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The future of New Zealand’s marine resources
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 12:15 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Professor Jonathan Gardner, a marine biologist at Victoria University, will give his inaugural professorial lecture next week on marine reserves in Zealand. More >>
Climbing your family tree
Monday, 20 August 2012, 12:28 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
People interested in researching their family history have the chance to learn the first steps in genealogy at an intensive two-day course run by Victoria University. More >>
Older consumers may be too tolerant for their own good
Monday, 20 August 2012, 10:26 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A study into consumer reactions to faulty products has shown older people are more tolerant than young when things go wrong. Dr Daniel Laufer, Associate Professor of Marketing at Victoria University, was part of a team that investigated how different ... More >>
Putting topical issues to the test
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 9:44 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The rigour behind the rhetoric in arguments for and against asset sales, limits on government spending and other fiscal policies will be put to the test in a series of debates to be held at Victoria University. More >>
Honorary Doctorate for Samoan Prime Minister
Monday, 13 August 2012, 10:53 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington will confer the honorary degree Doctor of Laws on the Honourable Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa, during his visit to the University today. More >>
Student finds the truth behind ‘truthiness’
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 2:32 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
People are more likely to believe something is true if a photograph appears alongside the story, according to findings by a Victoria University student. Eryn Newman, a PhD student in Victoria’s School of Psychology, has been examining the phenomenon ... More >>
Education in Crisis?
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 9:09 am | Victoria University of Wellington
What should school and university students learn in the 21st century? Will performance pay improve teacher quality, or are class sizes a more important factor in making a difference to student success? What do we know about how young people and university ... More >>
Child poverty expert to visit New Zealand
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 9:01 am | Victoria University of Wellington
An American academic with three decades of experience researching poverty, welfare dependency and childhood development will apply his expertise to the issue of childhood poverty in New Zealand. More >>
Soap to bones: understanding nature’s underlying patterns
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 1:33 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
What could soap and bones possibly have in common? Victoria University’s Professor Kathryn McGrath will explore the answer to this question in her inaugural professorial lecture next week. More >>
China security expert to visit New Zealand
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 2:45 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
One of the world’s leading authorities on China’s foreign policy and North Asian security issues will be based at Victoria University until early September. Professor Zhu Feng, from Peking University in Beijing, holds the Sir Howard Kippenberger Visiting ... More >>
Kiwis helping kiwi
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 11:03 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A Victoria PhD student is uncovering information about how inbreeding contributes to the fate of threatened animal populations, while also teaching travellers on Interislander ferries more about one of the rarest species of kiwi. More >>
Conference on what has driven China’s growth and development
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 10:30 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Leading scholars will debate what has been driving rapid economic and social transformation in China during an international conference taking place at Victoria University. More >>
Reversing the decline in speakers of te reo Māori
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 1:31 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Understanding what helps people become active users of the Māori language could hold the key to reversing the decline in speaker numbers, says a Victoria University researcher. More >>
Gift boosts public policy research for ordinary NZers
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 10:58 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria’s School of Government will tonight launch a new research institute that will look into issues at the heart of the democratic process, thanks to a generous $3 million endowment from The Gama Foundation. More >>
Eminent theologian to deliver lectures in Wellington
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 9:08 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Professor Cavanaugh is the 2012 St John’s Visiting Scholar in Religion at Victoria University. He is a Senior Research Professor at the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology at DePaul University in Chicago. He has published extensively ... More >>
From the Old World to the New
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 9:54 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The extent of renowned French artist Marcel Duchamp’s influence on New Zealand artists and his place in our cultural history are explored in the latest exhibition at the Adam Art Gallery: ‘Peripheral Relations: Marcel Duchamp and New Zealand ... More >>
Love & learning: Big debates in early childhood education
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 2:27 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
As the number of infants and toddlers entering early childhood education continues to grow, a Victoria University researcher has been investigating what the role of the teachers of very young children should be. More >>
Victoria appoints new creative writing Director
Monday, 16 July 2012, 3:43 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
MEDIA RELEASE 16 July 2012 _____________________________________________________ Victoria appoints new creative writing Director Author, poet, playwright, and scriptwriter Damien Wilkins will be the next Director of Victoria’s International Institute ... More >>
Film industry tempting, but tough
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 12:49 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Working in film is often precarious, tough and poorly paid, but the attractions of the industry often outweigh the challenges, according to research carried out at Victoria University. More >>
The science of learning language
Monday, 9 July 2012, 11:19 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Ever wondered how people learn languages? Professor Nick Ellis, a world-leading linguist, will explore how humans have developed this fundamental skill at a free public lecture at Victoria University this Thursday. More >>
