Victoria University of Wellington / December 2017
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Ending child poverty can’t be partisan pursuit
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Reductions need to be sustained and to have significant and enduring impact, hears a Victoria-hosted expert discussion.
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A rare chance to help our oceans
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Joanna Mossop, a Senior Lecturer in Victoria's School of Law, argues that a proposed UN treaty will be vital in creating new legal obligations.
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Antarctic expedition to uncover impacts of global warming
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University geologist Dr Rob Mckay is leading an international expedition to Antarctic waters in January to discover how warming oceans will affect the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and what that could mean for rising sea levels, global weather systems and marine life.
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Prepared for the future
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Recent Victoria graduate Trinity Thompson-Browne knows exactly where she wants to go after graduating—and she credits her time at Victoria for steering her in the right direction.
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Celebrating leadership success
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In front of their family and friends, 62 students were recently recognised for their efforts in completing Victoria University of Wellington's leadership programmes.
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Graduating for themselves, and their children
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Mother of four, Linda John, and mother of two Vini Iosua both graduated last week with a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Pacific Studies.
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Victoria students succeed in Prime Minister’s Scholarship awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington students are heading to study or research opportunities in Latin America and Asia, thanks to Prime Minister's Scholarships.
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Global and local writing showcased in Turbine | Kapohau 2017
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New work from emerging and established writers, including the latest graduates of Victoria University of Wellington's International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), features in online literary magazine Turbine | Kapohau.
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Archaeological heist caper film script wins prize
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A film script featuring an outlawed metal-detecting amateur archaeologist in 1980s Ireland battling the National Museum to prove an historical truth has been awarded the 2017 David Carson-Parker Embassy Prize for Scriptwriting at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Five Victoria students win Blake Ambassador Awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Five Victoria University students are getting the opportunity to work alongside scientists, conservators and rangers over summer after earning a Blake Ambassador Award.
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Meet the world’s first virtual politician
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Walter Langelaar from Victoria's School of Design and his fellow researchers have an answer to the dissatisfaction around contemporary politics.
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Victoria graduate ‘quietly over the moon’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- When Te Wehi o Mahuru Wright gives the graduate address at Victoria University's Te Herenga Waka marae graduation ceremony tomorrow, he’ll be completing his academic journey in the same place that sustained him throughout it.
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Jacinda Ardern — PM against the odds
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Prime Minister's success is an important signal that Parliament is a place for young women, Victoria's Dr Claire Timperley tells the University's 11th Post-Election Conference.
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Lego is more than child’s play
- Victoria University of Wellington
- These brightly coloured bricks raise important and challenging questions about creativity and play, conformity and autonomy, identity and culture, writes Victoria's Associate Professor in Philosophy Sondra Bacharach.
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