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Social media a powerful selling tool
Friday, 20 May 2011, 2:08 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Lots of businesses know they should be active in social media like Facebook and Twitter and research by a Victoria University PhD graduate has explained why. More >>
Proposal to make honey from mangroves wins competition
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 1:19 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A project proposing to make honey from mangroves for the Wayuu indigenous tribe in Colombia was judged the winner at the 2011 Global Enterprise Experience ANZ Champion Team Awards. This annual student business competition brought together 512 students ... More >>
Traditional Pacific lifestyle inspiration for healthy living
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 12:01 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Pacific Island people can look to the past for ways of reducing health issues arising from unhealthy eating, says a Victoria University PhD graduate. More >>
New Director for MacDiarmid Institute
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 11:49 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The Board of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology is delighted to announce that Associate Professor Kathryn McGrath has been appointed as Director of the institute, to succeed the outgoing Director, Professor Richard ... More >>
Free study to help children with behaviour problems
Monday, 16 May 2011, 3:46 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Parents of young children displaying behaviour problems are being sought for a study by Victoria University’s Child Behaviour Group. Researchers are looking for 28 parents with children aged three to six years old from Wellington to take part in ... More >>
Victoria University May Graduation
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 2:28 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University May Graduation Nearly 2000 students will celebrate successfully completing their studies at Victoria University May Graduation parades and ceremonies next week. The University will also present honorary doctorates to acclaimed pianist ... More >>
Brightest teaching talent recognised
Friday, 13 May 2011, 2:36 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Some of New Zealand’s most outstanding new teaching talent will be acknowledged on Tuesday night as Victoria University celebrates its brightest graduates from the Faculty of Education. More >>
University adds Kiwi flavour to American textbook
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 10:03 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Most New Zealand students relate more easily to Kiwi business examples such as Trade Me and Kiwi Experience than to a Boeing factory in Seattle. More >>
Victoria University researchers team up with ZEALANDIA
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 11:13 am | Victoria University of Wellington
An agreement between Victoria University of Wellington and ZEALANDIA: The Karori Sanctuary Experience, will foster greater research collaboration between the two organisations. More >>
Human-Made Climate Change: Moral, Political and Legal Issue
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 10:38 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Public lecture by Dr James Hansen at Victoria University, 16 May, 5.45 to 730pm More >>
NZ historian to take up leading role at Oxford University
Monday, 9 May 2011, 3:06 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A prominent New Zealand historian has been appointed to one of the top jobs in the world in his field. More >>
A new burst of energy for Solar Decathlon team
Thursday, 28 April 2011, 4:00 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A Kiwi bach powered entirely by the sun’s rays has attracted the attention of New Zealand’s largest state owned electricity generator. More >>
Victims of Sexual Offending Don’t Benefit from Long Sentence
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 5:52 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A majority of key crime and justice representatives at a workshop held at Victoria University this week agreed that long prison sentences for sexual offending are often not beneficial for victims. More >>
Photographs-reminders of our mortality
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 9:58 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University Professor of Art History Geoffrey Batchen says it's time to rethink the significance of all those old photographs in family albums, in boxes under the bed-or posted on our Facebook page. More >>
Supercomputer to boost SKA chances
Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 10:40 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Researchers in New Zealand and Australia have been donated a high performance computing facility by IBM, boosting their chances of a successful bid for the $3 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. More >>
Eco bling not enough
Thursday, 7 April 2011, 10:34 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The changes needed before New Zealand is using its fair share of the earth’s resources are far greater than most people realise say two Victoria University sustainability researchers. More >>
E-learning a powerful tool for teaching the arts
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 3:09 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Learning in dance and drama has traditionally involved face-to-face tuition, but that may change following Victoria University research into the potential of online tuition. Research by Victoria’s Faculty of Education shows students may be able ... More >>
Leading NZ and Australian experts discuss the rise of China
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 10:14 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The growing impact China is having on New Zealand, Australia and the wider Asia-Pacific region will be discussed by experts from both sides of the Tasman at a special one-day public symposium in Wellington tomorrow. More >>
"Chew and depth" in New Zealand Poetry anthology
Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 11:41 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A brand new issue of the online anthology Best New Zealand Poems has been released by Victoria University's International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), containing the best 25 poems from 2010. More >>
Study examines links between violence and animal cruelty
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 11:23 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Pets being abused as a way of hurting partners and children is being researched for the first time in New Zealand. The SPCA has received a $100,000 grant from the New Zealand Lottery Community Sector Research Committee to commission a year-long study ... More >>
