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New findings on why Antarctic ice sheets melt
Monday, 17 January 2011, 10:47 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Research from Victoria University has revealed new findings on why Antarctic ice sheets have melted in the past, as well as how future melting may affect sea levels. Victoria researcher Dr Andrew Mackintosh is the lead author of the research published ... More >>
Fear of being first scares homeowners off innovation
Friday, 14 January 2011, 10:25 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Homeowners’ reluctance to adopt proven sustainability innovations often results from an exaggerated view of the risks involved, according to research carried out at Victoria University. More >>
Roll-your-own tobacco may be more addictive
Wednesday, 12 January 2011, 4:45 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Research carried out at Victoria University suggests smokers of roll-your-own tobacco may be more intensely addicted to the habit than those who puff on manufactured cigarettes. PhD graduate Dr Amy Lewis investigated how tobacco smoke influences the proteins ... More >>
Roll-your-own tobacco may be more addictive
Wednesday, 12 January 2011, 3:38 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Research carried out at Victoria University suggests smokers of roll-your-own tobacco may be more intensely addicted to the habit than those who puff on manufactured cigarettes. More >>
Student Wins Postgraduate Research Excellence Award
Friday, 17 December 2010, 1:21 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
John Creech was recently awarded a Postgraduate Research Excellence Award for work done as part of MSc thesis. The research was presented in a paper entitled ‘Eocene sea temperatures for the mid-latitude southwest Pacific from Mg/Ca ratios in planktonic ... More >>
Adam Prize goes to post-apartheid tale
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 1:07 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
An intense coming-of-age story set in post-apartheid South Africa has taken out the prestigious Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing for 2010. This year's winner is Rayne Cockburn for her novel Someplace for Boys . Set in a beach community in ... More >>
Turbine 10 now online
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 12:55 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The 2010 issue of literary journal Turbine is now online, featuring new writing from emerging and established writers, with motherhood, earthquakes, and snow emerging as themes in this year’s quietly apocalyptic selection. More >>
New research on self-harm among Wellington youth
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 10:45 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Research has shown more than one in ten young people in Wellington are engaging in deliberate self-harm behaviour. Dr Jessica Garisch, who graduated with a PhD in Psychology from Victoria on Tuesday, studied deliberate self-harm among Wellington secondary ... More >>
Women’s opinions about prenatal screening invisible
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 2:57 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
What pregnant women think about routine ultrasound tests for fetal abnormalities is largely ignored by the health profession says a Victoria University graduate who has completed some of New Zealand’s only research into prenatal screening More >>
Distinguished New Zealand Alumni to be Honoured
Monday, 13 December 2010, 4:26 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Some of New Zealand’s most influential leaders, thinkers and creative talent will be honoured with a Distinguished Alumni Award from Victoria University of Wellington. The University will present awards in April 2011 to six alumni who have made an outstanding ... More >>
Record number of PhDs for Victoria
Monday, 13 December 2010, 12:51 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A record number of PhDs graduates, including the first ever from the New Zealand School of Music, are among hundreds of students celebrating graduation from Victoria University this week. More >>
Call for debate on retirement income policy
Friday, 10 December 2010, 3:59 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Authors of a book exploring perspectives on New Zealand’s retirement income policy hope it will act as a catalyst for debate on retirement income policy. In July 2010, Victoria University’s Institute of Policy Studies and the Retirement Commission ... More >>
Music therapy benefits special needs children
Friday, 10 December 2010, 10:46 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The benefits of using music as an everyday tool when teaching disabled children have been demonstrated in research by Daphne Rickson, the first PhD graduate from the New Zealand School of Music – a joint venture between Victoria and Massey universities. More >>
Tale of Jersey under the jackboot wins scriptwriting prize
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 3:22 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A feature film script set in a German-occupied Jersey Island during World War Two, has won Maya Hammarsal the annual David Carson-Parker Embassy Prize. Her script Abandoned Islands follows a doctor on Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, who could ... More >>
Lignite and Climate Change report findings endorsed
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 11:56 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Senior academics at Victoria University of Wellington today endorsed the findings and recommendations of the report by Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Lignite and climate change: The high cost of low grade coal . More >>
The impacts of education policy under the microscope
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 4:49 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
As Victoria University’s 2011 JD Stout Fellow, Cathy Wylie will have the opportunity to share 24 years of educational policy research with the rest of New Zealand. Dr Wylie is looking forward to spending the next year writing a book on the impacts ... More >>
Scholars: the critic and conscience of our society?
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 2:18 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A conference about the role of those who act as the critics and conscience of society is being held in Wellington this week at Victoria University’s Law School. It is the 27th Annual Conference of the Law and Society Association of Australia and New ... More >>
Unique international conference in Wellington
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 9:38 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The significance and value of indigenous intellectual property is being highlighted at a unique international conference taking place in Wellington this week. More >>
A way with words
Friday, 3 December 2010, 10:50 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Literary translation is a boom area in academic research and one of New Zealand’s own experts, Dr Jean Anderson from Victoria University, understands why. More >>
Solar powered Kiwi bach on display
Monday, 29 November 2010, 10:33 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Solar powered Kiwi bach on display A solar powered Kiwi bach designed by Victoria University students for an international competition will be on public display on the Wellington waterfront next year. A team from the School of Architecture at Victoria ... More >>
