Day of Silence strikes a chord
Victoria University’s queer representative group UniQ recently pulled off the first Day of Silence on campus. Day of Silence is an international youth movement that seeks to bring attention to the...
View ArticleA uni-relevant thing happened in parliament
Tertiary Education, Skills, and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has announced a range of possible amendments to legislation affecting tertiary education. The Education (Tertiary Education and other...
View ArticleChuck some more money on your loan
Victoria University Council have voted to raise domestic student course fees by two per cent in 2017. The motion was passed during last week’s University Council meeting. The university’s driving...
View ArticleProductivity report gets radical
The Productivity Commission (PC) has released a draft report proposing major changes to the tertiary education sector. Recommendations include putting interest back on student loans, as well as a move...
View ArticleA survey that matters
Thursdays in Black and NZUSA have launched their 2016 students’ survey. The purpose of the survey is to understand how sexual harassment and sexual violence manifest in student communities and to...
View ArticleBest so far
2016 has been an interesting year for music. There have been some real highs (read: Blood Orange’s Freetown Sound, David Bowie’s Blackstar, and the much frothed over Frank Ocean return), but there have...
View ArticleGrainger gone
2016 VUWSA Treasurer-Secretary and 2017 Treasurer-elect George Grainger has resigned from the role for 2017. The resignation comes just two weeks after Grainger won the position on next year’s...
View ArticleAunty Helen unsuccessful
Head of the United Nations Development Program Helen Clark has been unsuccessful in her bid to be the next Secretary General of the United Nations (UN). The UN Security Council unanimously voted for...
View ArticleYou can study longer, YAY
Victoria University is in the final stages of approving extended library hours across all three campuses. The current plan is to open all libraries from 8am to 12am, Monday to Friday, and from 10am to...
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