Victoria University Wellington (M? ori: Te Whare W? nanga o Te? poko o Te Ika a M? ui ) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. Founded in 1897 by the Act of Parliament, and is a constituent college of the University of New Zealand.
The University is renowned for its programs in law, the humanities, and several disciplines, and offers a variety of other courses. Entry into all programs in the first year is open, and into the second year in some programs (eg law, criminology, creative writing, architecture, engineering) is limited.
Victoria has the highest average research value in the New Zealand Government Performance Based Research Fund training exercise in 2012, which ranked 4th in 2006 and third in 2003. Victoria has been ranked 229th in the 500 best universities of the World by QS World University Rankings (2018 World University Rankings), 46 increase from 2014 ranking.
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Histori
Victoria was named after Queen Victoria, as 1897 was her 60th anniversary of coronation. Initially there was a dispute about the location of the site, and opened at a temporary facility in Thorndon. Finally it was decided to place it in Kelburn, where it still has a major campus. This decision was influenced by the offer of the Cable Car company from a donation of Ã, Â £ 1,000 if it was in Kelburn so that students would degrade the Cable Train from the city. Some of the Company's investors such as Martin Kennedy are supporters of Seddon, who are unwilling to relinquish land at an alternative Mount Cook Gaol site for university, although the site is widely supported in Wellington.
The foundation stone of the historic Hunter Building was founded in 1904. The original name is Victoria University College, but at the time of the dissolution of New Zealand University in 1961 Victoria or "Vic" became the University of Victoria in Wellington, giving it its own degree.
The extramural branch was established in Palmerston North in 1960. Joined Massey College on January 1, 1963. After becoming a branch of Victoria in 1961 at the University of New Zealand, the combined campus became Massey University on January 1, 1964.
In 2004, Victoria celebrated the 100th anniversary of her first home, the Hunter Building.
Victoria has grown beyond its original campus in Kelburn, with campuses at Te Aro (Faculty of Architecture and Design), and Pipitea (opposite Parliament, residence of the Law School and Victoria Business School). Victoria also hosts the Ferrier Research Institute and Robinson Research Institute in Lower Hutt, Coastal Ecology Laboratory at Island Bay and Miramar Creative Center, at Park Rd, Miramar.
In 2015, Victoria opens a new campus in Auckland to serve the ever increasing demand for its courses and expertise.
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General information
The main campus is in Kelburn, a suburb on a hill overlooking Wellington's business center, where the administration and humanities & amp; social science and science faculty are based. The faculty of law and commerce and administration is on the Pipitea Campus, near the Houses of Parliament, which consists of Rutherford House, the restored Old Government Building, and the West Wing of Wellington Railway Station. The smaller campus at Te Aro is a base for architecture and design schools. The latest facility, Coastal Ecology Laboratory of the University of Victoria supports marine biology and coastal ecology research programs on Wellington's bumpy south coast.
The day-to-day administration is in the hands of the University Board, consisting of 20 persons: four elected by the Convocation Court, three elected by academic staff, one elected by the general staff, two appointed by the student union executive, four appointed by the Ministry of Education, The Council itself, and the Vice-Chancellor. The Convocation Court consists of all graduates who choose to participate. Charles Wilson, at that time the librarian of the parliamentary library head, was a member of the original council and chairman for two years.
For New Zealanders getting into most open programs, with a few exceptions. Performance Music requires an audition. There is a selection to go into the second year in degrees like LLB, BArch and BDes. BA in criminology and creative writing is also based on selection.
It is one of only three institutions (Auckland University and other Unitecs) to offer degrees in architecture in New Zealand.
In conjunction with Massey University, he has a New Zealand Music School.
Symbol
Blazon for weapons is : The vert on the fesse is engraved between the three Crown Or, a Canton Azure filled with four Estoilles Argent.
What this means : The shield color is first described. Vert is green so the shield is green. A fess is a horizontal line in the shield and engraved means the edges are wavy. The fess is between three crowns and or means gold so gold crowns. Conventionally with three two objects placed above and one below, in this case, fess. The Canton is a square and blue blue so the blue box is placed over the monument. A estoille is a star and argent is silver so there are four silver stars in the canton. It should represent the Southern Cross.
Crest : The top sits on a shield and consists of a crown in which the lion seated rampant (facing left) holding the staff of the fly banners with the Saint George cross.
Supporters : This is the lion and figure M? ori.
Motto : "Sapientia magis auro desideranda" which can be translated as "Wisdom is more desirable than gold".
Modern depictions : Symbols have been redesigned as company logos and are only denoted monotonously and are usually green. The symbols and scrolls with the slogans have disappeared and the remaining ones have been patterned and not traditionally depicted.
Library
The library was founded in 1899. The collection is spread in four locations: Kelburn Library, Law Library, Library of Architecture and Design, and Commercial Library. The library also has a collection of digital resources and acquired full text material online. In addition to electronic resources, printed books and journals, the Library also obtains work in microform, sound recording, video and other media consistent with the needs of the University's academic programs.
The library stores about 1.3 million printed volumes. It provides access to 70,000 periodic print and electronic titles and 200,000 e-books. This is the official Depository Library (DL-296) of the United Nations System (DEPOLIB), one of only three in the country. J.C Beaglehole Room is the official repository of all archives and script material, and provides supervised research services for Rare Books, for delicate or fragile printed materials, and for copies of the latest 'University' publications.
The New Zealand Electronic Text Center (NZETC) is a digital library of significant New Zealand and Pacific Islands text and material, and is structured in accordance with the Congress classification system library. The library has two online repositories: ResearchArchive is an open research repository, which makes university research available for free online and RestrictedArchive, which is a private research university warehouse and is accessible only to the staff and students of the University of Victoria.
Between April 2003 and February 2010, the library was home to two famous locals, Tessa Brown and Sandy Rankine, a pair of cat libraries.
Faculty
Faculty are:
- Faculty of Architecture and Design
- Victoria Business School
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Graduate Research
- Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Science
- Toihuarewa - separate pan-University faculty equivalent
Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law is located in the old Government Building restored at the center of the country's law-making area, near Parliament, the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, as well as the District and High Court Courts. The Faculty is ranked 19th in the world at QS World University Rankings 2013 and leads New Zealand law faculty for research in the Evaluation of the latest Performance Based Research Fund.
It offers an LLB degree (including Honors) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Law (CertLaw), a Diploma in Law (DipLaw) and a Magister of Law (LLM) as well as a Doctorate in Philosophy of Law (PhD). The Law Student Association 'organizes social events as well as competitions, annual Law Revue and public addresses. Many eminent judges, MPs and New Zealanders are alumni of the Faculty. In 2013, the Faculty has 1781 registered law students. The dean is Dr. Mark Hickford.
Research center and institute
Victoria has more than 40 research centers and institutes, including
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
- Robinson Research Institute
- Malaghan Medical Research Institute
- Victoria University's Coastal Ecology Laboratory
- New Zealand Strategic Study Center
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Adam Art Gallery
- New Zealand Electronic Text Center
- Antarctic Research Center
To see more, browse the A-Z List of Research Centers and Institutes
Facilities
Association of students and media students
- Victoria University Student Association of Wellington (VUWSA)
- Salient (student magazine)
- The VBC 88.3FM (student radio station)
Halls of residence
Victoria operated
- Boulcott Hall (Used)
- Capital Hall (soldered)
- Joan Stevens Hall (Serving)
- Katharine Jermyn Hall (Used)
- Weir House (Soldering)
- Willis St: Cumberland House (Serving)
- Willis St: Home Education (Independent)
- University Hall (Mandiri)
- University Hall: Wh? nau House (Mandiri)
privately operated
- Te Puni Village (Served & Owned)
- Victoria House (Used)
- Helen Lowry Hall (Used)
- Everton Hall (Mandiri)
- Stafford House (Mandiri)
Controversy
In July, 2016, a member of staff at Victoria Wellington University, Rebekah Proctor was jailed for two years and five months for cheating the university from $ 480,000 - on October 27 Proctor has filed an appeal against his sentence. In October 2016, students protested the cutting of several European languages, including the German language department losing 43% of staff. Also in 2016, Victoria University of Wellington was involved in a dispute with the Tertiary Education Union, when it was found that union members were paid less than non-union members. This led TEU to characterize Vice Chancellor Grant Guildford as an anti-union, and resulted in a one-day strike.
By the end of 2015, academics and students at Victoria University of Wellington speak at the university hosting the Israeli Defense Force forces for public lectures. The opposition to this public lecture arose from the involvement of soldiers in the Operation Protective Edge, which allegedly killed at least 2,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians.
In 2012 a Facebook page related to Victoria University Wellington students, Heard @ Vic , is in the media for many rape comments made. This includes comments such as "You have to rape a paper, man, you can not let your papers rape" and "at least ugly girls are not raped". In response to this, a spokeswoman for Victoria Victoria University said that "student safety is the main focus, and the university has partnered with the Wellington City Police and Council to raise awareness of personal safety".
In 2010 there was widespread criticism from the Victoria University of Wellington that removed the department of Gender Studies. In 2017, minors in Gender Studies are made available.
In 2018 the university management, backed by an unnamed public relations company, initiated a campaign to change the name of the university, removing the word "Victoria" from the title. The university's management has not provided any evidence to support their assertion that the name caused confusion.
Leading academics and staff
Famous Alumni
See also
- Tertiary Education in New Zealand
References
External links
- the Victoria University of Wellington website
- Victoria University Student Association Wellington
- Victoria University Library Wellington
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