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For the sixth year running we’ve climbed the QS World University Rankings, we are now ranked 266 in the world.
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University of Waikato secures more than $6m in MBIE research funding
The University of Waikato has received more than $6 million in research funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
Waikato scientists ranked as some of most-influential in the world
23 Waikato scientists appear in a new international database of the 100,000 most influential scientists worldwide. These 23 Waikato scientists, therefore, represent the top 1% most influential scientists worldwide.
University of Waikato strengthens UK ties with Lancaster University partnership
The University of Waikato has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Lancaster University in Lancashire, UK to further develop the existing relationship between the two institutions.
Grandmother’s case raises question whether NZ should adopt defence of ‘diminished responsibility'
In March this year, a Whanganui grandmother, Lorraine Smith, killed her teenage granddaughter, Kalis.
