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Rankings confirm global standing
- 3 Mar 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The results from the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject put Wellington’s University in the top 1% of the world’s more than 18,000 universities for 20 subjects.
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Six VUP books on national awards shortlist
- 2 Mar 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The University's publisher and our creative writing school graduates dominate the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
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Demonstrating success
- 1 Mar 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- For Bing Xue, the most exciting part of becoming one of the youngest professors in the Wellington Faculty of Engineering is showing her students what is possible.
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Space: Robinson Research Institute’s next frontier
- 28 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Director of the Robinson Research Institute Dr Nick Long explains how his teams' expertise in electromagnetic technologies is taking them to space.
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The value a society places on knowledge is judged by how it treats public libraries
- 25 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Anne Goulding from the School of Information Management explains why the part privatisation of Wellington's Central Library is dangerous in this opinion piece originally published on Stuff.co.nz
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Turfing Latin part of a disturbing pattern
- 24 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Josh King explains how the axing of Latin from NCEA is indicative of a wider trend in New Zealand and the world.
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Wireless for sound
- 24 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Alumnus Harsh Tataria, who graduated here in 2017, is waiting to return from New Zealand to his job teaching communications engineering at Lund University.
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Drilling into Peter Barrett’s career
- 23 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Emeritus Professor Peter Barrett FRSNZ, FGS explains how he became Aotearoa New Zealand's pre-eminent Antarctic scientist and climate change spokesperson.
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‘I don’t know anybody who’s got a job as interesting as mine’
- 23 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Shanny Campbell tracks her career from a Master in Development Studies to country director of Tajikistan for the Asian Development Bank.
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Storytelling to come to terms with the pandemic
- 23 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Storytelling is a crucial coping device, enabling you to situate yourself in relation to a bigger event, write professors Stephen Dobson and Donna Prendergast.
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Climate Change Committee advice will shift our impacts—to where?
- 22 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Alan Brent, Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, considers the impacts of replacing petrol-powered vehicles with electric vehicles.
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Climate Change Commission advice will shift our impacts—to where?
- 22 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Alan Brent, Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, considers the impacts of replacing petrol-powered vehicles with electric vehicles.
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Local government’s Māori representation gap
- 22 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Jack Vowles puts paid to the claim Māori wards are unnecessary because Māori are proportionally represented in local government.
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Women’s power in anonymity
- 16 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Netflix show Bridgerton shows another side to the agency and influence of women in heavily patriarchal societies, writes Rachel Boddy.
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Scholarships reward school students’ resilience
- 16 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The new Ngā Hoe a Kupe Pathfinder Scholarships have been awarded to twelve young women from Wellington secondary schools.
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Why impeachment might not be a good idea
- 12 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Hayden Thorne is no fan of former US president Donald Trump, but asks if a public impeachment is really the best way forward?
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Researchers illuminate a role for moonlight in fisheries management
- 9 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A University-led study shows how the lunar cycle influences the behaviour of larval fish predators and prey and as a result growth rates.
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Artist reworks Adam Art Gallery building for new show
- 9 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- US-based Walters Prize winner Kate Newby is internationally sought after for her architectural 'interventions' that lead to new appreciations of locations and materials.
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Study finds birdsong remains the same after 1080 drops
- 8 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Researchers find no evidence forests 'fall silent' because poison is killing large numbers of the very birds it aims to protect.
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Schools are failing to identify high-ability science students, research shows
- 3 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand's smartest young science students aren't always identified in the school system, indicates new research.
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Call for 'immediate and decisive action' on climate change
- 1 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Climate Change Commission's Professor James Renwick outlines its long-anticipated advice to the New Zealand Government.
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Study shows benefits of wetland restoration
- 1 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Gains in soil quality contribute to a more stable climate, diminished flooding, and cleaner waterways, says study leader Dr Stephanie Tomscha.
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The politics of public spaces
- 1 Feb 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand’s history of the built environment is not immune from the discrimination seen in the US and other countries, writes Christine McCarthy.
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The Treaty's role in our COVID success
- 27 Jan 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand's handling of the pandemic could be partly down to its Treaty of Waitangi relationship and embracing of Māori ideas, writes Professor Nicholas Agar.
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Finding where to sit at Biden's Summit for Democracy
- 27 Jan 2021
- Victoria University of Wellington
- On accepting its invitation, the Ardern Government should encourage deliverables that reflect New Zealand’s inclusive vision, writes Professor Robert Ayson.
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