Education / November 2014
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Rising kiwi numbers may mask inbreeding depression
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A boom in the number of little spotted kiwi appears to be a conservation success story, but new research by a Victoria University of Wellington graduand shows that, in some populations, the rapid growth could be masking the potentially devastating impact of inbreeding.
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Victoria University academic first in New Zealand to receive international fellow award for management consulting
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University academic, Stephen Cummings, is the first New Zealander to become an International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) Academic Fellow.
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Victoria architecture student tops design awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington fifth year student Tom Dobinson has won the top prize for architecture students at the New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Graphisoft Student Design Awards.
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Victoria hosts debate increasing awareness of the laws of war
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The third New Zealand Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court competition will be hosted by Victoria’s Faculty of Law this weekend.
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Young entrepreneurs help create a better New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand’s next generation of social entrepreneurs will gather at Victoria University of Wellington this summer for an intensive enterprise accelerator programme called Live the Dream.
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Thin Ice heading for United States television screens
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The success of a Victoria University of Wellington fundraising campaign means the screening of Thin Ice—the Inside Story of Climate Science on United States television next year could coincide with a peak in international interest in dealing with the issue of global warming.
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Prestigious awards for Victoria academics
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Two Victoria University of Wellington academics have been recognised with 2014 Royal Society of New Zealand Research Honours.
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Online lectures from Antarctica
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington researchers are visiting Antarctica this week to film lectures for a new online course launching in 2015.
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A sense of whānau far from home
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington graduand Rebecca Burke never imagined she’d end up calling New Zealand home.
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Calling all would-be Wellington developers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Wellington tertiary community is calling on the city’s entrepreneurs and innovators to help enhance the experience students have in the city.
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Symposium to explore New Zealand’s imagined community
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A symposium on New Zealand’s imagined community, hosted by Victoria University’s Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, is expected to stimulate some lively debate about national identity, nationhood and nationalism.
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Victoria students well represented in Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A group of 26 young New Zealanders will start 2015 learning first-hand about the Asian region after the University’s success in the latest Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia (PMSA) funding round.
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Ferrier chemists recognised by NZIC
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC) has recognised the scientific contributions of five chemists from the Ferrier Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Today’s libraries not just about books
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Public libraries need to look beyond simply offering books in order to ensure their survival, a Victoria University of Wellington professor says.
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Special one-night-only screening of films by legendary media artist Harun Farocki
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A one-night-only screening of three films by the late Harun Farocki, a German media artist, critic, editor and curator, will be shown at the Light House Cinema Cuba next Wednesday 26 November.
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Conference on meteorological and climate forecasting
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An upcoming conference at Victoria University of Wellington will explore aspects of meteorological and climate forecasting, and the research underpinning weather prediction.
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Shades of Employment Contracts Act in new law reform
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following is an opinion piece by Dr Stephen Blumenfeld, Director of the Centre for Labour, Employment and Work in Victoria’s School of Management, which was published in The Dominion Post on 18 November 2014.
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Google dream a reality for Victoria student
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington student Valerie Chan will learn from the top tech minds this summer as she interns at Google's Sydney headquarters.
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Professor John Psathas awarded Higher Doctorate
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A rare Higher Doctorate will be awarded to Professor John Psathas from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music during Victoria University of Wellington’s December Graduation ceremonies.
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Prestigious fellowships awarded to Victoria researchers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington researchers are among a small group of leading New Zealand scientists to receive highly sought-after James Cook Research Fellowships.
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Conference to highlight labour, employment and work issues
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An upcoming conference supported by Victoria University of Wellington and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment will reflect on key issues in the current labour, employment and work environment in New Zealand.
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Victoria scientist awarded research medal
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University researcher Dr Richard Tilley has been recognised for his contribution to science in this year’s New Zealand Association of Scientists (NZAS) Awards.
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Cooking competition an engaging way to practise and assess language
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A multilingual food competition was held on the Wellington waterfront by Victoria University’s School of Languages and Cultures recently.
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When times are tough, cultures turn to moralising gods
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new study involving researchers from New Zealand and the United States has shown that when life is tough or uncertain, people are more likely to believe in moralising high gods.
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Research shows disparity between tax paid by women and men
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research from Victoria University of Wellington examining taxation and government welfare spending by age and gender in New Zealand shows that women pay less tax than men over their lifetime and receive more government assistance.
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Electric performance at Victoria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A unique musical performance involving a trio of Tesla coils will take place at Victoria University of Wellington next week (17 November).
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Close encounters of the cute kind
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It’s not every day you can bottle-feed a manatee, but that’s something a recent Victoria University of Wellington graduate can tick off her list.
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Legal villain? A post-mortem on Prendergast
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law is celebrating the launch of a biography of New Zealand’s infamous and second longest serving Chief Justice, James Prendergast.
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Fellowship brings leading researcher to Victoria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- One of New Zealand’s leading young researchers has received a Rutherford Foundation Trust Award to study at Victoria University of Wellington where he will investigate the ‘Big Bend’ of the Alpine Fault in southeast Nelson.
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Research to enhance fertility of New Zealand dairy cows
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington researcher is aiming to discover why some dairy cows are less fertile than others and how to overcome the disparity.
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New senior role at Victoria for leading scientist
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Kate McGrath has been appointed Victoria University of Wellington’s first Vice-Provost (Research).
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Victoria University to review its investments in carbon-emitting fossil fuels
- Victoria University of Wellington
- This opinion piece by Victoria University’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Grant Guilford was published in The Dominion Post on Thursday 6 November.
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Exploring Māori legal traditions
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In recent years, there has been growing recognition that Māori law is not limited to practices that the state legal system recognises. Māori society has law-making and dispute resolution institutions which both predate the New Zealand state legal system and continue to operate alongside it. Māori legal traditions exist as part of a distinct Māori legal system.
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From dirt to drugs: bioactives from soil
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The discovery of penicillin in 1928 changed the course of human history.
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Victoria professor to write a history of New Zealand’s security surveillance
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Richard Hill from Victoria University of Wellington has been awarded Marsden funding to compile a critical analysis of covert intelligence gathering in New Zealand, the only western country to have no academic study on the history of its security intelligence.
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Improving patient safety in our hospitals
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary by Dr Brian Robinson, a senior lecturer in Victoria University of Wellington’s Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, appeared in The Dominion Post on 4 November.
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Marsden funding success for Victoria researchers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington researchers have received 25 prestigious Marsden Fund grants worth $12.1 million, the largest number ever received by the University.
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Māori customs and protocols go virtual
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New research from Victoria University of Wellington is showing the extent to which information technology is becoming culturally important for Māori.
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Crowd funding campaign for climate change film
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Fundraising is underway to ensure a ground-breaking film on climate change, featuring Victoria University of Wellington scientists, can be adapted for broadcast on United States public television.
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Cat Tracker wins research award
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Heidy Kikillus, a post-doctoral fellow at Victoria University of Wellington, has been recognised with a WWF-New Zealand Conservation Innovation Award for her research into understanding the secret life of cats.
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Places available now!
- Aro Valley Pre-School
- We currently have vacancies in 2014. Free childcare for three and four year olds. Contact us now to find out more!
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Putting music research to educational use in the Pacific
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A lecturer from Victoria University of Wellington’s Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM), will use his research as an educational tool for local communities in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
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Victoria University to review its investment in carbon-emitting fossil fuels
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington has initiated the necessary processes to move out of investment in carbon-emitting fossil fuels.
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