NEWS 101 Faculty News
NEWS 101 News
Graduates interested in creating their own innovative technology start-up companies are invited to apply for Victoria University’s new postgraduate programme, the Master of Advanced Technology Enterprise.
This interdisciplinary, one-year programme launches in January 2013 and applications are now being sought from passionate, creative students from a wide range of backgrounds including science, engineering, design, commerce and law.
Read the rest of this topic (342 words)...WG101 First Year Studio will be cleared and cleaned by contractors starting 9am Tuesday 23rd Oct (immediately after Labour Day)
This is next Tuesday and kicks off a very busy period to get through EOY clean up and to reconfigure studio spaces over November through to January 2013.
Information session to the MDI, Masters Degree in Design Innovation
LT2 Wednesday 3rd October 12:30 till 1:30pm
Come and find out all about the MDI, the courses on offer and the adventure in store.
The last Summer of Tech design event is confirmed now for the 12th of September (next Wednesday) 6:30pm in LT2. It will be Philip Fierlinger from Xero's talk "Design your own future".
Philip has a very interesting design background, and it is definitely worth coming to this talk!
Wellington's coolest creative digital agency will share their insights on August 29th at 6:30pm at LT2, log in & sign up to find out more www.summeroftech.co.nz. This is an event that should not be missed.
This Wednesday's (August 15th) Summer of Tech Lecture is by David ten Have from Ponoko at the usual place (LT2) and starts at the usual time (6:30 onwards) with the usual feed (pizza).
Jared Forbes from Lumen Digital is going to be giving a talk on "Creating Digital Experiences from Public Spaces" next week (Wednesday, August 8th) at LT2 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm as part of the Summer of Tech Design Bootcamp series.
Congratulations to Matthew Betts for leading Questo! - the winning company at last night's Start Up Weekend Wellington. Max O'Brien was also part of the winning team. Questo! is a parent-friendly platform for eucational gaming to encourage engagement and participation in homework outside of school.
First Prize:
- $10,000 worth of advertising on TradeMe
- $1,000 MYOB business services start-up package
- 3 month part-time desk based at Bizdojo
- $500 Cash from Hyperstart (once your company is formed)
- USD 200 voucher for Amazon Web Services
George Davie was part of Mia's Ideas - the runner up team whose business proposition it to buy and sell pre-loved party decor online - a sort of Pinterest meets Ebay and Etsy.
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