Victoria University of Wellington / July 2015
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Student Wellbeing Space Opens
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new student space called The Bubble has opened in the Student Union Building on Victoria University of Wellington’s Kelburn campus.
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Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Excellence recognised by world-renowned institute
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- Victoria University of Wellington’s Professor Peter Smith has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for his research on multiple antennas which are being deployed in commercial mobile phone systems.
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International recognition for MA graduate's debut novel
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Anna Smaill, who holds a Master’s in Creative Writing from Victoria University, has catapulted into the international spotlight with her debut novel being longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
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Island field course wows science students
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- A week-long biology field trip to Lord Howe Island gave 10 Victoria University of Wellington science students a once-in-a-lifetime learning experience.
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Professor of Law appointed Queen’s Counsel
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Richard Boast from Victoria’s Faculty of Law is one of three lawyers to be appointed Queen’s Counsel this year.
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Celebrating te reo on campus
- Victoria University of Wellington
- To celebrate 2015 Māori Language Week, the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Māori) and Te Kawa a Māui are running a competition to compile a list of 50 phrases in te reo for use on the Māori at Victoria website.
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Launch of new Māori resource
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Māori Language Week is being marked by Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law with the launch of a new bilingual tool unlike anything else produced in New Zealand.
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Leading Christian ethicist to visit Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- One of North America’s leading Christian ethicists will deliver a series of public lectures as the 2015 St John’s Visiting Scholar in Religion at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Victoria University honours its best
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington recognised some of its outstanding teachers, researchers and students at a function held at Parliament last night.
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Victoria mourns death of Tim Beaglehole
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It is with deep sadness that the Victoria University community learned of Emeritus Professor Tim Beaglehole’s death last weekend.
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Students compete in power struggle
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Inspired by the “power of small changes by many people”, Victoria University of Wellington student, Bethany Paterson, is invoking rivalry between Victoria halls of residence to promote change in electricity consumption.
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Taking the sting out of ecosystems
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- Victoria University of Wellington Professor Phil Lester will be leading a research consortium responsible for taking the sting out of one of New Zealand’s most abundant, widely distributed and damaging pests—the common wasp.
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Blinded by patriotism
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The idea of patriotism as an unusual type of love will be discussed at the inaugural lecture of newly-appointed Victoria University of Wellington professor, Simon Keller.
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Students design solutions for managing flood risk
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Devising ways to make Masterton more resilient to flooding while enhancing the area for residents is the focus of a group of students from Victoria University of Wellington.
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The politics and gender of climate change belief
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- The following commentary is provided by Dr Marc Wilson, an associate professor at Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Psychology.
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Inaugural New Zealand Linguistics Olympiad winners announced
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- A team of secondary school students from Auckland International College and Kristin School in Auckland has won the first New Zealand Linguistics Olympiad, hosted by Victoria University of Wellington.
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Fresh perspective at Adam Art Gallery
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Adam Art Gallery’s new curator Stephen Cleland talks about his favourite piece in the University’s collection.
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Q&A with Distinguished Alumni Ian Ferguson
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Ian Ferguson MBE was studying towards his BCA in accounting from Victoria when he was training for his first Olympic games in 1976.
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End of school bullying?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University developmental psychology expert Vanessa Green believes the solution to school bullying is at our fingertips.
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Victoria alumnus wins Australian Lawyer of the Year
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Justin Forsell may have just been singled out as In-House Lawyer of the Year at the recent Australasian Law Awards in Sydney, but the Victoria University alumnus can’t stop talking about the combined effort of his firm’s entire legal team.
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From Victoria University to Washington D.C.
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Meet James Clad, an alumnus who’s a lawyer, war correspondent, academic, former New Zealand (NZ) diplomat, is fluent in eight languages and has spent the last 25 years based in Washington D.C. predominately as a senior United States (US) defence official.
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Connections in Washington and Wellington provide opportunities for interns
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- Victoria University of Wellington’s Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor Jennifer Windsor has welcomed the launch of the New Zealand United States (NZUS) Council Mike Moore Internship Programme.
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Importance of te reo revitalisation highlighted
- Victoria University of Wellington
- ‘Only one in five Māori can speak te reo’ are the kind of statistics that highlight the danger of the language being lost, says Victoria University of Wellington’s Professor Rawinia Higgins.
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Victoria celebrates capital city anniversary
- Victoria University of Wellington
- How a bunch of Aussies ended up choosing New Zealand’s capital city will be explored as part of Victoria University’ s programme of public lectures, performances and exhibitions to mark the Capital 150th celebrations later this month.
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Victoria University lodges plans for Terrace property
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington has lodged an application outlining its proposed plans for 320 The Terrace, which it purchased from Housing New Zealand last year.
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Gordon Wilson flats, The Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Victoria music students’ scholarship success
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Two Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) students have been awarded scholarships to help further their musical education after graduating from Victoria University of Wellington.
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Victoria University experts respond to Government’s carbon emissions target
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington experts have responded to the Government’s announcement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.
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Marine sponge shows tumour-stunting promise
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A chemical agent found in marine life unique to New Zealand may hold the secret to fighting certain cancers, according to research co-authored by Victoria University of Wellington’s Professor John Miller and associate professor Peter Northcote.
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'United Nations' comes to the capital
- Victoria University of Wellington
- About 250 secondary school students are beginning their holiday break negotiating and debating global affairs in the 2015 New Zealand Model United Nations Conference held at Victoria University of Wellington this week.
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Questions of travel, life and love, answers from the imagination: new line-up for Writers on Mondays
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Writers on Mondays 2015 brings together a line-up of exciting new and established talents to showcase what’s happening in the world of writing.
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Step forward for Olympic Games research
- Victoria University of Wellington
- There were nearly seven times as many volunteers as athletes at the last Olympic Games in London. Volunteers are an integral component to running large-scale events, but the long term benefits of mobilising a large portion of the community are largely unknown.
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An award-winning solution to the affordable housing crisis
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington senior lecturer Sam Kebbell believes the methods behind his award-winning house design can go some way to solving the affordable housing crisis without compromising on style.
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800 years of Magna Carta
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary is provided by Dr Carwyn Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu and Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki), a senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law.
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A heritage of New Zealand musical composition available online
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A collection of New Zealand musical scores and CDs are now available globally thanks to the launch of Wai-te-ata Music Press’ online store.
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