Victoria University news stories - Page 2

Auckland University
MYOB IT challenge - Victoria University #1
"This team showed they really understood the issues that employees often face, and used emerging technologies to build a truly creative solution."

3D Printing
Worlds collide: Design lecturer uses 3D tech to bring history to life
“The technologies that went into making the pieces in 1917 and the technologies that go into re-making them today could not be further apart.”

Victoria University
Vic Uni and Weta Digital launches computer graphics programme
“Computer graphics is an exciting field that offers students an opportunity to explore both the art and science of creating digital imagery."

Victoria University
Victoria University's Puna Māori language app tops
Victoria University’s Te Kura Māori-developed Māori language app, Puna, has taken out the top tertiary sector award at the Māori Language Awards.

Cybersecurity
Victoria University cybersecurity partnership brings value beyond uni
A new Victoria University partnership is expected to increase demand for Victoria's multidisciplinary cyber program and bring value to wider NZ.

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Victoria University revamps website
Victoria University has teamed up with technology firm Fronde to meet the demands of the university’s online audience.

Education
Wellington has a new ICT grad school
Wellington is set to be home to a new ICT Graduate School, designed to set the standard for advanced ICT education and fuel growth in the industry.

Victoria University
Second NZ university threatened
Victoria University is being evacuated following the discovery of a note threatening the detonation of a bomb in the Murphy Building.

Cyberbullying
Victoria University to address bullying in schools
“NZ’s bullying statistics are appalling, and there has been no improvement in the last 10 years. It’s vitally important we address this problem."

Victoria University
Wellington students shine at Summer of Tech event
“The insight into the field of technology is important and prepares students for after graduation. It’s certainly a chance to get yourself a career."

Intergen
3 top students take home Intergen award
Intergen has announced the winners of the Intergen Young Achiever Awards, which aims to showcase students who are displaying strong academic success.

SDN & NFV
Victoria University jumps on SDN bandwagon
Victoria University of Wellington is set to run a Software Defined Network (SDN) workshop for Wellington’s tech community.

Email
Are New Zealand work emails too relaxed?
"I was shocked when a potential supervising professor in New Zealand asked me to address her by her first name."

Robotics
Victoria University student teaching robots to see like humans
Student Syed Saud Naqvi is currently working on an algorithm to help computer programmes and robots view static images closer to how we see them.

Australia
Future looks bright with new learning platform
"We are entering the era of big data and if you don’t have a system that offers opportunities to drill down and learn about your students, then you’re doing them a disservice."

Victoria University
Technology brings te reo Māori to life
Technology is the key to reviving the development of te reo Māori, shows PhD research from Victoria University of Wellington.

Victoria University
Digitisation gives education resources a future
A project by eTV and Silver & Ballard to digitise video tapes from the archives of the Victoria University of Wellington is now complete.

University of Canterbury
Research grants awarded to find a ‘better internet’
Around the country this week recipients of several InternetNZ grants were a step closer to realising their research goals.

Education
NZ historical posters available online
More than 400 posters created during the last 50 years by trade unions, protest organisations, government departments and other groups from New Zealand and overseas are now available online.