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Education has leading role in building Asian links
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 10:49 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Greater resources for getting Asia into the education curriculum are imperative, says Dr Pauline Keating, New Zealand Asian Studies Society President and Victoria University lecturer. More >>
Bill Manhire announced as KM Fellow
Friday, 21 November 2003, 10:43 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Bill Manhire, poet and director of Victoria University's creative writing programme, was named the 2003 recipient of the Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship last night. More >>
Victoria graduates are world leaders
Thursday, 13 November 2003, 10:58 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University sets high standards for its students and is not pumping out substandard graduates, says Vice-Chancellor Professor Stuart McCutcheon. More >>
Colonising the mind – print and possession
Thursday, 13 November 2003, 12:47 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Books, brochures and newspapers in the early 20th century played a key role in colonising New Zealand by encouraging Pâkehâ to believe they own the nation's landscape – from the foreshore to the mountain tops. More >>
Health reforms get positive report card
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 9:54 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The Government's health reforms have received a tentative "thumbs up" in the first report from a major research project analysing the implementation of the new system over three years. More >>
Family or the State - who cares for older people?
Friday, 7 November 2003, 11:51 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Canadian Professor Norah Keating will undertake a New Zealand tour (10-28 November) speaking about issues generated by New Zealand's ageing population, focusing on the well-being of older people and the roles of families and government in providing ... More >>
Royal Shakespeare Company's Writer Goes Gory
Tuesday, 4 November 2003, 10:45 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Unrequited love, rape, infanticide and cannibalism are a tall order to produce on a stage slightly bigger than a queen size bed - but The Three Birds, directed by Geoff Pinfield at Studio 77, manages it. More >>
New Zealand’s Anti-Terrorism Measures - Lecture
Monday, 3 November 2003, 10:50 am | Victoria University of Wellington
John Smith, an attorney with the US Department of Justice specialising in anti-terrorism measures and an Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellow, will discuss his project tracing the evolution of New Zealand’s anti-terrorism and emergencies laws through to the ... More >>
Ethics more important than creativity: Employers
Thursday, 30 October 2003, 12:04 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Employers have replaced "creativity and innovation" with "professional ethics" on a wish list for the top 10 graduate attributes in a survey carried out by Victoria University's Career Development and Employment team. More >>
Journey to the centre of the earth
Wednesday, 29 October 2003, 3:44 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A public lecture from expatriate planetary scientist David Stevenson will take the idea of burrowing to the earth's core from the realms of fantasy to reality. More >>
Keeping Wellington on the small screen
Tuesday, 28 October 2003, 10:47 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Peter Cox, a recent scriptwriting graduate from Victoria University, is playing his part to keep Wellington as a "small screen" hot spot with his new series, Insiders Guide to Happiness, now being filmed around the city. More >>
New Cross-Cultural Centre
Tuesday, 28 October 2003, 11:52 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University will launch a new internationally networked research centre (Wednesday 29 October) to lift the lid on how New Zealand can make the most of its increasingly multicultural society. More >>
Cross-Cultural Centre puts Spotlight on Diversity
Friday, 24 October 2003, 3:03 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University will launch a new internationally networked research centre (Wednesday 29 October) to lift the lid on how New Zealand can make the most of its increasingly multicultural society. More >>
Cyber Law focus of new research fellowship at Vic
Thursday, 23 October 2003, 12:10 am | Victoria University of Wellington
From censorship and defamation to controlling spam and viruses, the brave new world of cyberspace law is to be the focus of a new research position in the Victoria University School of Law sponsored by InternetNZ. More >>
'Sustained Dialogue' in New Zealand
Tuesday, 21 October 2003, 3:24 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Former US diplomat and author Harold (Hal) Saunders will visit New Zealand 28 October to 7 November as a guest of the Institute of Policy Studies in the School of Government at Victoria University. Dr Saunders is President of the International Institute for ... More >>
Shortlist chosen for Prize in Modern Letters
Friday, 17 October 2003, 3:53 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Thirty-nine entries for the prestigious $60,000 Prize in Modern Letters have been short listed to four authors – two novelists and two poets. More >>
Nobel prize winner to visit Wellington
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 9:04 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Professor Clive Granger, co-winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Economics, is to speak at a conference, co-hosted by Victoria University, later this week. More >>
Victoria students outraged by mass arrests
Wednesday, 8 October 2003, 4:37 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University students are disgusted that student action at Massey University, Palmerston North has resulted in mass arrests. More >>
Victoria University secures Railway Station
Tuesday, 7 October 2003, 4:37 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington's historic Railway Station is to become part of Victoria's growing Pipitea campus with an agreement signed today. More >>
Enrol online – save time and win
Wednesday, 1 October 2003, 4:28 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Fifteen lucky undergraduate students at Victoria University in 2004 could get up to $600 off their fees if they re-enrol online as part of a revamp of the University's enrolment procedures. More >>
