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2020 KiwiNet Awards feature two Wellington UniVentures finalists

The finalists for the 2020 KiwiNet Awards have been announced, and two of the twelve finalists were nominated by Wellington…

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Opportunities for entrepreneurial talent

Wellington UniVentures has created a new, shared role for one of Victoria University of Wellington's up-and-coming entrepreneurial academics.

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Help is at hand

A Victoria University of Wellington PhD student and his supervisors are developing a game-changing machine learning protocol that could help…

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First kura for KiVa

KiVa—a bullying prevention programme developed in Finland and introduced into New Zealand by Wellington UniVentures—has welcomed its first Kura Māori…

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Entrepreneurship support efforts critical

With an increasing amount of Victoria University of Wellington research showing strong commercial potential—and with the world’s economies in crisis…

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Winning by design

Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Design recently won third place (the ‘Notable’ award) at the Core77 International Design Awards—one…

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Ensuring NZ access to COVID-19 anti-virals

A group of New Zealand experts led by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s commercialisation office Wellington UniVentures and the…

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Going round in circles for good

Thanks to Wellington UniVentures’ connections, a Victoria University of Wellington research project has been accepted into a nine-month Circular Economy…

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Entrepreneur profile: Dr Brendan Darby

Entrepreneurship in higher education is recognised as a major driver of innovation, enabling academics and students to connect research with…

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Why screen time can be good for you

Academic research is about producing knowledge and solutions for public benefit—and commercialisation is a pathway to getting those ideas out…

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Experience and empathy a crucial combination in new role

A passion for helping people is what gets Rachel Honeychurch—Wellington UniVentures’ recently appointed New Zealand Programme Coordinator—up in the morning.

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Happy landings

A Wellington UniVentures international partnership is helping to prepare some of New Zealand’s most innovative, deep-tech research projects and companies…

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