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Antarctica – the Great Integrator

Thursday, 29 June 2006, 11:10 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Leading Antarctic Scientists will meet at Victoria University next week (4-6 July) for Antarctica New Zealand’s annual conference, Antarctica: the Great Integrator. More >>

Victoria recognised in tertiary teaching awards

Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 10:36 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University has been recognised for the seventh time in the fifth annual Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards. Dr Warwick Murray, Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Environment & Earth Sciences, received the award, worth $20,000, from ... More >>

Local team favourite in debating championships

Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 12:26 am | Victoria University of Wellington

The world’s second largest debating tournament—the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships or “Australs”—is coming to Wellington, with the Victoria University team a strong favourite. More >>

High profile Zimbabwean judge joins Victoria

Friday, 23 June 2006, 1:12 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

A Zimbabwean High Court judge who fled his homeland is to join Victoria University of Wellington as a visiting Fellow in the Institute of Policy Studies. More >>

High profile Zimbabwean judge joins Victoria

Friday, 23 June 2006, 11:42 am | Victoria University of Wellington

A Zimbabwean High Court judge who fled his homeland is to join Victoria University of Wellington as a visiting Fellow in the Institute of Policy Studies. More >>

SOE directors' views examined in new research

Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 10:12 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Directors of New Zealand’s largest State-owned Enterprises are concerned the appointment process is too heavily weighted towards political acceptability, says a Victoria University researcher. More >>

Eco-restoration a key focus for new centre

Friday, 16 June 2006, 12:33 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Exploring the diversity of the world’s flora and fauna—from the molecular level to the ecosystem—is the focus of a new collaborative research centre to be established at Victoria University of Wellington. More >>

Reserve Bank under the microscope

Monday, 12 June 2006, 10:26 am | Victoria University of Wellington

The recent history of New Zealand’s Reserve Bank has been put under the microscope by Victoria University researchers in a new book which will be launched in Wellington tonight (12 June 2006). More >>

Scientific breakthrough at Victoria

Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 3:03 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Researchers may one day be able to reliably track a single molecule as it moves through the human body thanks to a discovery by Victoria University academics. Associate Professor Pablo Etchegoin, Dr Eric Le Ru and Matthias Meyer, from the School of Chemical ... More >>

Nowhere: A Dystopian Satire of society

Monday, 29 May 2006, 3:59 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

THEA 302 presents a collaborative devised work which asks “where have we come from, where are we now and where are we going?” The piece is playfully inspired by Samuel Butler’s dystopian satire Erewhon but presents a variation on Butler’s tale of the ... More >>

Victoria continues on growth path

Monday, 22 May 2006, 2:05 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University continues to grow, with New Zealand’s Capital City University shrugging off a flattening of enrolments in 2005 to record a $9 million consolidated surplus, its latest Annual Report shows. More >>

Celebrating Achievement

Monday, 15 May 2006, 9:45 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Three outstanding New Zealanders will be celebrated at Victoria University’s May graduation ceremonies this week (17, 18, 19 May). More >>

Education deans form new council

Thursday, 11 May 2006, 3:22 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

A better understanding of education issues and the promotion of clear and innovative views on education and teacher education are the aims of a new council established by universities in New Zealand. More >>

Kiwi dollar one of most unstable currencies

Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 1:09 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

The Kiwi dollar and the Japanese yen are joint winners of the world’s “wobbliest currency award”, according researchers in Victoria University’s School of Economics & Finance. More >>

Victoria scientist wins $1.2m grant

Friday, 28 April 2006, 9:28 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Cancerous tumours that hide inside the human body could soon be visualised by tiny ‘quantum dots,’ developed by a Victoria University chemistry lecturer and the focus of a new $1.26 million medical imaging research grant. More >>

Antarctic scientist receives international honour

Monday, 24 April 2006, 4:13 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Professor Peter Barrett, Director of the Joint Antarctic Research Institute at Victoria University, has been awarded the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) prestigious President's Medal for Outstanding Achievements in Antarctic Science. More >>