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2019 news

  • Portrait of Liz made from the pictures of her colleagues.

    Obituary: Liz Wood

    Liz Wood, longstanding colleague and friend of the former College and current Faculty of Education, passed away peacefully on 27 August 2019.

  • Autism clinic – two women and a young child look at a clipboard.

    The Victoria University Wellington Autism Clinic web page is up and running

    The Autism Clinic was established together with the Autism Intervention Trust to develop and evaluate best practice early interventions for young children with autism in New Zealand. It is led by Dr Hannah Waddington, and the team includes staff and students from the School of Education.Autism Clinic Web site

  • Areej Arif stands outside by a palm tree.

    Intern pyschologist to share insights on post-Christchurch support

    It was a ‘natural response’ for Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Psychology Practice student Areej Arif to travel to Christchurch after the 15 March attacks to offer support and psychological first aid to her Muslim community. Along with her colleagues, she has now been invited to share her experiences of providing that support at the annual New Zealand Psychologists Society (NZPsS) conference (28–30 August).

  • Chantel Slade wears a graduation gown and hat, while standing by water with Wellington in the background.

    From Hunter to Harvard: BA graduate wins full Ivy League Scholarship

    BA graduate Chantel Slade is off to Harvard in August, having been awarded the Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship. Chantel will be starting her Master’s in Human Development and Psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), with her tuition, health insurance, and living costs fully funded by the Fellowship.

  • Brian Thompson

    Obituary: Dr Brian Thompson

    Longstanding colleague and friend of the Faculty of Education, Dr Brian Thompson, died peacefully on 22 June 2019, aged 81 years.

  • Max Christie smiles whole heartedly in a wooded area.

    Love for play spurs drive for change

    Faculty of Education graduate speaker Max Christie loves his work as an early childhood teacher, especially because it means he gets to spend his days playing. Motivated in part by seeing the work his parents were doing as owners of Childspace Early Childhood Centres in Wellington, Max considered a career in early childhood education a great path to follow.

  • Globe at night – an image of 6 post-it notes with text describing the globe at night.

    Research boosts citizen science in the classroom

    A new suite of resources to help school-aged students learn about science through participating in online citizen science projects is the result of a Victoria University of Wellington research project.

  • NCEA – students write in notebooks at their desks.

    NCEA changes must dig deep

    Dr Michael Johnston, Associate Dean (Academic) in Victoria University of Wellington's Faculty of Education, welcomes the potential for profound educational improvements presented by new NCEA reforms.

  • A robot stands in front of a blackboard with equations and shapes displayed on it.

    The robot that rocks the cradle rules the world

    It’s your five-year-old’s first day at school and come 3pm they are at the gate excitedly reeling off names: their teacher, the friends they’ve made, the other children in their class ... and then one of the most important names of all, one that will be with them right through to the end of Year 13: that of their new personal digital educator.