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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 >>
Victoria Expands International Links
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 11:08 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University is expanding its international links in a co-operative deal that will see students from five Asian countries able to gain New Zealand PhD degrees while allowing New Zealanders to study in Asia. More >>
Student protest shuts down fee increase meeting
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 3:34 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Students at Victoria University today shut down a University Council meeting that was seeking to raise student fees. More >>
