Education / October 2014
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New Director for Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music appointed
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Willis has announced the appointment of Euan Murdoch as the new Director of Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM).
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Wellington institutions look to enhance the region’s digital economy
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Three Wellington tertiary providers are working with industry to develop a joint Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Graduate School that addresses the specific needs of the region.
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Finding a balance between technology and nature
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As peoples’ lives become increasingly high-tech they need to actively connect with the outdoors or they could become alienated from nature altogether.
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From Vermont to Victoria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A 20-year old student from a small town in the United States will study at Victoria University next year, thanks to a competition and campaign promoting New Zealand as a study destination to students from the United States (US), run by the government agency for international education, Education New Zealand (ENZ).
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Kim Workman awarded 2015 J.D. Stout Fellowship
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Victoria University of Wellington 2015 J.D. Stout Fellowship, funded by the Stout Trust, has been awarded to justice reform advocate Kim Workman.
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New Writer in Residence for Victoria University
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Victoria University of Wellington/Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence for 2015 is novelist and essayist Dr Tim Corballis.
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Library storytellers shown to contribute to early literacy
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New research shows that taking preschoolers to story-time sessions at the local library could help them with the early stages of learning to read.
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Sea ice belt plays key role in preventing Antarctic melting
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Changes to the Southern Ocean’s sea ice belt could mean future ice sheet melt and global sea level rising several metres in coming centuries, according to Victoria University of Wellington research.
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Idiot-proof computer programming
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A computer scientist at Victoria University of Wellington is part of an international team that has designed a way to overcome problems that occur when using multiple programming languages to write webpages.
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Research casts Mansfield in a new light
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A fresh interpretation of early writing by author Katherine Mansfield has not only enhanced understanding of her work, but also sheds light on an important period in New Zealand’s history.
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Fighting cyber-crime one app at a time
- Victoria University of Wellington
- This summer Victoria University of Wellington will be home to four Singaporean students researching cyber threats.
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What Antarctica’s past reveals about future climate
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A PhD student at Victoria University of Wellington’s Antarctic Research Centre is looking to the distant past to discover what’s ahead for the world’s climate.
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Out of its shell
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Extremely rare footage of a tuatara hatching was captured on film at Victoria in July.
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Māori PhD numbers swell
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The number of Māori PhD graduates at Victoria is growing rapidly.
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Nominations now open for 2015 Distinguished Alumni Awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University’s biannual Distinguished Alumni Awards celebrate our outstanding graduates and acknowledge their excellence, achievement and contribution to their profession, community or country.
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Prestigious legal appointment
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria’s Dean of Law, Professor Tony Smith, has been appointed to a distinguished legal role at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
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On top of the world
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Presenting to some of the most powerful people in the Commonwealth, making Swiss rolls for Prince Charles and talking about opera with the New Zealand High Commissioner were just a few of the things 20-year-old Katherine McIndoe did in July.
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Global inspiration
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A youth forum in Germany has left two Victoria students with a thirst to learn more and contribute to international affairs.
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Combating bullying in New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s Accent Learning is rolling out a new bullying prevention programme for schools—a first for the Southern Hemisphere.
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Improving government accountability
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A commitment to making the New Zealand Government more open, accountable and responsive to its citizens is driving the contribution of two academics from Victoria’s School of Government to the international Open Government Partnership (OGP).
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Space expert—David Stevenson
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Hear from our one of our alumni, space expert—David Stevenson is a Professor of Planetary Science for the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
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The changing world of work
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Changes in the nature of work and employment are reflected in Victoria’s decision to rename its Industrial Relations Centre.
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Solving problems with bacteria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In his second year of study, Alistair Brown decided to downsize from whales to bacteria, changing his major from Marine Science to Cell and Molecular Bioscience.
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Make music, not war
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A professor from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music is on his way to creating an epic symphony of musical commemoration.
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Plans for expansion
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New building plans for two of Victoria’s campuses will ensure the University has the right environment to achieve its strategic goals.
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New strategic appointments
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New strategic appointments are a key step towards Victoria achieving its vision of being a leading capital city university, as well as one of the world’s great civic universities.
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Navigating uncharted waters
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University’s Pacific Studies programme has notched up a growing number of firsts.
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Alpine Fault Drilling Project moves into new phase
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The multi-national Alpine Fault drilling project has moved to a new phase with a new drilling rig positioned over the borehole to take the probe to its target depth of 1.3km.
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New Zealand composer inducted to Music Hall of Fame
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A composer who put the School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington on the map will be inducted posthumously into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the 2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards.
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Māori Business Programme at Victoria University
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Following a review and continued low enrolments in the Māori Business Programme at Victoria Business School, Victoria University of Wellington has decided to close the Programme.
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Music and the machine
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Musical machines and robots will take over Victoria University of Wellington’s Hub this Friday.
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Exhibition highlights future of 3D printing
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Work by students and staff exploring the future of 3D printing is on show in an exhibition co-curated by one of the country’s leading researchers into 3D prototyping, Victoria University’s Tim Miller.
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Kick starting students’ careers in Asia
- Victoria University of Wellington
- For the second time, Victoria University plans to offer students an exciting summer study opportunity.
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Prime Minister to open conference on general election
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A December conference hosted by Victoria University of Wellington will reflect on the 2014 New Zealand general election campaign.
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Championing the Dragon’s Den
- Victoria University of Wellington
- This year's Victoria International Leadership Programme (VILP) culminated with a student-led digital disruption project held last Thursday night.
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Avenues and Oases in the Capital
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Improving the accessibility and enjoyment of our public spaces and reinforcing Wellington’s role as New Zealand’s capital city is the focus of free public seminar.
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All that glitters is not gold
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Jonathan Gardner from Victoria University discusses whether we should be harvesting the mineral wealth of the deep sea.
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Victoria sporting students succeed at highest levels
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria's supreme athletes and administrators from a variety of sports have been honoured at the 2014 Victoria University Blues Awards.
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A quote for life
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria student has ensured that she will never forget a quote she learned during her studies.
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Your Victoria captured on film
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A short video capturing what is distinctive about Victoria University of Wellington and its capital city location has been released today.
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Creating low-cost solar energy
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington researchers are part of a worldwide effort to design cheaper and more efficient solar energy materials.
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Deal with US company opens doors for Robinson Research Institute
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Robinson Research Institute has signed a strategic partnership agreement with NASDAQ-listed Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI) which will see the Institute’s innovative technology used for new applications in the energy and health industries.
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Victoria students pitch to impress
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Smart ideas for addressing global social issues through digital action campaigns will be presented by Victoria University of Wellington students this week in a Dragons’ Den style competition.
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Scientific Drilling Project Underway On Alpine Fault
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An international team of scientists has started drilling a 1.3km-deep borehole into the Alpine Fault in the South Island to find out more about the nature of the fault and the earthquakes it produces.
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Studying ancient landforms using new technology
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Teetering along precarious pathways high in some of Papua New Guinea’s most remote mountains is all part of the job for a pair of Victoria University of Wellington geologists.
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Asthma vaccine discovery
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A team of New Zealand researchers has discovered new vaccine technology that can be used to treat asthma and other allergic diseases.
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Use of English in Samoa under the microscope
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The use of English in Samoa today will be the focus of two lectures by Victoria University of Wellington’s 2014 Ian Gordon Fellow Letuimanu’asina Dr Emma Kruse Va’ai.
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Documenting historic Māori land law cases for the first time
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new book from Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law will continue to put the spotlight on Māori Land Law judgments which have never before been published.
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