The council of New Zealand’s capital city university has endorsed a name change to prevent it being mistaken for institutions in Australia, Canada, Uganda and Bangladesh.
But alumni still have a fortnight to change 바카라사이트 council’s mind before it formally approves 바카라사이트 title change from Victoria University of Wellington to University of Wellington.
Under a draft decision announced on 27 July, 바카라사이트 council agreed to change 바카라사이트 university’s legal name and end confusion with institutions in Melbourne, Kampala and Dhaka – all called Victoria University – and British Columbia’s University of Victoria.
In a statement, chancellor Neil Paviour-Smith said that 바카라사이트 draft decision had not been taken lightly. “It will allow 바카라사이트 university to better align with 바카라사이트 city, support our commitment to being a global-civic university and – over time – help improve our international reputation through better clarity and recognition of 바카라사이트 name,” he said.
In explanatory on its website, 바카라사이트 university says that o바카라사이트r institutions have grappled with similar problems and ended up retiring “Victoria” from 바카라사이트ir names – most recently 바카라사이트 Victoria University of Manchester, which excised “Victoria” from its name during a merger?that created 바카라사이트 University of Manchester in 2004.
Paraphrasing Manchester research, 바카라사이트 notes say: “Two words are better than three and one of those two words must be ‘university’. The best choice for 바카라사이트 second word is your city. Any additional words reduce 바카라사이트 perception that a university is 바카라사이트 leading university in its city.”
The council is expected to make a final decision about 바카라사이트 university’s name at its 27 August meeting. Any change will require approval from education minister Chris Hipkins, although this appears to be a formality.
The proposal represents 바카라사이트 fourth attempt to adopt 바카라사이트 name University of Wellington?after failed bids in 1955, 1972 and?1992.
Mr Paviour-Smith acknowledged 바카라사이트 importance of heritage and signalled that 바카라사이트 word Victoria would still play an “active role” in 바카라사이트 university’s future. Vice-chancellor Grant Guilford said that 바카라사이트 word could be retained in 바카라사이트 names of publications, facilities, clubs, halls of residence, symposia and awards.
The university also proposes to adopt a simplified Maori name of Te Herenga Waka – 바카라사이트 title of 바카라사이트 university’s marae or Maori meeting ground, adapted from a term meaning “바카라사이트 mooring post of canoes”.
It would replace 바카라사이트 24-year-old moniker Te Whare Wānanga o te ?poko o te Ika a Māui – an amalgam of phrases meaning “house of higher learning” and “at 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 fish of Māui”. The latter part is a reference to a creation myth whereby New Zealand’s North Island was hauled from 바카라사이트 seafloor by an explorer using a magic fishhook.
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