Kelburn / December 2014
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Victoria University Chancellor receives Knighthood
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The incoming Chancellor of Victoria University, Neville Jordan CNZM, has received a Knighthood in the 2015 New Year Honours, for services to business, science and the community.
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Entrepreneurs venture up at Victoria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A group of young people from around the country will gather at Victoria University of Wellington in January for a programme of learning, mentorship and business growth.
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Turning innovative ideas into commercial products
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Exploring ways to fund quality journalism online is one of the projects students have been working on this year as part of a practical Master’s programme at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Living within our limits
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Evaluating whether Wellingtonians are living within the resource limits of their region is the focus of new research by a Victoria University of Wellington graduate.
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Teaching robots to see at Victoria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Robots may soon see the world differently thanks to work being done at Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Engineering and Computer Science.
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Victoria University commended for student-focused initiatives
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s latest academic audit commends the University for a large number of initiatives, particularly those focusing on Māori and Pasifika students.
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Recognition of quality for Victoria Business School
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria Business School has had its EQUIS accreditation confirmed for a further three years, endorsing the School’s high international standing.
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Victoria graduate helps ensure survival of New Zealand’s rarest kiwi
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington PhD graduate’s work on the reintroduction of a critically endangered species of kiwi is helping ensure they remain in our forests for generations to come.
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The psychology of conspiracy theories
- Victoria University of Wellington
- What makes a person more likely to believe in or create conspiracy theories—and whether that is related to mental illness—is the subject of new research from Victoria University of Wellington.
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Deep Fault Drilling Project
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary is provided by Professor Rewi Newnham, Head of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington.
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Grants enable neurological research at Victoria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Three researchers from Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Science have received funding in the Neurological Foundation’s 2014 grant round.
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Focus on numeracy and literacy helps fuel child obesity
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary, by Dr Barrie Gordon, a senior lecturer in the School of Education at Victoria University of Wellington, appeared in The Dominion Post on 12 December.
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Twin ambitions for twin brothers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- They live together, are studying for the same degree at Victoria University of Wellington and now twin brothers Isaiah and Tré Ratahi are getting ready to travel overseas together, following their dream to be international entrepreneurs.
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Victoria University appoints new Dean of Law
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University has appointed a leading Wellington public and Māori law issues specialist, Dr Mark Hickford, as Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of Law.
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Garden visitors to be surveyed on use of mobiles
- Victoria University of Wellington
- This summer, visitors to two Wellington botanic gardens will be surveyed about their use of mobile devices in the gardens.
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Silence, lies and torture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary, by Dr Elizabeth Stanley, a reader in Criminology and a Rutherford Discovery Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington, appeared in The Dominion Post on 12 December.
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New Vice-Provost (Academic and Equity) appointed
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Allison Kirkman has been appointed Vice-Provost (Academic and Equity) at Victoria University.
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Connection leads to opportunity
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A summer abroad in South East Asia left a Victoria University of Wellington student with more than just a new perspective on our Asian neighbours.
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Hobbit trilogy audience survey ‘most ambitious ever’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The release of a worldwide survey on the Hobbit trilogy, designed to understand what fantasy means to people around the world, will coincide with the launch of the third movie on 12 December.
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International graduand embraces Wellington’s public sector
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The chance to study public policy at Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand’s capital city was an opportunity Pedro Ramirez couldn’t turn down.
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New sculpture evokes joy of graduation
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new sculpture in the Hunter Courtyard is designed to remind people of graduation when they look skywards.
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Best film scripts awarded prizes at Victoria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington Masters student has won the annual David Carson-Parker Prize for his feature film script The Sun At Night, set in Wellington's youth and drug culture.
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Earth science draws UK siblings to Victoria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The sister of a sibling duo from the United Kingdom will be back in Wellington to graduate with a PhD in Geology this week, reuniting with her brother who also studies earth sciences at Victoria University.
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Justice inconsistent across New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The severity of sentences imposed in New Zealand’s District Courts can differ dramatically between regions, PhD research from a Victoria University of Wellington graduating student reveals.
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Fans expect personal relationship with musicians
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Music fans want to feel a personal connection with musicians on social networking sites rather than communicate with other fans, PhD research from Victoria University of Wellington has found.
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Exploring a creative capital collaboration
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Victoria University’s Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music are exploring a joint proposal to use the Wellington City Council’s Civic Square campus buildings to potentially create a centre of excellence for education, music and the arts.
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Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Young Adult novel wins Adam Prize
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A young adult novel, described by leading United Kingdom children’s author Mal Peet as “richly imagined, sinisterly futuristic and morally complex,” is the first of its genre to be awarded the 2014 Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing.
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Turbine 14 highlights new and established literary talent
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New writing from emerging and established writers and the latest graduates of Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is featured in the 2014 edition of literary journal, Turbine.
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Victoria graduands celebrate their success
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Nearly 1250 students, including 84 who are graduating with a PhD, will mark the successful completion of their studies at Victoria University of Wellington during graduation ceremonies and a parade in Wellington this week.
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Help researchers identify Wellington’s wildlife
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington researchers are involving the public in scientific research to identify the distribution of invasive mammals like possums and rats which are threatening native species.
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Predicting comfort of outdoor spaces in Christchurch
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington Master’s student is developing an innovative tool to improve comfort in outdoor areas of cafes, restaurants and urban areas of Christchurch City.
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Heart attack treatments ineffective for some
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington research has identified reasons why a significant portion of heart attack patients do not respond to commonly used treatments.
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Former prisoner to graduate with Master’s degree
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A woman who began tertiary study during 13 years in prison is graduating with a Master’s degree from Victoria University of Wellington this Thursday 11 December.
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Scholarship winner to create cheaper water purifier for developing countries
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Safe drinking water could become more accessible after Victoria University of Wellington student Eldon Tate won a scholarship to develop a new solar water treatment system.
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Debut adventure novel imagines a Japanese New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A trip to Wellington’s Makara Beach gun emplacements inspired James McNaughton’s debut novel, New Hokkaido.
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Mood-altering chemical increases risk of drug addiction
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington research has shown that the mood-altering brain chemical, serotonin, makes some people more susceptible to drug dependence than others.
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Student work to feature in Pacific exhibition
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Work by a Victoria University of Wellington third year architecture student will feature in a virtual exhibition by New Zealand-based Pacific artists.
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Third generation to cross the stage
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington graduand will follow in the steps of her mother and grandmother as she walks across the stage to collect a Tohu Māoritanga/Diploma in Māoritanga during graduation next week.
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Visiting Fellow to explore finance’s contribution to inequality
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The question of whether banks do more harm than good will be the focus of a public lecture by this year’s Reserve Bank Professorial Fellow in Monetary and Financial Economics.
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Why do people support the Islamic State?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following is an opinion piece by Dr Alexander Maxwell, a senior lecturer in History from the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, which was published in The Dominion Post on 25 November 2014.
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Challenging the best in TV contest
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Tipped as serious title contenders, a team of Victoria University of Wellington students is taking on other New Zealand universities in the general knowledge contest University Challenge.
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Law students moot champions to represent New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Two law students have come away victorious from the New Zealand International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court competition, held at Victoria over the weekend.
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Debating innovation and entrepreneurship
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Next week two teams of experts will debate how innovation and entrepreneurship can be complementary drivers for New Zealand’s growth.
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Chinese history and archaeology expert to receive honorary doctorate
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A world authority in the field of early Chinese history and archaeology, Dr Noel Barnard, is to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature at Victoria University of Wellington’s December graduation.
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Short films create snapshots of everyday Kiwis
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The final assignment of a second-year film production class at Victoria University has led to some striking portrayals of everyday New Zealanders.
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Visions of a vegetarian New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A vegetarian New Zealand is seen as contradictory to our national identity but may create a kinder society, according to Victoria University of Wellington research.
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Goodbye Middle Earth
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following is an opinion piece by Associate Professor Thierry Jutel and Dr Alfio Leotta from the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies, which was published in The Dominion Post on 2 December 2014.
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New Chancellor elected at Victoria University
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Neville Jordan, CNZM, was elected Chancellor of Victoria University for 2015 at a meeting of the University Council held yesterday.
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