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New Professor an expert on Ritalin, drug abuse

Wednesday, 5 July 2000, 2:00 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University has appointed Susan Schenk, an expert on drug abuse, to a Professorship in the School of Psychology. More >>

Life after 40: work, retirement and NZ super

Tuesday, 4 July 2000, 4:06 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

A new research report from Victoria University, funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, investigates paid work, retirement intentions and superannuation issues in the 40+ age group. More >>

Employers looking for multi-skilled graduates

Tuesday, 4 July 2000, 10:27 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Employers are looking for multi-skilled university graduates, not just top academic achievers, a new Victoria University survey has shown. More >>

Maori words borrowed into New Zealand English

Thursday, 29 June 2000, 3:06 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

The Maori language continues to exert an influence on New Zealand English, according to research by Professor Graeme Kennedy of Victoria University’s School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.Professor Kennedy analysed more than two million words ... More >>

Public lecture - restorative justice

Thursday, 29 June 2000, 2:33 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

The controversial issue of restorative justice is the topic of a public lecture by Professor Erik Luna, Senior Fulbright Scholar, at Victoria University next Wednesday, 5 July. More >>

Record enrolments at Vic's Science Experience

Thursday, 29 June 2000, 10:18 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University will be hosting up to 98 sixth formers next week as they arrive for three days of the Siemens Science Experience, a record enrolment for the programme. More >>

Tuatara to get head-start thanks to San Diego Zoo

Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 12:18 am | Victoria University of Wellington

The World-Famous San Diego Zoo has come to the rescue of 430 baby tuatara, funding a $40,000 Victoria University head-start facility. More >>

Victoria makes new Biomedical Science appointment

Monday, 26 June 2000, 2:20 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University has appointed Dr Paul Teesdale-Spittle as a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology. Dr Teesdale-Spittle will join Victoria’s School of Biomedical Sciences in July, where he will help teach the new degree programme in Biomedical Science. More >>

Victoria to address financial problems

Tuesday, 20 June 2000, 3:13 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University is to look at options for addressing its financial problems. A special university Council meeting last night approved a consultative process to look at ways of addressing the university’s deficit. More >>

Weighing up the risks of breast implants

Monday, 19 June 2000, 3:23 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Women deciding to get breast implants weigh up risks of two kinds: possible health risks of having the implants, and perceived social risks of not having them. This is a key finding of a study by researchers at Victoria University’s Health Services ... More >>

Vic student uses ultrasound technology in oil hunt

Sunday, 18 June 2000, 3:17 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University geophysics student Mike Stevens is using sophisticated ultrasound-type technology to help oil company Indo-Pacific Energy explore the Canterbury plains. More >>

E-mail Can Suppress Workplace Conflict

Tuesday, 13 June 2000, 3:59 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

E-mail is being used to deal with power relations and personal animosities in the workplace by suppressing conflict, says Derek Wallace, lecturer in academic and professional writing and communications at Victoria University of Wellington. More >>

Post-Apartheid South Africa - public lecture

Monday, 12 June 2000, 12:24 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University is to host a public lecture by the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture in South Africa's Eastern Cape provincial legislature, Nosimo Balindlela. More >>

What is the optimal rate of inflation?

Thursday, 8 June 2000, 2:41 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

For the last decade, New Zealand has pursued a goal of low inflation in the belief that this approach is better for a country's economy than high inflation. More >>

Antarctica: unfreezing the continent

Thursday, 8 June 2000, 10:39 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Students in polar tents in the Victoria University quad? What can this mean? The onset of winter? Protection against Wellington’s famous wind? No – the polar tents and students handing out ‘ice pole’ lollies are announcing a course on Antarctica, ... More >>

Deans to gift sculpture to Victoria University

Tuesday, 6 June 2000, 10:46 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Former Telecom Chief Executive Roderick Deane and his wife Gillian are to donate a sculpture by well-known New Zealand artist Neil Dawson to Victoria University. More >>

Law and finance course launched

Tuesday, 6 June 2000, 9:25 am | Victoria University of Wellington

The legal system and the financial world are often in expensive strife with one another. But in a novel development, practising lawyers and financial academics have combined to mount what is believed to be New Zealand's first post-experience course in law ... More >>