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Scholars with fresh perspectives garner research awards
Monday, 28 February 2011, 8:04 pm | Waikato University
Waikato Management School research which examines CEO strategic decision-making and the role of the accountant in institutional change has garnered two early-career academics Outstanding Emerging Scholar awards. More >>
Scholars with fresh perspectives garner research awards
Monday, 28 February 2011, 6:25 pm | Waikato University
Waikato Management School research which examines CEO strategic decision-making and the role of the accountant in institutional change has garnered two early-career academics Outstanding Emerging Scholar awards. More >>
Waikato student wins Freyberg scholarship to study defence
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 4:29 pm | Waikato University
One semester into a Master of Arts in international relations and Joe Collins’ money worries have been lifted. The former Waikato University student has been awarded a New Zealand Defence Force Freyberg Scholarship to study at Australian National ... More >>
Waikato Management School reaffirmed as international leader
Monday, 7 February 2011, 11:57 am | Waikato University
Triple-crown holder Waikato Management School has achieved re-accreditation for two of the three leading international business school accreditations held by the School. Both EQUIS, run by the European Foundation for Management Development, and AACSB ... More >>
GameJammers converge on University of Waikato campus
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 11:16 am | Waikato University
Forty-eight hours, 44 countries, 6,500 participants, and almost 1,500 games -- that was the 2011 Global GameJam, held over the weekend. The annual gamefest was the biggest ever – and for the third year running the University of Waikato’s Computer Science ... More >>
Self service and faceless business frustrate elders
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 10:38 am | Waikato University
Society’s move towards self-service is problematic for some of the older people in our communities and the lack of face to face contact with some organisations can lead to elders feeling frustrated. More >>
New era in coastal science kicks off
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 10:20 am | Waikato University
Waikato University’s new Chair in Coastal Science, Dr Chris Battershill, has been formally welcomed to the role. The professorial role is based at the University of Waikato and is being funded for 10 years by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. A ... More >>
Māori education expert named to Marsden Fund Council
Tuesday, 11 January 2011, 12:29 pm | Waikato University
A leading international authority on Māori and indigenous education is one of three new appointees to the 11-member Marsden Fund Council, which oversees New Zealand’s premier fund for basic research. Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Pro Vice-Chancellor ... More >>
Waikato Uni Forms links with top Chinese universities
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 10:13 am | Waikato University
Students at the University of Waikato now have the opportunity to study at two of China’s leading universities, thanks to new agreements signed during a recent visit to China by Waikato’s Chancellor Rt Hon Jim Bolger and Vice-Chancellor Professor ... More >>
“Bid Bot” Could Have Christmas Presents Sorted!
Thursday, 18 November 2010, 5:08 pm | Waikato University
An app knocked up in a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon by a Waikato University student to automatically buy random items on TradeMe has attracted attention from Iran to Russia – and could be the answer to everyone’s Christmas prezzie problems ... More >>
Māori language Panel: Waikato Uni tikanga expert
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 3:16 pm | Waikato University
The head of Aka Tikanga at the University of Waikato’s School of Māori and Pacific Development has been appointed to Te Paepae Motuhake, the independent panel reviewing the Māori language sector and strategy. More >>
Corporate bullying in East Asia in three minutes
Friday, 29 October 2010, 3:43 pm | Waikato University
A PhD student studying corporate bullying and governance issues in East Asian businesses has won this year’s University of Waikato Thesis in Three competition. More >>
St Paul’s Collegiate wins ChemQuest a second time
Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 12:24 pm | Waikato University
St Paul’s Collegiate School has taken out the top prize for the second year running at the Waikato University ChemQuest. The school also won second place. More >>
Engineering design on show at Waikato
Tuesday, 26 October 2010, 5:11 pm | Waikato University
A single-seater, battery-powered electric vehicle was just one of the outstanding engineering design projects on show recently at the University of Waikato. More >>
Fellowship for University of Waikato professor
Tuesday, 26 October 2010, 3:53 pm | Waikato University
A Waikato University professor who is an international leader in volcanic ash research has been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. More >>
Waikato didymo scientists called to Chile
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 4:37 pm | Waikato University
Waikato University experts in didymo are going to Chile where the first outbreaks of the microscopic pest have recently been reported for the first time in South America. More >>
Bags packed and he’s ready to go
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 10:58 am | Waikato University
It’s been a long time coming, but ¬¬University of Waikato student Thomas Stubbs has finally got his tickets booked to the UK. More >>
Waikato University wins aid funding for East Timor
Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 2:40 pm | Waikato University
A linguistics team from the University of Waikato has won more than $10,000 in aid funds from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Seriously Asia programme which will allow the team to create a technological leap in an English language curriculum ... More >>
Double victory for Waikato students in competition
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 12:51 pm | Waikato University
A team of students from the University of Waikato Management School is celebrating a double victory. More >>
Love your work – Kudos Award finalists
Friday, 27 August 2010, 3:48 pm | Waikato University
Freshwater scientist Kevin Collier and physics fanatic Marcus Wilson are Waikato University’s two finalists in the 2010 Kudos awards, held to celebrate science achievement in the region. More >>