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New Zealand has healthy entrepreneurial culture

Thursday, 25 August 2011, 10:21 am | Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand businesses have a positive attitude both towards expanding internationally and the support they get from government agencies to do it, says a Victoria University professor. More >>

Student team to take on the world

Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 3:07 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

A Victoria University team is heading to the US with their solar-powered bach to compete in the US Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon. More >>

Victoria scientist wins prestigious international prize

Monday, 22 August 2011, 3:40 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

A Victoria University scientist has become the first in the Southern Hemisphere to win a prestigious international prize for outstanding PhD research in the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) field. Dr Mark Hunter, a Research Fellow in the School of ... More >>

Victoria initiative supports growth in digital industries

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 2:56 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Media release: Victoria initiative supports growth in screen and digital industries Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:49:59 +0000 From: Guy Randall More >>

Vic Chancellor's Inaugural Lecture: Expats paying off loans

Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 11:04 am | Victoria University of Wellington

New figures from the IRD showing a sustained increase in expat graduates paying off their student loans is great news according to the founder of the Heroic Educated Kiwi Expatriate (HEKE) campaign. More >>

Feast for Wellington Jazz fans

Monday, 15 August 2011, 3:58 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Wellington audiences will be treated to a feast of international jazz talent on Friday when the New Zealand School of Music present a Gala Jazz Concert in the Wellington Town Hall. Alex Sipiagin (trumpet), Steve Houghton (drums) and Bob Sheppard (saxophone) ... More >>

US poet Joy Harjo to bring storytelling magic to Wellington

Thursday, 11 August 2011, 11:47 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Renowned US poet Joy Harjo is being brought to Wellington by Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) this month. More >>

Inaugural Chancellor’s Lecture—Professor Sir Paul Callaghan

Thursday, 11 August 2011, 11:26 am | Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealander of the Year and renowned scientist Professor Sir Paul Callaghan will deliver Victoria University’s Inaugural Chancellor’s Lecture next month. More >>

Victoria professor advocates simplified accounting standards

Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 9:13 am | Victoria University of Wellington

A Victoria University academic is calling for accounting standards to be written in more concise English, as the international accounting community prepares to converge its regulation with US standards. More >>

VUW: New Chair to School of Government Advisory Board

Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 12:51 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Professor Pat Walsh, Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University, is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Paul Reynolds as Chair of Victoria’s School of Government Advisory Board. More >>

The Future of the Commons

Friday, 22 July 2011, 10:26 am | Victoria University of Wellington

In the face of a globalised “tragedy of the commons” – ecological crisis driven by exploitative use of the natural world for short term economic gain – what are the most urgent individual and collective responses that need to be made in order ... More >>

Ian Gordon Fellow expert on English language teaching

Friday, 15 July 2011, 10:09 am | Victoria University of Wellington

It will be a homecoming of sorts next month for Victoria University’s 2011 Ian Gordon Fellow Professor Jack Richards, an internationally renowned specialist in second and foreign language teaching. More >>

Helping people and wildlife live together

Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 11:56 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Researchers at Victoria University are uncovering new knowledge about the relationship between people and wildlife and the benefits that could result from good management of the interaction. More >>

Māori voting habits assessed in survey

Monday, 11 July 2011, 2:04 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

A new survey on the voting habits of Māori living in Australia has been launched today by a Victoria University of Wellington researcher. More >>

Beyond interest - deepening our engagement with Asia

Monday, 11 July 2011, 1:56 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

A leading foreign policy expert says it's time for New Zealanders to think more broadly about this country's engagement with trading and security partners in Asia. More >>

Finding consensus following the crisis

Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 1:26 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

The world is cautiously emerging from a global recession, which has led to a new and genuine scrutiny of the international economic system. An international conference in Wellington on 7-8 July 2011, “Enhancing Stability in the International Economic ... More >>