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Welcome to The University of Waikato's Great Social Experiment

Uncovering what makes students happy


This page has been set up to answer a question often debated. What makes students happy?  And because we don’t believe in guessing, this Great Social Experiment page is dedicated to finding the answer.

We have a result

Over the past few months seven University of Waikato students have been competing to unravel this age old question.  The competition was fierce, especially Cameron, who reigned victorious with 2 challenge wins, but CHRIS forged ahead with an extraordinary 5 wins. Check out their videos below and discover the merits of being a University of Waikato student: there’s so much to do in the area, the social scene is pumping, it doesn't cost a bomb to live in Hamilton and on top of that, you can get an awesome education! What else could you possibly want from a university?

 

If you haven't already, explore the Experiment page to see exactly what we’re on about, check out our on-campus vox-pops to see how happy our students are, and why not take our Happiness Quiz to be a part of the Experiment yourself. (And maybe win an iPod nano too.) Stay tuned.

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Happiness Challenge Videos

Chris' Acceptance Speech Video


Chris is our winning Guinea Pig

Guinea Pig Profiles

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Maria
Maria
Moko
Moko
Chris
Chris
Rochelle
Rochelle
Cameron
Cameron
Chelsea
Chelsea
Hayley
Hayley
 

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Welcome to The University of Waikato’s Great Social Experiment

Uncovering what makes students happy

This page has been set up to help unravel arguably one of the world’s most controversial, often debated, and usually incorrectly concluded of all questions ever asked: What makes university students happy?

And since we, The University of Waikato, don’t believe in guessing about things so much, The Great Social Experiment will let us get the answers to this burning question straight from the source. Seven University of Waikato students have volunteered to take part in the Experiment. In charge of the Experiment is The Professor, our visiting scholar, specialising in the Sciences of Well Being. He’ll ask our students questions and set weekly video challenges to gather data on their views on happiness. And for your own dose of happy, you can watch it all unfold here and even take part yourself.
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  • Chris’s take on winning $3000 in travel vouchers…

    News flash! Our uber-talented Chris has made contact from over the water in true video-style! He wanted to express his excitement over winning and tell you a little about how he plans to spend his prize of $3000 in Air New Zealand travel vouchers. Check it out in the Happiness Challenge videos, just over to the left.

    We’ve also added a few vox-pop videos of ‘Yours Truly’ doing a bit of investigative reporting on campus, delving into and uncovering the mystery of what makes University of Waikato students so amazingly happy. You’ll find them in our Video Box section. Enjoy!

    Happy days,

    The Professor

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  • Nothing’s better than our ‘Best of Waikato University’ video…

    Good day, friends. And what a marvelous one it has become already. Mainly due to the bout of self-inflicted déjà vu I’ve just experienced from watching the ‘Best of Waikato University’ video we’ve put together.

    It’s a lovely collection of footage from the Challenge videos our dear Guinea Pigs submitted over the past few months. And guess what? It’s now ready for you to watch so you can re-live all of those magical University of Waikato moments near and dear to all our hearts. I’m still so proud at what a fine job our Guinea Pigs have done in representing The University.

    Anyway, grab yourself a cool summer drink, turn up the volume and live the life and times of our Guinea Pigs once again.

    Then, may I recommend you get your application to enrol in to the fine people at The University of Waikato – there’s no time like the present and no better way to experience for yourselves the joys of Waikato as shown to us by this video!

    See you later,

    The Professor

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  • Chris trumps all other Guinea Pigs to become our Supreme Challenge winner

    Words simply cannot describe how I felt at 9pm, Sunday night. Although, ‘thrilled’ is one that comes to mind as Cameron leaped ahead as our final, Challenge Seven winner. Bravo, dear boy!

    Then, just after my excitement subsided, a feeling of awe washed over me as I thought about what an amazing job Chris has done over this stage of the Experiment, winning 5 of the 7 video Challenges. Clever boy. Which also means that (drum roll please)… CHRIS IS OUR OVERALL, GRAND, SUPREME WINNER!

    CONGRATULATIONS CHRIS!!

    Thanks also to Chris for both entertaining and educating us on the happiest aspects of the University of Waikato.

    May I also just say how very very proud I am of all of my Guinea Pigs! Moko, Hayley, Maria, Chelsea, Cameron, Rochelle and Chris, your contribution to the Great Social Experiment has changed the face of the study of Well Being forever.

    Many thanks to each of you, and please look me up for a nice, hot cup of tea if you ever make it Hogsthorpe way. (Especially you Chris, since you now have $3,000 in Air New Zealand travel vouchers.)

    Cheerio my friends

    The Professor

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  • Jess Hooker-Davis
    Jess Hooker-Davis

    will be down on the village green selling student card's all of o week come down and check it out

    71 weeks ago
  • GEtapermseriusly Geta Perm
    luv GEtapermseriusly Geta Perm

    I USE 2 HAV A IPOD NANO

    BUT MY FREN STOLE IT OUT MY SKOOL BAG AND TOOK IT HOME

    I WISHED I HAD DAT IPOD BAK BUT IT JUST WONT SO I HOPE MY LUK HAS CHANGED AND I MIGHT GET IT BACK.

    ON DA FEB.


    PLEZ GOD MAKE ME WIN DAT IPOD BAK I BEG U
    PLEZ

    GOD BLEZ

    78 weeks ago
  • Tovah Rachelle Reed
    Tovah Rachelle Reed

    haha fuck wish i new about this, it looks lyk so much fun!
    u go chris... thats pretty much the only person i know from thea sorry others haha.

    78 weeks ago
  • Jamie
    Jamie

    can i get a Woo Woo

    78 weeks ago
  • Sex-Slave By Night. 78 weeks ago
  • Mulitalo
    Mulitalo

    Top stuff Chris

    78 weeks ago
  • Peter H

    Awesome , Waikato is the PLACE!

    80 weeks ago
  • Ilybilly 80 weeks ago
  • KIwi Juicex
    KIwi Juicex

    ben it lucy hi

    80 weeks ago
  • D.J RiiNy
    D.J RiiNy

    Hae Guyz!!! Mean Maori mint hurd dat dea waz sum mint Fellahz up thur in dah y-kato..you know holah??? lolz nah yea shout owt 2 mah gurl Rain who b goin 2 H-twn Uni!!! Guyz jst ask hur for mah numba!!! lolz mint idea botu dah experiment buy dah wae!!! Keep it up!!! peace im owt!!

    *Girl Clash*

    81 weeks ago
  • Reuben Davis
    Reuben Davis

    random?

    81 weeks ago
  • Name
    Name

    wtf?

    82 weeks ago
  • Elaina Shepherd
    Elaina Shepherd

    Yeya chris!!!! shot man your videos were meeean!!!!!

    82 weeks ago
  • Sarah Williams
    Sarah Williams

    Yeah Chris, we all knew you would win!!! And thankyou professor, my mum screamed when she found out her son had won, as he is giving her the vouchers and sending her to see her sister in London, she loves ya for that :)

    And i just have to say.....

    Yeah suck on that CAM!!!!

    82 weeks ago
  • Guineapig Chris
    Guineapig Chris

    Oh myyyy goshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I cant believe it! ya yaaaa! Thanks so much for voting every1!!! My mum will be stoked as im sending her to Europe with the Air vouchers I will now be getting!!!! Oh man i cant control my self im off to dance and shout!!! thanks again!

    82 weeks ago
  • Court Case
    Court Case

    VOTE FOR . . CHELSEA . !

    82 weeks ago
  • FacebookMe
    FacebookMe

    Oi, that cameron dude, his t-shirts are hot!
    That black one is rocking man!

    83 weeks ago
  • Chemicalism
    luv Chemicalism

    thank you for my new iPod professor!!!!!!

    I LOVE YOU!!!

    83 weeks ago
  • 6mg-the-smarties
    6mg-the-smarties

    hi ?? im random

    83 weeks ago
  • Cameron
    luv Cameron

    BUY MY TEEES!!!!!

    Pleeeezzzz

    83 weeks ago