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Young Ecologists Win International Photography Prizes
Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 10:13 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Two emerging researchers from Victoria University of Wellington have received awards for their compelling photographs in the British Ecological Society’s Centenary Photographic Competition. More >>
Conference to unearth NZ’s constitutional traditions
Monday, 26 August 2013, 3:12 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A conference organised by Victoria University’s Faculty of Law aims to shed light on the fundamental ideals on which New Zealand’s constitutional law is based. More >>
Wellington's Next Top Scientists On Show
Monday, 26 August 2013, 9:56 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Budding scientists from across the Wellington region are competing this week in the annual NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair. More >>
Big Day In explores the meaning of life
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 10:26 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Big Day In explores the meaning of life Academics from Victoria University’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences are opening their minds to Wellingtonians for a Big Day In thinking about life. Loosely and light-heartedly structured around the ... More >>
Research to enable better management of rock lobster
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 4:12 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The seafood industry is boosting investment in Victoria University research that uses state-of-the-art genetic profiling to ensure continued sustainable management of New Zealand’s lucrative rock lobster fisheries. More >>
Chinese Kiwis defend New Zealand on social media
Thursday, 15 August 2013, 3:29 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
An analysis of social media in New Zealand and China has found an emerging group of Chinese residents in New Zealand and others with close ties to China, vigorously defending New Zealand’s brand in the wake of Fonterra’s whey protein contamination ... More >>
Grass alone won’t grow the economy
Thursday, 15 August 2013, 1:21 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The fruits of a literary collaboration on innovation between the late Sir Paul Callaghan and award-winning science communicator Professor Shaun Hendy will be unveiled at Victoria University tonight. More >>
Victoria researcher solves 40 year-old math problem
Thursday, 15 August 2013, 10:26 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Professor Geoff Whittle, from Victoria’s School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research, has been working with colleagues Professor Jim Geelen (Canada) and Professor Bert Gerards (Netherlands) to solve a problem posed by the famous mathematician ... More >>
Victoria hosts conference to chart China’s global course
Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 9:45 am | Victoria University of Wellington
China has become the world’s second largest economy within just three decades, and an international conference next week will examine the impact this has had on the rest of the world. ‘China’s Global Course: China, the World Economy and New ... More >>
Acclaimed international writer visits Wellington
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 5:22 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Scottish writer Janice Galloway will appear in conversation with Emily Perkins in Wellington next week as part of Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) Writers on Mondays series at Te Papa. More >>
Welfare debt a bigger target than unpaid tax
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 9:40 am | Victoria University of Wellington
New research from Victoria University shows government agencies are more likely to write off unpaid tax than welfare debt—even though the outstanding tax bill is almost six times larger. More >>
Leading polar expert visits Wellington
Monday, 12 August 2013, 3:19 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington is hosting one of the world’s leading polar scientists this week to give the 2013 S.T. Lee Lecture in Antarctic Studies. Professor Jane Francis is in Wellington to give the eleventh annual lecture. She is Professor of ... More >>
New report gives insight into bullying in New Zealand
Monday, 12 August 2013, 12:29 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
In the first New Zealand study of its kind, a Victoria University researcher has found that 94 percent of the school staff she surveyed have seen bullying in their school. More >>
Fostering connections to the natural world
Monday, 12 August 2013, 10:39 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Professor Timothy Beatley, an international expert in sustainable cities and urban nature, will be co-hosted by Victoria University and Wellington City Council next week as he sets out to explore Wellington as a ‘living city’. More >>
Getting comfortable with Māori cultural practices
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 3:50 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Worry about performing a waiata or pronouncing your marae hosts names correctly could be a thing of the past for people who enrol in a new Victoria University course teaching Māori cultural practices for professionals. More >>
Victoria researchers change the face of computer networking
Friday, 2 August 2013, 3:15 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A team of computer scientists at Victoria University is taking part in ground-breaking research to develop software-defined networking, a new approach to computer networking which experts say has the potential to revolutionise the technology industry. More >>
Amateur rugby clubs endangered?
Friday, 2 August 2013, 3:12 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Almost half the rugby clubs in Wellington are losing money each year, according to research carried out at Victoria University. More >>
Victoria’s distinguished alumni honoured at gala dinner
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 1:01 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
About 500 guests attended a prestigious black tie dinner in Wellington last night to honour some of Victoria University’s top alumni. The University presented Distinguished Alumni Awards to six graduates who now rank among New Zealand’s most influential ... More >>
Engineering students use technology to clean up environment
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 3:10 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A smartphone app and website which the public can use to report incidents of environmental pollution have been developed by students at Victoria University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science. More >>
Symposium to explore the science of intimate relationships
Monday, 29 July 2013, 10:07 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University will host six of the world’s top relationship psychology researchers for a one-day symposium in October. More >>
