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OIA Reveals $411,000 Cost of Te Hiwa Office Upgrade
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (480+ words) An office move for the Vice-Chancellor and the rest of Te Hiwa cost the university $411,000despite an initial budget of just $267,000." The Vice-Chancellor and the rest of The Hiwa (Victoria University's senior leadership team) have relocated to a refurbished space in…...
Affordable Eats at Kelburn: What Are Students Paying For?
57+ min ago (670+ words) Part three of a three-part opinion series exploring affordable food options on campus at Te Herenga Waka." Ah, Kelburn. Te Herenga Waka's largest, busiest, and'depending on who you ask' most culinarily blessed campus.I'll admit a certain bias: I've never…...
Opinion: Death by a Thousand Canvas Notifications
39+ min ago (1850+ words) For neurodivergent students, Vic's first-week madness is not just admin, but a barrier for learning." Courses are hard enough. But the first few weeks back at university are even worse. New classes, new classrooms, resource layouts, tutorial sign-ups, platforms, schedules,…...
Affordable Eats at Pipitea: What Are Students Paying For?
2+ week, 43+ min ago (483+ words) Part one of a three-part opinion series exploring affordable food options on campus at Te Herenga Waka Pipitea'the quiet campus where law students lock in. But after their third "break" walk around campus, somewhere between readings on tort law and…...
Students Tired of Pill Promotion
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (425+ words) VUWSA has drawn online backlash after advertising N" D"z caffeine pills on its social media for a fourth consecutive year. The promotions on Facebook and Instagram, urged students to "stay ALERT and WIDE AWAKE!, during the academic year but…...
Opinion: The Vending Machine Won’t See You Now
4+ week, 56+ min ago (737+ words) There is something uniquely humiliating about being bested by a machine whose primary intellectual task is to rotate a coil. And yet, across campus, students are losing. Last week, Salient'ran an Instagram poll asking students whether they had ever paid…...
Why Are Mitre 10 Bags Being Handed Out to First-Years?
3+ week, 6+ day ago (759+ words) Every year, first-year students are welcomed to campus with a small rite of passage: the VUWSA O-Week tote bag. Designed and printed specially for the occasion, the cotton "O-Bag" has become something of a collectible'practical, recognisable, and often spotted slung…...
Students Return, But Campus Culture Lags Behind
4+ week, 56+ min ago (1281+ words) It's that time of year again here at Te Herenga Waka, where big promises are made about rebuilding student connection. Lecture theatres are filling up, tutorials are busy again, and the language of a "busy campus" is everywhere." But the…...