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Glass: a high-tech future for an old material
Tuesday, 8 May 2001, 10:21 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The term "glasses" traditionally conjures up thoughts of spectacles, windows or drink containers, but a team of Victoria University and Industrial Research Limited scientists have discovered important new ways that glass can be used. More >>
New research centre formed at Victoria University
Friday, 27 April 2001, 1:16 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A new research centre addressing the issues of accounting, governance and taxation has been formed at Victoria University. More >>
Record international student numbers at Victoria
Friday, 20 April 2001, 11:14 am | Victoria University of Wellington
481 new international students enrolled at Victoria in February 2001, an increase of 88% on the 255 enrolled in February 2000 and more than double the 175 enrolled in February 1999. Undergraduate students comprise 77% (372) of the new students. More >>
Research sheds new light on Pacific history
Thursday, 12 April 2001, 2:17 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
New research data are helping to answer some important questions on how the ancestors of modern day Polynesians came to settle Oceania and have provided some exciting new insights into the process of recent human evolution in the Pacific. More >>
Record numbers enrol at Victoria University
Thursday, 22 March 2001, 10:58 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University enrolments are at an all-time high with record numbers of students enrolling. More >>
New Zealand's largest literary prize established
Thursday, 15 March 2001, 11:16 am | Victoria University of Wellington
A $60,000 grant, the largest single literary prize in New Zealand, has been established at Victoria University of Wellington, along with the International Institute of Modern Letters. More >>
Victoria Uni & Radio New Zealand Launch Creative
Thursday, 1 March 2001, 1:38 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Radio New Zealand and Victoria University have announced a new joint venture which will see the public broadcaster involved in a partnership with Professor Bill Manhire's Creative Writing Programme. More >>
Festival celebrates NZ's creative contribution
Monday, 26 February 2001, 2:46 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A festival aimed at promoting New Zealand's contribution to global culture and celebrating our creative energies and ethnic diversity begins this week. More >>
Voices from the Grassroots of Science
Friday, 2 February 2001, 1:46 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A respected international academic says many New Zealand scientists and technologists have been unable to determine whether our science and technology policy is evolutionary or revolutionary. The speed of change has evoked a variety of responses ranging from ... More >>
World first: three-way HyperClass link
Monday, 18 December 2000, 11:24 am | Victoria University of Wellington
On 15 December 2000 a three-way link was successfully made in HyperReality between Waseda University in Japan, Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and the Queensland Open Learning Network in Australia. More >>
USD replacement of other currencies inevitable
Monday, 11 December 2000, 4:22 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A de-facto currency union with the US will in the end simply bypass any interim union with Australia, says Victoria University Economist, Professor Roger Bowden. More >>
Research helps predict earthquake aftershocks
Thursday, 7 December 2000, 4:00 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A Victoria University student has developed a model that will help predict the expected occurrence of aftershocks after a large earthquake has occurred. More >>
Role of grandparents important when a child dies
Thursday, 7 December 2000, 9:41 am | Victoria University of Wellington
New research illustrates how grandparents offer crucial support to their family when a grandchild dies. More >>
Friendship impacts on race relations
Tuesday, 5 December 2000, 9:17 am | Victoria University of Wellington
The identity "New Zealander" is often used to hide differences under a veneer of similarity a Victoria University researcher says. More >>
Research studies Deaf people's lives
Monday, 4 December 2000, 2:12 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
In New Zealand there have been few descriptions of Deaf people's life experiences and in particular very little information is available on the impact of deafness on the lives of Deaf New Zealanders. However, research undertaken by Victoria University ... More >>
Should New Zealand and Australia share their ocean
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, 10:32 am | Victoria University of Wellington
There would be tremendous environmental and economic benefits to Australia and New Zealand if both countries were to co-operate and jointly manage their ocean estates. More >>
Australian company chooses NZ as training venue
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, 9:10 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Australian communications company Telstra chose New Zealand as the venue for their prestigious management training programme, held during November. More >>
Helping prison mothers keeps their kids from crime
Tuesday, 28 November 2000, 10:50 am | Victoria University of Wellington
Programmes and facilities that assist mothers in prison to maintain their relationships with their children are necessary to help women successfully reintegrate back into society and to prevent their children from following their mothers path into offending. More >>
IT courses face "endless demand"
Monday, 20 November 2000, 2:12 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University's School of Communications and Information Management (SCIM) are dealing with a problem that many people would love to have. Excess demand for the School's Courses mean they are reaching breaking point with new enrolments. More >>
Information Policy Summit aims to help government
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 2:49 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
An Information Policy Summit aimed at trying to give government feedback on the needs of the information society, is being hosted by Victoria University later this month. More >>
