News: Global engagement and partnerships
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Double appointment at Waikato a “landmark moment” for New Zealand as a Pacific nation (10 August 2023)
Two new appointments at the University of Waikato, including New Zealand's first Pacific woman to be appointed a Professor in Law, marks a meaningful step towards greater diversity and representation in academia.
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How can we prepare young people to save the world when we haven’t? (16 June 2023)
Young people today are facing a future of complex environmental challenges. But a new framework will ensure our young people are getting the education they’ll need for the world they’ll inherit.
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Waikato opera programme takes young New Zealand talent to the world stage (7 June 2023)
Six young singers are preparing to take the stage at the Sydney Opera House for auditions as part of their university degree.
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Waikato ranks in top 100 of universities globally (2 June 2023)
The University of Waikato has been recognised in the top 100 of educational institutions worldwide in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.
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Sharing better: Connecting policy makers in Wales and New Zealand (30 May 2023)
In the age of zoom and common environmental problems, how can policy makers team up with their counterparts in similar countries to talk through what’s worked for them and what hasn’t?
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Māori Punk to Wales: strengthening international connections (26 May 2023)
A University of Waikato PhD researcher is sharing Māori punk with the world, and strengthening academic connections between New Zealand and Wales in the process.
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University of Waikato’s engineering programme in China recognised as an award-winning collaboration (22 May 2023)
The University of Waikato’s undergraduate cooperative engineering programme at the Hebei University of Science and Technology (HEBUST) has been awarded the title of Exemplary Cooperative Education Programme in the Hebei Province, China.
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Rapid response to protect penguins from bird flu (23 March 2023)
Professor Craig Cary wasn’t planning to spend part of his 2022/23 Antarctic deployment trekking around a penguin colony, collecting poo samples. Fortunately for the penguins, a rapid response to the threat of bird flu resulted in exactly that.
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Bouncing unborn baby research between time zones secret to success (17 March 2023)
Bouncing work back and forth between time zones has allowed research into fetal development to move at a 24hour cycle, thanks to a Marsden grant and dedicated researchers from Aotearoa and England.
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University prepares to say “Velkommen min venner” to Norwegian parliament (1 March 2023)
University of Waikato is preparing to welcome venner, or new friends, from Norway next week. The Standing Committee on Education and Research from the Norwegian Parliament will visit the Hamilton campus on Tuesday, 7 March.