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BNZ Chair in Business in Asia

Friday, 29 November 2013, 12:11 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Asian business expert Professor Siah Hwee Ang has been appointed the inaugural holder of the BNZ Chair in Business in Asia. More >>

Understanding the immune system

Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 4:17 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

International experts gather next week to advance understanding of the immune system and its importance in regulating all aspects of human health. More >>

New award for emerging film writers

Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 3:49 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

An award that recognises emerging film writers has been established at the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), via the Victoria University Foundation, in memory of notable New Zealand filmmaker Brad McGann. More >>

Vic researchers to play significant role in global project

Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 4:16 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington researchers are poised to make a significant contribution to one of the world’s largest science projects—the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope. More >>

Southern Alps glaciers in state of rapid change

Monday, 25 November 2013, 8:54 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Research carried out by Victoria University’s Antarctic Research Centre shows the glaciers of the central Southern Alps are in a state of rapid change with ice volumes set to reduce by up to 60 percent by the end of this century (2100). More >>

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 >>