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Where to from here for New Zealand’s defence force?
Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 12:15 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
MEDIA RELEASE 17 April 2013 Where to from here for New Zealand’s defence force? A symposium to be held in Wellington next month will review the role New Zealand’s defence forces have played in Afghanistan, Solomon Islands and Timor Leste and discuss ... More >>
Victoria student gets ticket to Cambridge
Monday, 15 April 2013, 2:07 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A Victoria University student is the only New Zealander this year to be awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, to study at a postgraduate level at the University of Cambridge. More >>
Public lecture on complex workplace interactions
Friday, 12 April 2013, 12:27 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
MEDIA RELEASE 12 April 2013 _____________________________________________________ Public lecture places complex workplace interactions in the spotlight Would you behave more ethically in the workplace if your boss was watching you closely? It’s one ... More >>
Victoria University tops New Zealand in research rankings
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 12:14 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University tops New Zealand in research rankings Victoria University of Wellington was today ranked first among New Zealand universities based on the research performance of its academic staff. More >>
Victoria to host public lecture by political philosopher
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 11:05 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Philosopher Philip Pettit, the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University, will deliver the inaugural Maurice Goldsmith Lecture at Victoria University on Friday 19 April. More >>
Best New Zealand Poems now online
Monday, 8 April 2013, 1:12 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The 2012 issue of Best New Zealand Poems (www.victoria.ac.nz/bestnzpoems) has been published online, and takes readers on a journey from Turangi to Greece, via Buddhism, and back to Taranaki and Cathedral Square. More >>
Former Prime Ministers to take part in Constitutional Review
Friday, 5 April 2013, 12:56 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
5 April 2013 Former Prime Ministers to take part in Constitutional Review debates Victoria University’s Centre for Public Law, with support from the New Zealand Law Foundation, will host a series of public debates in April and May about issues ... More >>
Inaugural Donor for Cross-cultural Research Centre
Thursday, 4 April 2013, 1:06 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research, part of Victoria University of Wellington, is delighted to announce that Dr Chan-Hoong Leong of the National University of Singapore has become its inaugural Alumni Donor. More >>
Victoria part of bid to understand hearing defects
Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 11:09 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria part of international bid to understand hearing defects A Victoria University researcher’s investigations into improving the diagnosis and treatment of hearing defects will take a leap forward as a result of winning funding from the European ... More >>
Neil Quigley Receives Honorary Doctorate In Vietnam
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 11:34 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria’s Neil Quigley Receives Honorary Doctorate In Vietnam Victoria University’s Professor Neil Quigley has been awarded a prestigious honorary degree by the University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This honour recognises Professor Quigley’s ... More >>
A record of state crime and resistance
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 11:48 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Communities resist even while enduring the most horrific of state crimes, says Victoria University criminologist Elizabeth Stanley, and a new book documenting their bold actions will ensure history is taught, and recorded, as it happened. More >>
Talk explores pesty science
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 12:25 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University will host a free public lecture exploring the science behind pest animal management on Thursday 21 March. The lecture, titled Pesty Science: Is a Predator-Free NZ a reasonable reality or impossible dream? will be presented by ... More >>
Film profiles scientists in the front line of climate change
Monday, 11 March 2013, 11:00 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Film profiles scientists in the front line of climate change Excerpts from a new feature film that paints an intimate portrait of the global community of researchers racing to understand the world’s changing climate will be shown at Victoria University ... More >>
Experts to discuss tax policy and accounting standards
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 5:29 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Two experts are visiting Victoria University next week to discuss topical issues in international tax policy, and a monumental change in financial reporting. More >>
Climate Science And Future Climate Governance
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 9:38 am | Victoria University of Wellington
MEDIA RELEASE 7 March 2013 Climate Science And Future Climate Governance One of New Zealand’s leading climate scientists will discuss political and governance issues important to climate change in his inaugural lecture on Tuesday 12 March. ... More >>
lack of rights or the pull of home prompts Māori migration
Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 12:21 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
6 March 2013 _____________________________________________________ Is it lack of rights or the pull of home that prompts Māori return migration to NZ? Victoria University researcher Paul Hamer would like to hear from Māori who’ve returned to New Zealand ... More >>
Poetry reading by international poet Karen Solie
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 3:32 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Award-winning Canadian poet Karen Solie will read poetry in Wellington next week at a one-off event presented by Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), in partnership with City Gallery Wellington. More >>
What would you like to know about the past?
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 10:08 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Museum exhibitions, radio programmes, television documentaries and popular history books all contribute to our perceptions of the past. But do these forms of public history help us understand our own lives? More >>
Curriculum responses to the Christchurch earthquakes
Friday, 1 March 2013, 11:53 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University researchers have found that thanks to the quick response of science and geography teachers across New Zealand, most senior secondary school students were learning about the Christchurch earthquakes almost immediately after the event. More >>
Loss of trust in business—what this means for global economy
Friday, 22 February 2013, 1:37 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The causes and consequences of decreasing public trust in business, and what this means for societies and the global economy, will be the focus of a public lecture on Monday at the Victoria Business School. More >>
