden Fund supports research excellence, allowing New Zealand’s best researchers to explore ideas at the forefront of their ... More >>
Pulitzer Prize winner to teach at Victoria
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 9:37 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington will launch a new programme in creative science writing by bringing Pulitzer Prize-winning American science writer Professor Deborah Blum to the capital to show how it’s done. More >>
International business expert lectures in Wellington
Friday, 25 October 2013, 3:34 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
One of the world’s leading researchers in the field of international business, Professor Mike Kotabe, will give a public lecture at Victoria University of Wellington next week. More >>
