Education / September 2015
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China-US relations conference draws world-class scholars
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A two-day conference on the world’s two superpowers, organised by Victoria University of Wellington’s New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre has attracted leading scholars and influential advisers from China, the United States, Singapore and Australia.
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Thinking critically about climate change in free public lecture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Two Victoria University of Wellington academics invite you to join their students in a free public lecture on thinking critically about climate change.
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Fee increase to protect quality and ensure student experience second to none
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s Council voted today to increase undergraduate and postgraduate tuition fees by three percent in 2016.
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JD Stout Fellow for 2016 announced
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Emeritus Professor Atholl Anderson will be the John David Stout Fellow for 2016 at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Teacher's winning ways
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Hyginus Lester Junior Lee was one of the first students to graduate from the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) programme run by Victoria and the International Languages Teacher Training Institute in Malaysia, in 2007.
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IQ tests show individual differences in bird brains
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research from Victoria University of Wellington has revealed that birds may possess a ‘general intelligence’ similar to humans, with some individuals able to excel in multiple cognitive tests.
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Digital divides persist in New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Digital technologies have become critical for people to participate in education, work, health provision, social services, tax services and commercial activities. Yet some groups of our population have limited or no access to digital technologies, or do not have the confidence to use them.
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Green Gown Awards show Victoria's true colours
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria’s efforts to champion sustainability have won the University, Vice-Chancellor and a student finalist spots in the Australasian-wide Green Gown Awards.
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Assembly Notes from 24 September 2015
- Kilbirnie School
- Thank you Coco and Billy for being excellent Assembly comperes! 1st Song: Whakataka te hau 2nd Song: Sin Jein Jein Jein Lovely singing everyone! Mrs Brown talked about our School Values - "CARE" and in particular RESPECT which is the value we are focussing on this term.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Moments of Truth: NZ’s most “bizarre” election campaign
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new book and DVD about the 2014 general election provide answers and insights into an election that its editors—Victoria University of Wellington’s Dr Jon Johansson and Professor Stephen Levine—describe as “unlike any before it”.
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New Zealand's History of Emotions
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The recent History of Emotions Conference gathered top national and international scholars to explore the latest research in emotions.
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Victoria University student wins international thesis award
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington architecture student has won an international award for research into where the New Zealand government could be accommodated in the wake of a major natural disaster.
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'Volkswagen crisis' bad news for German companies
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A global expert in crisis management from Victoria University of Wellington believes the “Volkswagen crisis” is a serious threat to the survival of the car manufacturer and could have repercussions for other German companies.
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Celebrating Victoria students’ sporting success
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Fifty-six students have been honoured for excellence in the sporting arena at the 2015 Victoria University of Wellington Blues Awards.
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Loud Shirt Day - Thank You!
- Kilbirnie School
- Thank you to everyone who wore loud shirts and onesies on Friday in support of the Deaf youth community! We raised $178! Well done everyone!
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Victoria alumnus named in world's top 100 influential leaders
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Derek Handley, a Victoria Business School graduate, has been recognised today as one of the top 100 AACSB International (AACSB) Influential Leaders.
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International poets honoured in "The World in a Box"
- Victoria University of Wellington
- On the basement level of Rankine Brown library lie the treasures – old and new – of the University’s Wai-te-ata Press. Among the country’s oldest printing press and the brand new 3D plastic printing types, is a unique boxed set of 15 hand-crafted keepsakes, each dedicated to an international poet.
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Kim Workman to speak on criminal justice and Māori
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s 2015 J.D. Stout Fellow, Kim Workman, is holing a seminar on his nationally important work on criminal justice, corrections policy and Māori development.
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Q&A with Distinguished Alumni Winner Alan Isaac
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Alan found early success with accounting firm KPMG shortly after graduating from Victoria with a Bachelor of Commerce. He spent 35 years with the accounting firm and has also been chair of New Zealand Cricket and president of the International Cricket Council.
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Senior Ball 2015
- Wellington High School
- The Hunter Lounge was the venue for the Senior Ball 2015. Here is just a small selection of the photos available on photgrapher Neil Mackenzie’s Facebook Page
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New Zealand School of Music wins big at Silver Scrolls
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Master’s project by a Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) student has taken national honours by winning the Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award at the 2015 APRA Silver Scrolls Awards last night.
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Programme looks to the bystander to reduce bullying
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington is helping to address the serious problem of bullying in New Zealand schools.
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Victoria researchers awarded prestigious fellowships
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Two Victoria University of Wellington researchers are among a small group of leading New Zealand scientists to receive Rutherford Discovery Fellowships.
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3D design putting golfers above par
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington design student is helping golfers improve their technique by creating 3D printed golf clubs that are tailored to the player.
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Weekly Wrap Up (T3/W7&W8)
- Wellington High School
- We kick off this wrap up with a past student success story that made it to the Dominion Post.
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fundraiser – quiz night
- Wellington High School
- Join us for a fun quiz evening to fundraise for the WHS Classics and Art History trip to Europe 2016. Where? Gasworks, 11 Tauhinu Rd, Miramar When? Sunday 27th of September at 6.30pm Teams maximum of eight and $10 a head. R.S.V.P by 23rd September to ‘niki.menzies@whs.school.nz’
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Loud Shirt Day - Friday 18 September
- Kilbirnie School
- Support the Deaf Youth Community to help deaf kids learn to listen and speak, and have some fun dressing up in your LOUD SHIRTS on Friday 18 September. A donation would be appreciated.
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New appointments strengthen Law Faculty
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Four recent academic appointments at Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law will further strengthen its expertise in commercial, public, property and resource management law.
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National award highlights importance of te reo revitalisation
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A collaborative book edited by two Victoria University of Wellington academics has won the Te Reo Māori category of the 2015 Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards.
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Improved global rankings a win for Wellington and New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University’s standing as a research intensive university at the forefront of arts and humanities scholarship has again been confirmed with the release of the QS World University rankings.
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Facilitating corruption through the tax system?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- There’s a fine line between a bribe and a facilitation payment. A fine, but significant line. And yet when the intent of either is to influence a foreign public official acting in their official capacity to obtain an advantage, only one is illegal in New Zealand.
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Master's project becomes double finalist in national innovation competition
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The idea behind a Master’s thesis of a Victoria University of Wellington design student has snowballed into a community pilot project and been announced as a double finalist in a nationwide innovation competition.
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YA fiction is 'difficult territory'
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary is provided by Dr James Meffan, a lecturer in Victoria University of Wellington's School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies.
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Assembly Notes from 8 September 2015
- Kilbirnie School
- Thank you to our fabulous comperes - Liam and Orly! 1st Song: Tutira Mai Nga Iwi Room 3 shared their daffodil pictures.
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Victoria researchers collaborate in local climate change events
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington researchers are helping to spread the word about the impact of climate change at three events in Wellington this month.
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Soprano wins Wellington Aria competition
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington student Katherine McIndoe has won the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Wellington Aria.
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Local schools go digital to shun plastic waste
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A project developed by a Victoria University of Wellington student will teach IT and digital technology to youth in lower decile schools, and help curb the increasing problem of plastic waste in Samoa.
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Frozen Berries and Jam Jars for Market Night
- Kilbirnie School
- Can you please see if you have clean jam jars with lids for the market night? Also frozen berries (but not strawberries) have been requested.
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Uncovering the impact of a diagnosis
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The sociology of diagnosis, particularly how medical classification relates to social and cultural factors, is the focus of extensive research by an academic at Victoria University of Wellington.
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New senior leadership appointment at Victoria University
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington has appointed highly-skilled business leader Mark Loveard as its new Chief Operating Officer.
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Riding into research about cycle rage
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Following a highly publicised 2012 incident on a mountain bike track in Canterbury’s Port Hills, a Victoria University of Wellington academic has begun conducting research into cycle rage.
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Library Lunchtime Talk – Refugee Quota
- Wellington High School
- Thursday 10 September 2015 will see the Library hosting another lunchtime talk. This time, Murdoch Stephens with speak about the campaign to double New Zealand’s refugee quota. The campaign is called Doing Our Bit. You can read more about it and Mr Stephen’s story here.
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Research funding success for Victoria University
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University scientists will be progressing cutting-edge research in high-value areas after winning significant funding in the 2015 Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment funding round.
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Why NZ should raise the refugee quota
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary by Victoria senior lecturer in human geography Dr Alan Gamlen was published on Thursday 3 September in the New Zealand Herald.
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Expert analysis of climate change impacts on Southern Ocean
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An international expert on the role of the ocean in the climate system will examine the impact of climate change on the critically-important Southern Ocean at a Victoria University of Wellington public lecture.
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Impact of Pasifika ancestry on health explained
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New findings about the special characteristics of the immune systems of Pasifika people will be presented at a workshop at Victoria University of Wellington this week.
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Baxter celebration
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The release of James K. Baxter’s Complete Prose was celebrated in a packed-out event in Te Taratara ā Kae in the library this weekend.
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Short term residential fellowship at Stout Research Centre
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Paul Bensemann has won the Stout Research Grant—a six week residential fellowship at Victoria University of Wellington’s Stout Research Centre along with $5,000 cash—thanks to Copyright Licensing New Zealand and the New Zealand Society of Authors.
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Weekly Wrap Up (T3/W6)
- Wellington High School
- Week 6 concluded with another hugely successful NIWA Science Fair with all WHS taking away top prizes. You can read more about the teams success here. Huge congratulations to Jack, Tess, Callum, Daisy, Ruby, James and Shakked for the outstanding results.
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Judge to speak at roundtable debate on South China Sea dispute
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Justice Antonio Carpio from the Philippines will be discussing the South China Sea dispute at a roundtable debate hosted by Victoria University of Wellington’s Centre for Strategic Studies.
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