Victoria University stories

SAP partners with Victoria University Polytechnic to boost digital skills
Fri, 2nd Jun 2023
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SAP has partnered with Victoria University Polytechnic to deliver a training program that seeks to meet the growing demand for SAP skills in Australia.

Microsoft Azure modernises Victoria University’s systems - others come looking
Wed, 13th Jul 2022
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Since using Microsoft Azure, after collaboration with Adaptiv and Fusion5, Victoria University has increased local and overseas enrolments and simplified its online platform.

Govt funds research into solar tsunamis, decolonising algorithms and more
Mon, 14th Sep 2020
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With $187 million in grants going to research across Aotearoa New Zealand, we look at a few of the tech-related projects that have been given funding.

Victoria University to launch digital services micro course
Fri, 31st Jan 2020
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“This course will give people the tools to understand and improve digital accessibility, whatever sector they’re in.”

Victoria University partners with Cisco to open Cybersecurity Training Centre
Mon, 26th Aug 2019
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The Centre will prepare students to meet the demand for talent in the cybersecurity pipeline through skill development, with technology that is at the forefront of this digital future.

Victoria Uni students speak up for film dubbing
Fri, 1st Mar 2019
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VoiceQ allows students to watch a video, transcribe it, caption it, subtitle it, and dub it.

Booster pledges $10m to Victoria Uni's Viclink startups
Tue, 28th Aug 2018
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Victoria University of Wellington’s Viclink and financial services firm Booster are set to invest $10 million to develop startups.

TechnologyOne picks up 7-year SaaS contract with Victoria University
Wed, 20th Jun 2018
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The two institutions have an existing partnership spanning 20 years.

Victoria University of Wellington takes cybersecurity message to Samoa
Thu, 3rd May 2018
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Staff from Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Engineering and Computer Science are currently in Samoa to spread cybersecurity awareness.

SAP & Victoria Uni open Next-Gen Lab to bridge tech skills gap
Mon, 16th Apr 2018
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The collaboration between SAP and Victoria University (VU) aims to connect students with industry for the next generation of digital expertise.

Amazon Web Services partners with Kiwi uni to empower ICT graduates
Wed, 15th Nov 2017
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“Partnering with AWS allows our students to work to their full potential using a suite of tools that make what they can create virtually limitless."

Digital media mastermind joins Victoria University VR research team
Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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"He has been conducting pioneering virtual and augmented reality research, just last week he received $1 million..."

Victoria University incubator receives Govt’s Entrepreneurial Universities funding
Fri, 22nd Sep 2017
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CMIC will incubate potential startups and industry pipelines to strengthen New Zealand’s computing and media ecosystem.

Victoria Uni students win trip to China for Huawei's ICT training course
Mon, 14th Aug 2017
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"They’ll also experience Chinese history, culture and language, and get to visit historical landmarks."

Wellington students win MYOB IT Challenge with virtual assistant app
Tue, 11th Jul 2017
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The Victoria Uni team’s Mind Me app an application that allows users of cloud-based accounting software to interact with a virtual assistant.

Virtual field trip: Victoria University goes to Antarctica
Wed, 11th Jan 2017
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“It’s not easy to take students to Antarctica, but by filming the lectures on the ice, we can introduce students to this incredible continent."

Victoria Uni lecturer creates bot to investigate creativity
Tue, 22nd Nov 2016
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“A lot will happen in this space in the next five to ten years, and now is the right time to progress."

Vic Uni spin-out gets $450k from big NZ innovation investor
Tue, 1st Nov 2016
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EdPotential will deliver software-as-a-service products based on advanced algorithms and data analysis capability through cloud services.

Victoria University joins edX platform to take online learning global
Thu, 29th Sep 2016
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online learning
Victoria University is about to take higher education around the globe in partnership with the world's top academic institutions.

Digital disruption: Exploring Wellington's fast-growing digital industry
Thu, 15th Sep 2016
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“The work environment is changing. Occupations are changing, there are new sectors emerging. There's a focus on fast development and fast turnaround."

New chief for Victoria Uni cybersecurity partner
Tue, 13th Sep 2016
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“As the use of technology accelerates, the need for qualified, capable cybersecurity professionals has never been clearer."

It's crunch time: NZ faces 'critical point' in data governance
Tue, 13th Sep 2016
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"We need to think very carefully how we’re going to govern multiple information flows. We have no choice but to face challenges and provide control."

Victoria University & LINQ accelerate ICT grad students' learning
Tue, 9th Aug 2016
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education
"LINQ will accelerate students’ learning process, giving them access to a powerful and intuitive way to model information."

Victoria University taking charge of innovation by offering free tech IP
Mon, 8th Aug 2016
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Victoria University hopes to bring together industry and open source technology to increase local innovations, through the Easy Access IP programme.