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The COVID-19 effect

COVID-19 has required students and University staff to be nimble and resourceful in continuing to deliver education internationally.

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Opening doors

The new Ngā Hoe a Kupe Pathfinder Scholarships have given a group of students from across the Wellington region freedom and independence.

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Diversifying STEM

Te Herenga Waka is supporting a new generation of Māori and Pasifika scientists.

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Accounting for it all

Finance is just the tip of the iceberg in the School of Accounting and Commercial Law.

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Making way for new voices

Te Herenga Waka’s creative writing programme and publisher are helping put Pasifika writers ‘in the main arena’.

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Marking a milestone

The first students to study at Te Herenga Waka had at least one thing in common with today’s cohort—they also attended lectures at different spots around Wellington city.

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Returning to Aotearoa for good

Professor Markus Melloh, an internationally respected academic with a track record of delivering contemporary and innovative programmes, has taken up his new role as dean of Health.

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Cuba Street alive with the sound of music

It started as a vision, which occurred as John Psathas walked down Cuba Mall during Wellington’s annual CubaDupa festival.

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A quarter-century celebration

The Faculty of Law moved into Government Buildings 25 years ago and has been calling it home ever since.

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Boosting Pacific business voices

One student is passing on an opportunity she was given at secondary school in the hope of helping other Pasifika youth realise their passions.

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Bringing Science to Wellington

Thom Adams, engagement coordinator in the Wellington Faculty of Science, shares his experience of getting youth excited about science as a career, as well as boosting science achievement.

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Counter productive

J.D. Stout Fellow Nick Bollinger explains how he came to host the first campus ‘teach-in’ in 50 years.

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Creative cross-cultural collaborations continue despite COVID

Borders may be closed but that hasn’t stopped a group of students from collaborating with the New Zealand Embassy in Viet Nam

L-R: Russell Campbell, Sarah Thomasson, Nicola Hyland, Sam Tippet, James Wenley, Phil Mann, Megan Evans, Sean Coyle, Liz Thompson, David O'Donnell, David Carnegie

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Cultural capital, creative arts

It is now 50 years since Theatre was introduced as a subject at the University—and while the digital age has brought many changes, the holistic view of theatre remains the same.

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Eye on the prize

Professor Ehsan Mesbahi, who began his role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Wellington Faculties of Science, Health, Engineering, Architecture and Design Innovation in April 2020, says universities need to focus on what they’re for, rather than just what they do.

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Nurturing knowledge and building connection

People from throughout the University community are finding inspiration and opportunities for creativity in the visionary Living Pā project

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The game is afoot again

A new anthology celebrates more than three decades of Te Herenga Waka press publisher Fergus Barrowman’s literary magazine Sport.

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Tailor made

Nimble, flexible, and skilled employees are what the public and private sector need to be successful in the rapidly changing world of work, we are told.

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Proud to be Pasifika

Six of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s most distinguished alumni will be presented and celebrated during graduation in November 2021.

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The fast and furious rise of SYSCA

An idea developed in a Kelburn campus lecture theatre has resulted in three alumnae building an Instagram account with more than three million followers.

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The human stopping killer robots

After 20 years working in Washington DC, a university alumna has returned to New Zealand to continue her global advocacy work for the arms division of Human Rights Watch, including its fight against killer robots.

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To each their turn

The Adam Art Gallery’s internship programme gives recipients a valuable stepping stone into the art world.