VUW Spatial Excellence

Of the six possible undergraduate and postgraduate finalists in the New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards (http://www.nzspatialawards.org.nz/).  VUW has picked up 4 finalists!

Michelle Boodee and Jonathan Ball have been shortlisted for the Student of the Year (undergraduate) while Andrew Clouston and James Richardson were shortlisted for the Student of the Year (postgraduate).

Of these four excellent finalists, three are closely involved in the MGIS.  Michelle is about to enter her first year of the MGIS programme, Jonathan has just finished his first year and Andrew has just submitted his Master's thesis.

Congrats!

Women in leadership at VUW

At the opening of Victoria university's women in leadership day. Great attendance. 

While women are increasingly filling a reasonable proportion of academic roles, the number at more senior Ievels is low. Interested in finding out how VUW are looking at this. 

The hexagons of accessibility

A beautiful geovisualization of accessibility and other transport related variables of UK cities.

http://luminocity3d.org/Transport.html#rail_network_&_activity_density_2011/10/51.5527/-0.3646