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Wellington researcher joins world’s largest polar research expedition
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington scientist will become the first New Zealand researcher to join MOSAiC, the world’s largest international polar research expedition.
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Time for a new funding model in ECE
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Covid-19 crisis has exposed gaps in the funding of early education that we should be bold in responding to, writes Associate Professor Sue Cherrington of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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Using groundwater to track earthquake movements
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Understanding how earthquakes affect the ground they travel through could be the key to understanding how buildings and structures aboveground will be impacted by a given earthquake, says Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Geophysics Martha Savage.
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Award-winning research communicates the impact of community gardens
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Bliss Graetz, a 4th year Master of Landscape Architecture student at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, used her Summer Research scholarship to research the impacts of community gardens.
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Summer research success for architecture illustrator
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Lauren Hayes, a 5th year Master of Architecture (professional) student at Victoria University of Wellington won Best Visual at this year’s Summer Gold Awards.
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University researchers create innovative MRI technology
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In a collaboration between scientists and designers, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researchers have developed new technology to make magnetic resonance imaging machines (MRIs) more comfortable, accessible, and affordable.
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Wellington’s Antarctic Research Centre wins the Prime Minister’s Science Prize
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The world will be better prepared for the worst effects of climate change due to Antarctic ice-sheet discoveries by the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington-based winners of the 2019 Prime Minister’s Science Prize.
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Cervical cancer prevention, malaria vaccines receive funding of $2.5 million
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington research projects aimed at improving rural access to cervical cancer screening services and developing a vaccine for malaria have received nearly $2.5 million in funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand.
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Research reveals South Pole warming much faster than the rest of the world
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The South Pole is warming more than three times faster than the rest of the world, research by Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington experts shows.
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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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Lockdown survey finds NZ families ‘incredibly robust’, despite economic jolt
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The impact of the global pandemic on New Zealand families has been highlighted in new research from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s, which surveyed New Zealanders’ experience under COVID-19 lockdown.
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The lure of Antarctic experiences
- Victoria University of Wellington
- After eight years overseas, Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Holly Winton has returned to Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington to work with Antarctic Research Centre scientists on uncovering the vital information the frozen continent can tell us about Earth’s climate past.
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Black Lives Matter
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington affirms its support for the goals of the Black Lives Matter movement, and its commitment to addressing systemic racism, injustice, and violence.
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Graduation celebrations return to the capital
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is bringing graduation back to the city in September with two parades and seven ceremonies.
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Health on a molecule level
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An interest in health and therapeutics helped to kick-start chemistry careers for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Associate Professors Bridget Stocker and Mattie Timmer.
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Entry requirements to University for 2021 confirmed
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has removed grade entry requirements for students wanting to study at the University in 2021.
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Three Sisters in the bubble
- Victoria University of Wellington
- One moment, they were rehearsing Anton Chekhov’s seminal Three Sisters for the first time, the next moment New Zealand went into lockdown and the world was spun on its head for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington THEA301 students, who had been readying themselves for a choreographed production of Russian theatre.
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Teaching children as citizens
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The inclusive worldview provided by the ground-breaking New Zealand early childhood education (ECE) curriculum allows children to understand the value of community, says Associate Professor Jenny Ritchie from the School of Education of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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University’s calibre reflected in global rankings
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s excellence is reflected in its QS World University global rankings, which show the University remains among the top 225 of the world’s 18,000 universities.
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Leading researcher to head Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has announced the appointment of Dr Jane Bolitho as the Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice at the Wellington School of Business and Government.
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Queens Birthday honours for Victoria University of Wellington community
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Fifteen alumni were among the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington community members recognised for their achievements in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
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An online intern
- Victoria University of Wellington
- COVID-19 has changed the way many of us learn and work. A group of students at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington are at the forefront of adapting to a changing world as they undertake internships online next trimester.
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Suite of new exhibitions reopens Adam Art Gallery after lockdown
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A contemporary of composer John Cage and artist Joseph Beuys in the 1960s and 70s Fluxus movement features in a suite of new exhibitions to mark the reopening of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi.
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Upping the ante on vaccine development
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Associate Professor Bridget Stocker has received a significant funding boost for vaccine research that has potential to help with diseases ranging from bowel cancer to COVID-19.
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University-made glass a key part of new radiation treatment
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researcher has played a crucial role in an international project to improve radiation treatments for cancer.
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Adaptability sees Samoan language grow
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington lecturer Dr Sadat Muaiava is driven by a fascination with how Samoan words are created, used, change meaning, and become obsolete.
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Growing our Future—Adopt a plant for Arbor Day 2020
- Victoria University of Wellington
- To mark Arbor Day/World Environment Day (5 June) in 2020, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has teamed up with Wellington City Council to offer 1,000 native plants for free to good homes.
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University’s design expertise behind production of face shields for local health workers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Design Innovation has been using its design expertise and state-of-the-art facilities to help create face shields to meet demand from medical centres under COVID-19.
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University athletics club outruns competition
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Success in competition and the coordination of an 80-team University Relay team saw the Victoria University of Wellington Athletics Club win Blues in 2019, and they hope to build on this in 2020.
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Award supports international research into traditional Pasifika medicine
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The 2020 Biennial Zonta Science Award will support a Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researcher to get an international perspective on her research on traditional Pasifika medicine.
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