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Driving sustainability: University students and Hamilton manufacturer tackle eco-challenges

A group of University of Waikato students are helping solve sustainability challenges for the largest…

17 March 2023

Oceanography researcher recognised for making waves around the world

With a sea captain for a grandfather and childhood summers spent around the sea, it’s…

16 March 2023

The challenge and opportunity of a generation

The destruction of Cyclone Gabrielle is another reminder that ‘business as usual’ and incremental change…

14 March 2023

Scholarship enables inaugural recipient to contribute to the redevelopment of Tauranga City

University of Waikato first-year Bachelor of Engineering student Nathan Bailey is the inaugural recipient of…

13 March 2023

Embracing equity in Waikato on International Women’s Day - and every day

As a University that is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, International Women’s Day, held…

8 March 2023

Saving lives: Psychology programmes celebrate 50 years

More than 85 people gathered to celebrate the University of Waikato’s School of Psychology on…

8 March 2023

Three golds for cyclist Ally Wollaston

University of Waikato law student and Hillary Scholar Ally Wollaston has returned to New Zealand…

7 March 2023

Waikato alumnus awarded prestigious University Medal.

The University of Waikato has awarded its prestigious University of Waikato Medal to alumnus Rob…

7 March 2023

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The Black Sea drone incident highlights the loose rules around avoiding ‘accidental’ war

The extraordinary footage of a Russian jet intercepting a US drone over the Black Sea earlier this week demonstrates just…

Will the decline of Surveillance Capitalism herald a new era of Human Enhancement Capitalism?

Are the easy profits of the surveillance capitalists a thing of the past? “Surveillance Capitalism”, as defined by the Harvard…

ChatGPT and cheating: 5 ways to change how students are graded

Universities and schools have entered a new phase in how they need to address academic integrity as our society navigates…