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Auckland Hosts World Gathering Of Anthropologists
Thursday, 27 November 2008
More than 400 anthropologists from around the world will gather at The University of Auckland in December as the Department of Anthropology hosts the largest anthropology conference to date in the southern hemisphere.
NZ Educated Designers in Top International Roles
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Former Assistant Designer for Porsche, Professor Simon Fraser, writes about educating New Zealand’s next generation of international designers. I recently returned from a trip to the United States where I visited world-class companies such as Apple and Nike, design schools such as the California College of the Arts and arguably the world’s top design consultancy, IDEO, in San Francisco. What – beyond their commitment to design or their obvious status as leaders in their respective fields – was my reason for visiting these organisations? To visit world-class New Zealanders, all operating as industrial designers in key positions within these organisations. One has to ask, how did they get into these positions of influence?
Chinese delegation checks out Massey’s food tech facilities
Saturday, 22 November 2008
Massey University's reputation as a leader and innovator in food technology education prompted a Chinese delegation of business leaders from the Beijing region to check out facilities and teaching programmes at the Albany campus recently.
Researchers and Business Working Together in NZ
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Commercialisation of university research is currently generating a billion dollars for the New Zealand economy through the market capitalisation of spin-out companies.
NZ Design Student Chosen for International Honour
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Design student Josh Wallace has earned a place at the world’s largest student design conference. Josh will represent UCOL’s Whanganui School of Design at the 2009 AGIdeas conference in Melbourne in May 2009. He will be one of an international group of student committee members, from selected, high achieving design schools around the world.