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 Victoria is a thriving community of almost 25,000 people. Most, of course, are students  of all nationalities, from all walks of life  who have come to learn in the vital, open environment that only university study can offer.

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Health 2 Jun 2010
Closer to understanding how tumours evade immune responses

WELLINGTON — Scientists are one step closer to understanding how to design effective anti-tumour vaccines, due to PhD research by a recent Victoria University graduate.

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Building 1 Jun 2010
Victoria shines at sustainability awards

WELLINGTON CITY — Victoria University staff and students made almost a clean sweep of prizes at last week's Sustainable Building Conference held in Wellington.

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Politics 29 May 2010
The Electoral Referendum 2011: the options and consequences

WELLINGTON CITY — Political scientist Kate McMillan from Victoria University says much is at stake in the 2011 electoral referendum.

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Environment 29 May 2010
Small sea snail damaging world's coral reefs

Victoria University research has found that a small sea snail may be causing significant damage to coral reefs in the Pacific, even more so than climate change or coral bleaching.

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Education 25 May 2010
Victoria offers fellowships to Chilean scientists

WELLINGTON — To ensure scientific research can continue following the devastating earthquake in Chile, Victoria University is offering six four-month fellowships to Chilean scientists.

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Technology 25 May 2010
Victoria students make a splash in Vegas

A video starring three Masters students from the Faculty of Commerce and Administration beat 12 universities in an international competition held in Las Vegas recently.

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Education 24 May 2010
PhD research documents endangered language

PhD graduate Laura Dimock spent nine months on an island in Vanuatu documenting the Nahavaq language, a previously undocumented language in danger of extinction.

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Theatre 18 May 2010
400-year-old play resurrected by Victoria Theatre students

WELLINGTON CITY — Performing a forgotten Elizabethan script has been like discovering Pompeii body casts for the first time, according to Victoria University Theatre students.

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Education 11 May 2010
New Zealand's first Doctor in Creative Writing to graduate

WELLINGTON CITY — New Zealand's very first Doctor in Creative Writing will graduate from Victoria University next week.

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Art 6 May 2010
Art plays on

WELLINGTON CITY — They say that to replay the past is to come to terms with it.

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Employment 5 May 2010
Employers need focus on capability

WELLINGTON — Employers need a focus on human capability to ensure their workers are happy and their organisation is productive long term, according to Victoria University research.

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News 30 Apr 2010
Fatherhood transforms bad behaviour

WELLINGTON CITY — Fatherhood can transform anti-social young men into responsible citizens, according to new research commissioned by Victoria's Institute of Policy Studies.

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Science 28 Apr 2010
Victoria and IRL bringing business to science

WELLINGTON CITY — Victoria University and Industrial Research Limited (IRL) are working to foster entrepreneurial and commercial skills among New Zealand’s emerging scientists.

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Education 26 Apr 2010
Victoria develops top secondary school biology students

WELLINGTON — Over the school holidays, the School of Biological Sciences hosted the top 19 biology students in the country as they competed to represent New Zealand at the International Biology Olympiad in Busan, Korea this July.

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Science 21 Apr 2010
Prestigious international award for eminent Victoria University scientist

WELLINGTON — Innovative research resulting in millions of export earnings for New Zealand has landed Victoria University physicist Professor Sir Paul Callaghan a major international award.

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Energy 21 Apr 2010
Putting a clean technology Kiwi bach on the world stage

WELLINGTON — A Kiwi bach powered by the sun is to be built for a major international competition and exhibited a stone’s throw from the White House in the US capital.

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Legal 13 Apr 2010
Victoria University law students launch justice project

WELLINGTON — Justice has just got a whole lot closer for those who need it in Wellington.

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Politics 22 Mar 2010
Green co-leader to open series on new generation politics

WELLINGTON CITY — The new co-leader of the Green Party Metiria Turei will open a seminar series exploring the opportunities and challenges faced by a new generation in New Zealand politics.

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Health 22 Mar 2010
New Zealand's low rates of organ donation challenged

WELLINGTON CITY — An expert on organ and tissue donation says that cultural sensitivity is sometimes believed to be behind New Zealand's startlingly low rates of deceased organ donation, but the issues are more complex.

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Technology 22 Mar 2010
Victoria Professor becomes Honorary Engineering Fellow

WELLINGTON — Professor Sir Paul Callaghan has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ) in recognition of his eminent contribution to application of engineering or technology in the community.

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Deaths 17 Mar 2010
Sir Ian Axford (1933-2010) – former Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University

WELLINGTON — It is with great sadness that Victoria University learnt of the death of Sir Ian Axford FRS, Hon FRSNZ, a former Vice-Chancellor and an honorary graduate of Victoria University.

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Migration 15 Mar 2010
Poet and academic John Newton new JD Stout Fellow

Victoria University's 2010 JD Stout Fellow will explore the contribution of Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany, among other war-time immigrants, to New Zealand's national identity and culture.

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Corrections 12 Mar 2010
Challenges of imprisonment in the 21st century discussed

WELLINGTON CITY — Some of Australasia's leading experts on imprisonment and justice are to debate the issues as New Zealand looks for new approaches to incarceration.

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Science 10 Mar 2010
Victoria student awarded Prime Minister's Science Prize

Victoria University PhD student John Watt has received a Prime Minister’s Science Prize, New Zealand’s most valuable science awards.

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Migration 10 Mar 2010
Kiwi expats returning home for lifestyle

Kiwi expatriates living overseas who plan to return home will do so because of New Zealand's lifestyle, according to a new study of expatriates.

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Classical 10 Mar 2010
Exotic orchestra mixes ancient and modern

WELLINGTON CITY — Over 100 instruments will come together when an Argentinean orchestra combining indigenous instruments and digital technology plays in Wellington this Saturday.

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Education 8 Mar 2010
Top students start at Victoria

WELLINGTON CITY — Victoria has proved to be the university of choice for New Zealand’s best and brightest as a high proportion of top secondary school scholars begin their studies at the University.

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Tourism 8 Mar 2010
Victoria student shines in tourism scholarships

A Victoria University student’s mission to improve sustainability in New Zealand tourism has been helped along with a recent scholarship.

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Architecture 8 Mar 2010
Disaster memorial wins prize

A building design commemorating the Wahine Disaster has earned a Victoria University Architecture student second prize in an international competition.

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Health 11 Jun 2009
Birthmark research could treat infant tumours

WELLINGTON —   Research by Victoria University PhD graduate Anasuya Vishvanath into infantile haemangioma, or strawberry birthmarks, suggests that stem cells play an important role in the growth of these common infant tumours.

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Science 2 Jun 2009
$250,000 donation by Morgan family to Victoria Universitys Antarctic Research Centre

 As the book ``Poles Apart’’ gets its first international publishing contract, The Morgan Family Charitable Foundation has donated $250,000 to Victoria University’s Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) through the Victoria University Foundation.

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Education 7 Aug 2008
Victoria University offers PhD in Creative Writing

WELLINGTON — Victoria University's renowned creative writing programme at the International Institute of Modern Letters now offers a PhD.

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News 7 Aug 2008
Trash to treasure

WELLINGTON — Victoria University Museum and Heritage Studies student Reuben Schrader has been tasked with working through a collection of ceramics that were dumped in Wellington more than 100 years ago.

Mr Schrader at work with a collection of ceramics. He is holding part of a teapot in one hand, and the lid of a 19th century toothpaste jar in the other.

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Education 7 Aug 2008
Top Doctoral awards for Wellington's brightest students

WELLINGTON — Three Victoria University PhD students have been awarded Top Doctoral Achiever Scholarships at an average value of $99,300.

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Maori 30 May 2008
First academic conference for Maori social scientists

WELLINGTON — Victoria University will next month host New Zealand's first academic conference for Maori social scientists, aimed at inspiring and catalysing a network of Maori social scientists.

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Traffic 24 May 2008
Call for controlled crossing after student hit by truck outside Wellington campus

WELLINGTON — The University is calling for an extremely busy pedestrian crossing in Wallace St, Wellington, to be controlled with traffic lights after student was hit by a truck and seriously injured this morning.

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Environment 17 May 2008
The Antarctic ice sheet and rising sea levels

A slight warming of water beneath the Antarctic ice shelves can speed the flow of ice to the ocean and accelerate rising sea levels, says a prominent geophysicist who will give a free public lecture on the topic on May 20.

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Economy 17 May 2008
Paul Callaghan Presents

A new television show hosted by Professor Paul Callaghan, Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, will examine the driving factors behind New Zealand’s future economic growth.

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Education 16 May 2008
Freemasons scholarships awarded

WELLINGTON — Six Victoria students have been awarded scholarships from Freemasons New Zealand in the 31st year of university scholarships awarded by the organisation.

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Culture 13 May 2008
Discovering an intact library from the 19th century

WELLINGTON — Going into the Brancepeth Station Library was like suddenly being in the 19th century for Professor Lydia Wevers - someone had literally walked out the door 100 years ago and left it there.

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Education 12 May 2008
Make way for thousands of vibrant Victoria graduates

WELLINGTON — More than 1960 new graduates of Victoria University will procession through inner-city Wellington over three days of graduation ceremonies from Wednesday this week.

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Education 12 May 2008
Graduation celebration with a difference

WELLINGTON — Proof-reading each other's essays and critiquing the occasional idea has paid off for Emma Jellicoe and her mother, Joan Gentle.

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Health 12 May 2008
Two landmark achievements for PhD graduand

Christine Walsh isn't just celebrating her PhD graduation this week - she also led the landmark case against Pharmac's decision to not fund 12 months of Herceptin for breast cancer patients.

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Education 7 May 2008
Peter Hughes appointed as chair of advisory board

WELLINGTON — The Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington, Professor Pat Walsh, today announced the appointment of Peter Hughes, Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development, as chair of the School of Government's advisory board.

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Books 5 May 2008
Iranian Government donates books to Victoria

WELLINGTON — More than 60 books on the history, culture, ideas, arts and religion of Iran were donated to Victoria University by the Iranian Government.

Special Collections

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Education 5 May 2008
Professor in Engineering appointed

WELLINGTON — Dr Dale Carnegie has been appointed as Professor in Engineering—a new Chair and a strategic initiative for the Faculty of Engineering.

Dr Dale Carnegie

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Architecture 5 May 2008
Addressing urban sprawl in Scotland

WAIRARAPA — Thinking about how modernisation and urban sprawl have affected the central belt - the gap between the metropolitan areas of Scottish cities Edinburgh and Glasgow - is how student Daniel Davis spent his holidays.

Cityscaper

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Comedy 3 May 2008
Disguise, deception and downright trickery

WELLINGTON — Victoria University 300-level theatre students tackle Jacobean city comedy in the New Zealand premiere of John Webster and Thomas Dekker's 1605 play 'Northward Ho!'

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Education 1 May 2008
Philosophy professor wins major French prize

Professor of Philosophy, Kim Sterelny, is off to France this week as recipient of the prestigious Jean-Nicod Prize for 2008.

Kim Sterelny

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Culture 30 Apr 2008
Professor Belich kicks off 'New Work, New Zealand' series

Victoria University Professor of History, James Belich, will next week explain why English speaking societies grew much faster than others in the long 19th century.

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Education 29 Apr 2008
Inaugural lecture: Reasoning about Reasoning

WELLINGTON — The validity of theories about reasoning will be addressed in Professor Edwin Mares' inaugural professorial lecture next week.

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Education 23 Apr 2008
Political journalist and dedicated musician to receive top honours

WELLINGTON — Victoria University will present honorary doctorates to political journalist Colin James and musician Richard Nunns this year.

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Internet 23 Apr 2008
Victoria University and InternetNZ welcome third Cyberlaw Fellow

WELLINGTON — The recently appointed Senior Research Fellow in Cyberlaw at Victoria University's Law Faculty is to work in the area of privacy law.

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Rugby 21 Apr 2008
Friendly foes face off at annual match

WELLINGTON — The annual rugby match between Hawkes Bay school Te Aute College and Victoria University for the J T Pickett Cup was held last week at the Prince of Wales Park in Wellington.

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Legal 18 Apr 2008
Protecting rights in the Pacific

WELLINGTON — A senior lecturer at Victoria University’s Law Faulty is organising a timely and targeted conference on human rights in the Pacific.

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Swimming 17 Apr 2008
Victoria student training for Olympic Games

WELLINGTON — New Olympic athlete Tash Hind shares her thoughts on study and swimming in the lead up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Technology 15 Apr 2008
High-tech business model in NZ: aspiration or anathema?

WELLINGTON — Is there such a thing as a high-tech business model in New Zealand? If so, what are the implications for aspiring firms and for policy?

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Science 15 Apr 2008
Seminars wrap Antarctica art, science and policy

WELLINGTON — The unique qualities of Antarctica as well as the issues currently facing the continent and the Southern Ocean will be explored from several angles in a series of three panel discussions to start tonight.

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