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False memories cause unjust convictions
Monday, 2 November 2009, 10:13 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Inaccurate or false memories can put innocent people in jail, according to a Victoria University Professor of Psychology. Professor Maryanne Garry will discuss the causes and consequences of false memories in her inaugural professorial lecture next Tuesday ... More >>
Skilled Migrants’ Programme Highly Commended
Friday, 30 October 2009, 3:31 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A programme devised by Victoria University of Wellington to help skilled migrants get work won an EEO Trust Award last night. The Workplace Communication for Skilled Migrants’ Programme won ‘Highly Commended’ in the Tomorrow’s Workforce Award ... More >>
Cynthia Enloe Lecture: Militarism and Gender
Tuesday, 27 October 2009, 2:22 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Cynthia Enloe is Research Professor in the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment and Women's Studies at Clark University. Her feminist teaching and research has focused on how women’s labor is made cheap in globalised ... More >>
Berlin Wall conference
Friday, 23 October 2009, 4:26 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A major international conference commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall is bringing high profile European politicians to New Zealand . The conference, which takes place 3-4 November in Wellington , is one of the premier ... More >>
VUW launches Master of Professional Accounting
Monday, 19 October 2009, 4:58 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University is the first university in New Zealand to offer a Master of Professional Accounting degree (MPA)—which is being officially launched this evening. More >>
Top scholars receive Prime Minister's awards
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 10:08 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Acting Prime Minister, Hon Bill English, will present prizes to the top scholars of Victoria University's School of Government programmes at the School’s seventh anniversary celebrations on 14 October More >>
Monitoring networking sites could prevent suicide
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 11:14 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Analysing posts on social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook could help to prevent suicide, according to two Victoria University researchers. More >>
Reliving the fall of the Berlin Wall
Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 10:28 am | Victoria University of Wellington
John Leslie was there the day the Berlin Wall came down, and 20 years later will relive that experience as a major conference dissects one of history’s defining moments. More >>
Top Honours for Civil Servant and Top Academic
Friday, 9 October 2009, 11:31 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington will confer honorary degrees on Richard Carey, an international civil servant, and Anthony Reid, a prominent historian on Southeast Asia. Richard Carey has worked for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and ... More >>
Top honours for civil servant and academic
Friday, 9 October 2009, 10:09 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington will confer honorary degrees on Richard Carey, an international civil servant, and Anthony Reid, a prominent historian on Southeast Asia. Richard Carey has worked for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and ... More >>
This Sounds Familiar Though … Three Plays
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 5:10 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
This Sounds Familiar Though... promises to take audiences at Studio 77 on a journey as familiar as it is unfamiliar. The final season of a series of short plays that showcase the talents of upandcoming directors from Victoria University’s Theatre ... More >>
Matter of life and death— IT in the health sector
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 10:20 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A Victoria University professor says that errors in the information technology (IT) systems of New Zealand’s health sector can be a matter of life and death. In her inaugural lecture next Tuesday, Professor Rowena Cullen—from Victoria’s School ... More >>
In Conversation with the Past
Monday, 5 October 2009, 9:57 am | Victoria University of Wellington
History will gain a modern twist for the last exhibition of the year at the Adam Art Gallery. Source MaterialFive Conversations with the Past is a suite of five discrete projects, each with their own approach to the revisioning of historical material. More >>
Making a difference through physics
Friday, 25 September 2009, 11:56 am | Victoria University of Wellington
In his inaugural professorial lecture next Tuesday, a Victoria professor will outline how he navigated the world of science before finding an area where he could make a difference. Argentinian-born physicist Professor Etchegoin is developing a way ... More >>
Students breathe life into Shakespeare’s Pericles
Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 10:41 am | Victoria University of Wellington
It’s Shakespeare as you’ve never seen it - put into a cultural blender of Asian theatre forms to create a visually stunning hybrid performance of The Bard’s fantastical tale of Pericles. More >>
New Hunter Fellows Announced
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:15 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
One of the country’s most committed arts supporters, a former New Zealand High Commissioner and Victoria University Chancellor, and a dedicated fundraiser have been awarded 2009 Hunter Fellowships. More >>
People are fragile things…
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 4:03 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The season of Peoplearefragilethingsyoushouldknowbynowbecarefulwhatyouputthemthrough explores the dying sparks of collapsing relationships, each offering a different take on how people sift through the ashes left behind by the bright light of burnt ... More >>
Vic Uni sustainable architecture award winners
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 10:23 am | Victoria University of Wellington
$250 WasteMINZ Best project Amelia Diggle for her light emitting water filter Amelia is a second year industrial design student and created a simple water filter that is lightweight and portable and designed for application in developing countries. ... More >>
Victoria students turn waste into resources
Friday, 11 September 2009, 2:30 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University Architecture students will showcase innovative ideas for transforming waste materials at an exhibition next week. More >>
Driving and mobile phone use likely to continue
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 1:04 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Many drivers from countries which have banned using a handheld mobile phone while driving are still ignoring the law. More >>
