Kelburn / April 2024
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The Glasgow Street Girls
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Ruth Smidt, Margaret Pointer, and Annette Pearson met in their first year at Victoria University of Wellington back in 1968. While they were all from different backgrounds, and studying different degrees, they became firm friends. Fifty-six years later, they returned to the University and their first flat on Glasgow Street to reminisce days gone by.
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Creating good WIL: Work Integrated Learning NZ Conference 2024
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington recently hosted the WILNZ Conference 2024 at its Pipitea campus, with over 100 delegates and keynote speakers from around Aotearoa and the world.
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Researchers pilot world-first programme for autistic kids
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Programme trains 300 health and education professionals to identify early signs of autism in children under five and refer them for immediate support.
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Why we need to avoid the deep-seated tendency in education to address complex issues with ‘polarising pivots’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand's scores in reading, maths, and science need to improve but a radical policy swing isn't the answer, write Bronwyn Wood and Taylor Hughson.
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Taking the leap on the Pipitea campus
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Over 400 Wellingtonians headed to Te Herenga Waka’s Pipitea campus to take part in the TEDx experience in the capital city—the first time this event took place in five years.
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Prison fails to uphold inmates’ rights
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new report finds inmates at Auckland Prison were denied their minimum legal entitlements, writes Christine McCarthy.
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Underwater 'canary' reveals how light pollution could be affecting coastal ecosystems
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Changes in the growth patterns of a small unremarkable fish are a clear indicator of what could be happening in other fish, write Kathleen Sterup and Abigail Smith.
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More adults are being diagnosed as neurodivergent. Here’s how employers can help in the workplace
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Employers need not fear hiring people who are neurodivergent, writes Dougal Sutherland.
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Lights, camera, action—the Wellington Animation Film Festival and Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Creative Aotearoa French Exchange recently partnered with Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington to deliver the inaugural Wellington Animation Film Festival.
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Why artificial submarine curtains won’t save West Antarctica’s retreating glaciers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Even if geoengineering proposals work, ice loss and global sea-level rise will continue for decades—even centuries—to come, write Alanna Alevropoulos-Borrill and Nick Golledge.
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Fixing problems with the banking industry: will proposed solutions work?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Diagnosing what's wrong with New Zealand's banks is one thing, but finding the right solution is another problem, writes Martien Lubberink.
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Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows announced
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Six professors from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have been elected to the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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Colder seas and nearly 200 years of increased snowfall needed to rebuild Antarctic ice loss
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research findings paint “a gloomy image” for the future of Antarctica's Amundsen Sea Embayment in a warming world.
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