Columns
Dylan Jarrett

When does Uni Feel like Uni?

When will it hit? When is it gonna feel like I’m in University? Or is this just what it feels like? Sitting in the Library, scratching my head, staring at PDFs about people in foreign places and old people dying and abortion and wondering: Will this hit? Has this hit?

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Columns
Lans McGall

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time is the ultimate guide to understanding the universe—or, in my case, realising just how little I actually understand. It’s like Hawking sat down, took the most complex concepts in physics, and thought, “Let’s see how far I can push this before people’s brains

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Columns
Lauren Anastasi

Blood of Ink

Hardwood floor sparkles with the touchOf past midnightsThat cascadedWood running thick spilled candle waxOxytocin smears rubbed through thick waved carpet Strike bones and crack heartsHave you ever heard of the girl who fell in love with the words?She diedWith smudges under her nails Fail at CPRFlip off your ghostsFucking hated

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Interviews
Nexus Mag

Lectured with Andrea Perry

Nexus talks to Teaching Fellow Andrea Perry who escaped from Victoria University, we assume because Salient is a garbage student magazine (@ us) Film recommendations? Hidden Life, not necessarily my favourite film, but one I really like at the moment. Favourite musicians/bands and why? U2. What’s a cool book you’ve

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Issue 6 / 58
Raffy

TEC: Expect funding cuts or increase your EFTS Quigley: Hold my caviar!

The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) is suggesting that some academic institutions shouldn’t rely on cashing as big a cheque unless the institutions start delivering results. The commission’s annual guidance to institutions said they should not assume their funding would increase or even be maintained next year. “Total funding available for

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Issue 6 / 58
Lauren Anastasi

Holi

The recent Holi celebration held at the Waikato University campus Village Green saw an explosion of colour, dance, and festivities for the holiday. The ‘Festival of Colours’ brought a crowd of people together, who all left covered in evidence of their joy for the day. The celebration signifies the beginning

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Columns
Ruby Tocker

Love Island for Life (Literally)

Are you a struggling influencer? Are you too attractive for dating apps but not attractive enough for Instagram? Are you lonely? If you answered ‘yes’ to all of the above: I have the opportunity for you. It’s time to strip off your dignity and your clothes, add the terms ‘my

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Columns
Joseph Laybourn

A Day In The Life of a 3rd-Year Engineering Student

The lecture theatre is too bright. The lecturer is droning on about some abstract concept, I’m not sure he’s using real words anymore: “orthogonal array” and “Ziegler-Nichol’s tuning”. I didn’t get enough sleep last night; I was up ‘till the wee hours of the morning finishing an assignment, another round

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Features
Toby Brockelbank

Who Teaches the Teacher?

Nexus Editor Toby sat down with Teaching Fellow, Paul Ashman, to discuss his perspective on education. Who taught the teachers that taught teachers how to teach teachers? Aaah, the chicken or the egg in an educational context. For me, Mr Aldridge was my inspiration to teach and now I’m teaching

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