Victoria faces defeat as council supports name change

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 ¨C all called Victoria University ¨C 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 ¨C over time ¨C 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 ¨C 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 ¨C 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 W¨¡nanga o te ?poko o te Ika a M¨¡ui ¨C an amalgam of phrases meaning ¡°house of higher learning¡± and ¡°at 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 fish of M¨¡ui¡±. 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.

john.ross@ws-2000.com