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James Robert Flynn FRSNZ (28 April 1934 – 11 December 2020) was an American-born New Zealand moral philosopher [1] and intelligence researcher. Originally from Washington, D.C., and educated at the University of Chicago, Flynn emigrated to Dunedin in 1963, where he taught political studies at the University of Otago.
The scheme was set up in 2002 with the aim "to build networks to connect high-performing researchers in the university system". A 2001 review of university research by TEC had revealed a fragmented research system, which did not encourage collaboration and was based on the number of students enrolled or on a small and short term agreed programme of research, and could not be applied ...
All of the universities, with the exception of AUT, are descended from the former University of New Zealand, a collegiate university that existed from 1870 to 1961. In 2021, universities provided tertiary education to over 182,900 students or 142,720 equivalent full-time students (EFTS).
O-Week – Every year since 1934, the University of Chicago has set time aside before classes begin to provide an introduction to the University for all new students. [ 25 ] Lascivious Costume Ball – This event took place during the 1970–1984 period, and was a student-organized replacement of the Washington Promenade, a formal dance held in ...
DSIR: Making Science Work for New Zealand: Themes from the History of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1926–1992. Wellington [N.Z.]: Victoria University Press. ISBN 0864733542. OCLC 44633299.
The University of New Zealand Act set up the university in 1870. [1] At that time, the system's headquarters was in Christchurch, Canterbury Province. [2]The University of Otago negotiated to keep its title of "university" when it joined the University of New Zealand in 1874, but it agreed to award degrees of the University of New Zealand. [1]
The Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) was a New Zealand tertiary education funding process, assessing the research performance of tertiary education organisations (TEOs) and then funding them on the basis of their performance. [1] The PBRF provided NZ$316 million to support the tertiary sector in 2018/19. [2] The PBRF model had three ...
Allan Bell (born 26 July 1947) is a New Zealand academic and sociolinguistic researcher. He has written extensively on New Zealand English , language style, and media language. He is a founding co-editor of the international quarterly Journal of Sociolinguistics and is known for his theory of audience design .