Victoria University of Wellington / October 2015
November 2015 | September 2015-
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Employers' wish list of skills revealed
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington survey has shed light on what employers across New Zealand are looking for when recruiting students and graduates.
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Joining forces to improve maths education
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A government-funded pilot programme coordinated by Victoria University of Wellington researchers aims to lift maths achievement among primary students by building a collaborative culture among teachers to strengthen their teaching.
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In pursuit of preserving and developing culture and identity
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Newly-appointed to the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO and Victoria alumnus Dr Arapata Hakiwai says knowing your language and culture provides strength and security throughout your life.
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Victoria University Wearable Technology Show 2015
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Wearable Technology Show is a highly anticipated annual event in Victoria University of Wellington’s calendar.
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Landscape architecture students win Australasian competition
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Three landscape architecture students from Victoria University of Wellington have won the Australasian student design competition at This Public Life, a landscape architecture festival held in Melbourne.
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Wellington team top Climathon
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A plan to reduce transport demands in Wellington while boosting the eco-friendly e-commerce marketplace proved a winning formula for a Victoria University of Wellington supported start-up.
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The challege of our time
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University is leading research and a debate on understanding climate change and how we can best respond to it.
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Honouring Victoria’s best
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It was an impressive ensemble at the recent Distinguished Alumni event in Wellington’s Shed 6. At the centre of the celebrations stood six outstanding alumni,each of whose endeavours have garnered incredible success, locally, nationally and on the world stage.
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Prints of perfection
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Traditional printmaking may have fallen out of fashion but David Maskill and his Art History Honours students are out to show audiences how exquisite the art form can be.
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A legal history
- Victoria University of Wellington
- David McLean, current CEO of Westpac New Zealand, reminisces over his days as a Victoria law student in the 1970s.
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The extraordinary life of Alan Hoverd
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Piecing together dozens of skeletons, helping to design and build the Coastal Ecology Laboratory, rounding up 15,000 rogue bees—Alan Hoverd’s 50 years with Victoria University could never be described as ordinary.
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Who's in my room?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In this ongoing series, we ask an outstanding graduate to return to their old room at their former hall of residence and share stories with the current resident.
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Going forward with Google
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Going forward with Google Victoria University has further solidified its place at the forefront of research in one of the most innovative emerging technology areas—software defined networks (SDN).
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How our film industry flourishes
- Victoria University of Wellington
- How a relatively small country like New Zealand has been able to achieve notable international success for its feature film industry has been examined by a Victoria PhD student.
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A million words from one of the best
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A 50-year-long labour of love comes to fruition for its editor, Dr John Weir, with the publication of four volumes containing over one million words by one of New Zealand’s most celebrated writers.
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International relations
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The manager of Indonesia’s Centre for International Trade and Investment manager Dr Michelle Limenta talks about her student days at Victoria.
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Who’s protecting your online reputation?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Defamation laws have protected the reputations of individuals for centuries. But those laws have yet to fully adapt to the changing way we publish and consume information online and the increased harm caused by online defamation.
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Living the work you love
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Chelsea Robinson co-founded Generation Zero while a student at Victoria. See where her ambition and drive took her next.
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From the Beehive
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Hon. Bill English takes a moment out of his duties as Deputy Prime Minister to talk about his student days at Victoria.
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Legacy lives on
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The legacy of Wellington photographer Ronald Woolf will live on through Victoria University with the endowment of the Ronald Woolf Memorial Trust funds to the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation.
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Victoria’s green wins gold at sustainability awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s commitment to sustainability and responsible environmental management have been recognised with the University taking out top honours at the prestigious Australasia Green Gown Awards.
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Teaching student wins scholarship
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s Nicki Glover is among 30 outstanding Māori and Pasifika teaching students who have won Kupe scholarships.
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Wellington's thriving digital sector 'nearly invisible'
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Wellington’s burgeoning digital sector is a major contributor to the region’s economy, and yet it flies under the radar compared to other key sectors such as film and tourism, a Victoria University of Wellington report has found.
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Top honour for Victoria professor
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Colleen Ward from Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Psychology has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
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Working and learning go hand in hand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand needs to step up and be counted when it comes to valuing and pursuing adult education, writes Head of School of Government Professor Brad Jackson.
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Film score by NZSM students
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) students have composed music for four short films.
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World first footage of elusive 'vampire squirrel'
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University professor has helped obtain the world’s first video footage of the rare and elusive ‘vampire squirrel’ found in the rainforests of Borneo.
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Top scholars explore China-US relations
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A two-day conference in October on the world’s two superpowers, organised by Victoria University's New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, attracted leading scholars and influential practitioners from China, the United States, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Australia.
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The formula for teaching success
- Victoria University of Wellington
- “Every student has potential. The secret is to try to reveal the student’s aptitude to themselves, to give them the confidence to help maximise that potential.”
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New Writer in Residence at the International Institute of Modern Letters
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Novelist, poet and film writer Anne Kennedy has been appointed the Victoria University of Wellington and Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence for 2016.
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Competition sparks a winning change
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Fierce competition between two of Victoria University of Wellington’s Hall of Residences has not only reduced energy consumption, it’s also sparked understanding of sustainable energy practices.
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Industry award for Victoria bioscientist
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Shivali Gulab, who has had a long association with Victoria University of Wellington, has received top honours from New Zealand’s scientific community.
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Students’ crafty designs highly commended by judges
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Three Victoria University of Wellington design students were highly commended for their innovative entries in this year’s ECC New Zealand Student Craft/Design Awards.
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New graduate school will set the standard for advanced ICT education in Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The new Wellington ICT Graduate School is expected to deliver a wealth of benefits to the capital city and fuel growth across the region and New Zealand.
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Innovative celebration of Niuean Language Week
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As part of an internship at Parliament, a Victoria University of Wellington student has videoed various Members of Parliament speaking Niuean to help celebrate Niue Language Week.
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New Director for MacDiarmid Institute
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Thomas Nann, who has recently been appointed Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology based at Victoria University of Wellington, says it is an exciting time to be working in nanotechnology and leading the MacDiarmid Institute.
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Our future in science
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary is provided by Professor Kate McGrath, Vice-Provost (Research) at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Why is bribery still legal in New Zealand?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A recent report asking Are Australia and New Zealand corrupt? has once again highlighted that New Zealand faces a more significant risk of corruption than is commonly acknowledged, writes the director of Victoria's Institute for Governance and Policy Studies Michael Macaulay.
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Commonwealth Scholarship success for Victoria graduate
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Examining the best ways to minimise the bycatch of protected species in fishing operations will be the subject of PhD research by a Victoria University of Wellington graduate, who has been awarded a prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford.
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VUP author’s debut novel to be published in the UK
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University Press author David Coventry’s debut novel—The Invisible Mile—is to be published by United Kingdom-based publisher, Picador.
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Shedding light on an exciting analytical tool
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Light is all around us and in everything we do and use. One of the more technological uses for light will be the topic of an upcoming public lecture at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Women, Architecture and Academia
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A symposium focused on women and architecture will be hosted by Victoria University of Wellington this week.
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Two legs good, four legs better?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington Professor David Harper has challenged the view that humans stand above other species.
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Marsden Fund under the microscope
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Nicola Gaston comments on an evaluation of the Marsden Fund carried out by Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Institute.
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Victoria amongst top three New Zealand universities
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Today Times Higher Education (THE) released its 2015-2016 world university rankings.
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