Victoria University of Wellington / January 2022
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Supreme Court nomination: shake-up or status quo?
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- Washington insiders identify four women among top contenders for US Supreme Court vacancy. PhD candidate Hayden Thorne looks at the frontrunners.
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University alumni recognised in Ockham awards longlist
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- Over 25 alumni of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington feature on the 2022 longlist for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, announced yesterday by the Book Awards Trust.
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A science fiction future for tourism
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- In 2006, Associate Professor Ian Yeoman from the tourism programme imagined the consequences of a deadly pandemic.
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Eavesdropping on nature: why Africa needs more bioacoustics research
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- Chirps, squawks and whistles—what listening to nature can tell us about biodiversity. PhD candidate Frowin Becker explains.
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Our team across the world
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- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has five offshore representatives based around the world. We hear from them about what they are looking forward to in 2022.
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Striking it rich with education
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- Kasha Szewczyk is a distance student with a difference—she is studying remotely from ships and oil platforms off the Taranaki coast.
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Earthshot Prize open for nominations
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Do you have a research project that could make a positive impact on our planet? There will be five £1,000,000 Earthshot Prizes given in 2022 to projects that highlight the ability of human ingenuity to bring about change, and inspire collective action.
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‘Victim’ or ‘survivor’—what’s in a name?
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- Stigma of being a "victim" can be barrier to seeking help, writes Dr Emma Tennent.
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Tonga volcano’s complex and violent history
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- Tonga’s eruption and tsunami highlights the significant threat from offshore volcanoes, Dr Simon Barker writes.
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He maimai aroha mō Tonga—Our thoughts go out to the Tongan community
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- Message from Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Rawinia Higgins.
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Focus on mātauranga Māori to increase with introduction of new architecture specialisation
- Victoria University of Wellington
- From 2022, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Wellington School of Architecture will offer a new specialisation that allows students to focus more deeply on mātauranga Māori.
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Calling home: Why phone access for prisoners matters
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- Phone access inside New Zealand prisons is inconsistent and inequitable, senior lecturer Christine McCarthy says.
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Secret life of sponges
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Sponges can survive low oxygen and warming waters—and could be the main reef organisms in the future, explain Professor James Bell, Professor Rob McAllen and Valerio Micaroni.
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Celebrating Te Herenga Waka’s 2022 New Year Honours recipients
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- Legendary jazz performer and scholar Dr Rodger Fox has been named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2022 New Year Honours.
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Taonga pūoro artist announced as University Composer-in-residence
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- Taonga pūoro artist and practitioner Jerome Kavanagh has been announced as the 2022 Creative New Zealand/School of Music—Te Kōkī Composer-in-residence.
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A case for open prisons
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- The benefits of open prisons have been recognised for decades, so why has New Zealand been slow to adopt the idea, asks senior lecturer Christine McCarthy.
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Eating disorder treatments may be hindered by flawed theories of illness, research finds
- Victoria University of Wellington
- 'Fundamental problems' in eating disorder theories, Dr Hannah Hawkins-Elder finds.
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Research tackles problem of toxic chemicals used in batteries
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Greener battery technology holds promise of cleaner, cheaper alternative to conventional batteries.
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The long road to humanising youth justice
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- History of youth justice system provides lessons for today, senior lecturer Christine McCarthy says.
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Time to give the ocean its own legal voice
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- Sea-change in marine management is overdue, argues Dr Greg Severinsen.
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