Victoria University of Wellington and Blogs
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The flowers and the bees
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Hannah Creary says her Summer Research Scholarship involved “ten amazing weeks working in one of New Zealand’s coolest museums with centuries old herbarium specimens and some pretty neat people”.
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Keen interest in Wellington University COVID-19 scholarship
- Victoria University of Wellington
- There has been strong interest in the free tuition Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is offering to people affected by COVID-19.
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Let’s get serious about what older people can contribute
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It's easy to overlook the contributions of older people given the way our economy is structured, but if we can identify these contributions we’ll be less likely to respond to the next crisis by telling them to get out of the way, writes Professor Nicholas Agar.
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Choosing your mother tongue, rather than it choosing you
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Ukrainians shifting their primary language from Russian show not all people feel language is a fixed part of themselves, writes Dr Corinne Seals.
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Misconceptions of locked-down digital work
- Victoria University of Wellington
- COVID-19 lockdowns have acted as a facilitator for digital work, but as people’s experience has occurred during exceptional circumstances it has also led them to draw false conclusions, writes Professor Alexander Richter.
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Rebuilding fairly after COVID-19 will be a global challenge
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Without global empathy and better global leadership, the poorest countries and poorest people will only be made poorer by the pandemic, writes Professor Ilan Noy.
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Victoria University Press takes top non-fiction prize at book awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University Press of Wellington took out three prizes at the Ockham NZ Book Awards on Tuesday night, including the top prize for general non-fiction for rock musician Shayne Carter’s autobiography Dead People I Have Known.
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The psychology of lockdown suggests sticking to rules gets harder the longer it continues
- Victoria University of Wellington
- COVID-19 has forced millions of people to live under strict lockdown conditions, but the psychology of human behaviour predicts they will find it harder to stick to the rules the longer the situation continues, writes Dr Dougal Sutherland.
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We must protect ‘gig economy’ workers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As COVID-19 restrictions affect people's ability to work, there's a growing segment of workers we must ensure aren't left out in the cold, writes Dr Stephen Blumenfeld.
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We need solidarity right now, not judgment
- Victoria University of Wellington
- When it comes to exercise during the COVID-19 lockdown, New Zealanders have taken "use your judgment' to mean being judgy about other people, writes Professor Annemarie Jutel.
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Too much news not always a good thing
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Tuning in for news on COVID-19 has now become part of many people’s daily lives. Millions of people around the world who now find themselves in lockdown are frequently accessing numerous social and news media platforms to seek up-to-the-minute information.
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Alumnus Dr Emmanuel D’Silva inspires environmental change
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The people of the world will do what is right when it comes to the burgeoning climate crisis. Eventually.
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