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Helping preserve the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track

Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 12:08 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University is set to sign an agreement with the Tuatapere Hump Track Board, to develop a joint research programme into tourism, ecology and community development in the region. More >>

Miracle material under the microscope

Thursday, 11 October 2012, 11:03 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Research by Victoria University Professor Uli Zuelicke is contributing to the global race to unlock the potential of graphene, a new material taken from graphite that scientists say could be a game changer for new electronic applications. More >>

Top Kiwi Writer To Join Victoria Creative Writing Programme

Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 2:51 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

10 October 2012 _____________________________________________________ Top Kiwi Writer To Join Victoria’s Creative Writing Programme One of New Zealand’s most celebrated contemporary writers, Emily Perkins, is joining Victoria University’s International ... More >>

Building Wellington’s own Silicon Valley

Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 11:49 am | Victoria University of Wellington

9 October 2012 _____________________________________________________ Building Wellington’s own Silicon Valley Victoria University is helping launch the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators through a new programme which will bring graduate students together ... More >>

Etruscan Forgeries: The Arts of Profit and Deceit

Monday, 1 October 2012, 10:23 am | Victoria University of Wellington

The reasons why forgeries of Etruscan art are especially attractive to scammers and swindlers will be the focus on an upcoming public lecture hosted by the Classics programme at Victoria University. More >>

Nature of Antarctica’s ice sheet revealed

Thursday, 20 September 2012, 1:19 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Nature of Antarctica’s ice sheet revealed Small changes in the temperature of the Southern Ocean can contribute to far-reaching changes on the Antarctic ice sheet that could lead to future sea-level rise, new research from Victoria University has ... More >>

Border disputes over copyright

Wednesday, 19 September 2012, 3:13 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

MEDIA RELEASE 19 September 2012 _____________________________________________________ Border disputes over copyright The boundary between private property and the public domain is especially contentious in the area of copyright law, according to Victoria ... More >>

A Public Meeting on Charter Schools

Monday, 17 September 2012, 4:13 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Partnership Schools/Kura Hourua – known internationally as charter schools – are one of the Government’s initiatives aimed at addressing student underachievement. As a relatively late adopter of the concept, New Zealand has the advantage of being ... More >>

Symposium to remember Mahy’s fantastic fiction

Friday, 14 September 2012, 9:25 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Biographer Tessa Duder, filmmaker Dave Gibson and novelist Elizabeth Knox will feature in a day-long series of talks and discussions being held to remember Margaret Mahy’s literary talent next week. More >>

Private sector pay outgrows public sector

Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 12:11 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Private sector employees covered by collective employment agreements received an average pay increase one percent higher than their counterparts in the public sector during the past 12 months, according to data collected by Victoria University’s ... More >>

Innovative new uses for flax fibre

Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 11:02 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University research on preventing deterioration of some of New Zealand’s oldest Māori cloaks has revealed potentially valuable anti-fungal properties in harakeke, or native flax. More >>

Romantic voyagers voyage Romantics at literature conference

Monday, 10 September 2012, 4:43 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

One of the world’s leading authorities on the Romantic poet John Keats will deliver a keynote lecture at an upcoming Victoria University conference on the works and writers of the Romantic period. More >>

Film on Lak people wins top visual anthropology prize

Thursday, 6 September 2012, 12:41 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

A Victoria University film lecturer’s feature-length documentary about the Lak people of Papua New Guinea has won a top visual anthropology prize. Dr Paul Wolffram is enjoying international recognition for his film Stori Tumbuna: Ancestors’ Tales ... More >>

Workshop on Solutions to Child Poverty in NZ

Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 4:46 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

REMINDER Workshop on Solutions to Child Poverty in New Zealand Hosted by the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies More >>

Examining New Zealand’s relationship with China

Friday, 31 August 2012, 11:06 am | Victoria University of Wellington

The state of New Zealand’s relationship with China will be examined at a Victoria University event next week. More >>

Exploring how social class influences educational outcomes

Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 3:43 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

More can be done to reduce the influence of social background on educational achievement, according to Victoria Professor of Education Rob Strathdee. Professor Strathdee, Head of the School of Education Policy and Implementation, will discuss the connection ... More >>

VUW Faculty of Engineering Gains Full Industry Accreditation

Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 2:59 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

28 August 2012 _____________________________________________________ Victoria University's Faculty of Engineering gains full industry accreditation As New Zealand looks increasingly towards science and engineering to drive business innovation, Victoria University’s ... More >>

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 >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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