MasseyAuckland • Palmerston North • Wellington • Extramural News26 Hui-tanguru February 2007 Issue 1 Kura Kaupapa code-crackers Page 9 Prime Minister Helen Clark toured the new Student Centre in Palmerston North after officially opening it last week. She’s pictured with MUSA president Paul Falloon and MUSA Events Coordinator Clare Lees. Prime Minister opens student centre as Orientation kicks off About 200 guests, students, staff and alumni attended the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Palmerston North) Professor Ian Psychology opens doors official opening of the new $10.5 million Student Centre on Warrington said the building represented a strengthening to local community Million dollar smiles: Dr Mark Goellner, Professor Tony Parker, Professor Duncan Joiner, Associate Professor Anders Warell, the Palmerston North campus last Thursday. of he relationship between the University and the students’ Page 11 Professor Claire Massey, Rodney Adank, and Lyn Garrett. Prime Minister Helen Clark unveiled a plaque after association. congratulating the University and its students’ association With Orientation underway, MUSA president Paul Falloon said Multi-million dollar boost for education for their commitment to providing quality facilities for he was delighted that the association, the Extramural Students students and staff. Society, Manawatahi (the Mäori students’ association), the “All of us that have had the privilege of a university student newspaper CHAFF and the student station Radio Control and research projects education know that the university experience is so much were now all together in one building – “a part of the campus Research and education projects run or led by Massey competitiveness through focusing on design for more,” she said. “It’s a time for exploring ideas – and not heart”. staff have been the recipients of several million dollars desirability. just in the lecture theatre.” worth of Government funding already this year. A team headed by Professor Bob Hodgson has She recalled her time as a student at the University of A project focusing on desirable design has been been granted $164,132 to develop well-qualified Auckland from 1968, the same year the original Massey awarded a $1 million grant for a two-year project that ICT professionals. Student Centre opened, when student demonstrations Mäori Television’s rising will see the University collaborate with manufacturers This project will identify the knowledge and rocked Europe and the United States. rugby stars such as Navman, Macpac, Gallagher Group and Tait skills gaps of people who work in engineering In New Zealand students were involved in opposing the Page 15 Electronics. and computer science-related roles, but lack Vietnam war and Helen Clark said she joined the student It is one of two projects funded through the Tertiary formal graduate qualifications. It aims to design executive of the Halt All Racist Tours organisation when it Education Commission’s Growth and Innovation Pilot a qualification that will bring their skills up to was formed in 1970. Initiatives. graduate level. “I look back on student years as incredibly stimulating.” Director of Affect, the Centre for Affective Design at The University will lead three of the 11 tertiary She noted the original centre was built for a student the University’s Wellington campus, Dr Anders Warell education projects to receive $9.7 million population on campus of 3000, which has now grown to says the grant will improve capability in research, Government Innovation and Development about 8000. teaching and consultancy to industry. Funding in the latest round. “It goes without saying that quality support centres like “It provides us with new options to engage with They are: this underpin quality education.” industry and make our industrial design programmes • Establishment of an inter-university Mäori Vice-Chancellor Professor Judith Kinnear described more relevant. We aim to integrate affective design academic network to be led by Professor Mason the centre as a key part of what was now the heart of the concepts into industry’s mindset and processes.” Durie. campus. PM opens new student Affective design is about tailoring products that • Creation of a New Zealand synchrotron support “The centre is a welcoming oasis for Massey students in The Prime Minister unveils a commemorative plaque. centre people bond with emotionally, such as the iPod or programme led by Professor Geoff Jameson. Palmerston North and, every time I go in there, for Massey Page 20 VW Beetle. • Co-ordination and implementation of e-learning staff.” The project aims at boosting New Zealand guidelines across the tertiary sector led by http://news.massey.ac.nz manufacturers and designers international Gordon Sudddaby. http://news.massey.ac.nz © Massey University 2007 Continues page 2 141 19 2 Massey News - 26 Hui-tanguru 2007 - Issue 1 Issue - 2007 Hui-tanguru 26 - News Massey - 26 February 2007 - Issue 1 1 Issue - 2007 February 26 - News Massey Massey News Design project boosts competitiveness Vijit crossword number 88 Crossword 1 Massey News from page 1 26 Hui-tanguru, Feb 2007 - Issue 1 26 Hui-tanguru, Feb 2007 - Issue 1 The synchrotron support million Australian Synchrotron including the New Zealand 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 For the latest news from Massey, or programme will get $500,000 facility, to be launched this year Tertiary College. Publisher: Massey University Communications and Marketing to subscribe to an expanding range of and the e-learning project about in Melbourne. Mr Suddaby says the initiative electronic newslatters, visit 8 9 Printed: Massey University Printery http://news.massey.ac.nz $930,000, while funding for the A synchrotron is a huge is innovative and important Next issue: 19 March 2007 Mäori academic network has yet machine about the size of a and, because of its sector-wide 10 to be finalised. football field that creates beams involvement, probably unique in Notices: All notices should be sent to [email protected] by Monday prior Professor Durie, the University’s of extremely intense light a million international education terms. It 11 12 13 14 15 to publication. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Mäori) times brighter than the sun. These would build on earlier work, also Event notices should be submitted to says academic leadership is are channelled into workstations led by Massey. 16 17 18 19 the web - http://events.massey.ac.nz under pressure due to demand by and can be used simultaneously “The project provides a and classifieds to government agencies and other in areas of science including mechanism for introducing, http://ads.massey.ac.nz (please note 20 21 that classified advertisements are a organisations for qualified Mäori structural biology, nano-materials developing, trialling, evaluating, Inside: service for University staff. These are staff. research, soil science, and and sharing exemplars of e- 22 not published in the print edition of New students get going He says universities are medical imaging in the veterinary Learning guidelines developed in Massey News. Page 4 finding it hard to replace senior school. the New Zealand context.” 23 24 Advertising: All classified Mäori staff in leadership roles, “It will transform basic science Also this year Dr Aaron advertisements, including New Year honours despite increasing numbers of and applied science as well,” Marshall, a researcher in the 25 Page 6 accommodation, are now available Mäori obtaining degrees and Professor Jameson says. “With Institute of Technology and online at http://ads.massey.ac.nz Tracing the origins of the kumara other tertiary qualifications any process which needs light, Engineering , has been awarded 26 27 For paid advertisement enquiries, Page 8 partly because the pay rates for the synchrotron will do it better $260,000 post-doctoral fellowship contact the editor. academics cannot match either – from hard X-ray light through to by the Foundation for Research, 28 29 30 31 New Head for Mäori research unit Circulation: Please advise David Page 9 the private or public sector. infrared.” Science and Technology. 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