Bridging the divide between two worlds
A new feature-length documentary by Victoria University of Wellington film studies senior lecturer Dr Paul Wolffram will have its world premiere at the 2017 New Zealand International Film Festival.
2017 news
Read news items from our 2017 archives.
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FHSS Research Showcase a success
The inaugural Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) Research Showcase was held on 18 July to celebrate the diversity and quality of research across the Faculty. Many of the subject areas in FHSS are ranked number one for research quality in the New Zealand university sector and the Faculty is ranked among the top 100 in the world.
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First-year Pasifika students to get lessons in University life
Victoria University of Wellington is for the first time, running a free academic camp to help prepare newly-enrolled first-year Pasifika students for university life.
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Celebrating twenty years of Deaf Studies at Victoria University
Victoria University’s New Zealand Sign Language Studies (NZSL) programme is celebrating two decades of helping to make more New Zealanders understood.
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China fellowship for NZSM Director
Director of the New Zealand School of Music–Te Kōkī (NZSM), Professor Sally Jane Norman, has been awarded a 2018 Visiting Fellowship by the New Zealand Centre at Peking University.
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China, New Zealand and a team approach to the Pacific
A better understanding of the Pacific, and New Zealand’s place in it, is emerging, writes Victoria University's China expert Dr Jason Young
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Classics professors take on Europe
For the past three months, Senior Lecturer Diana Burton and Professor Jeff Tatum have been Visiting Fellows at the Institute for Classical Studies at the University of London.
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Collaborative approach earns best lecturer award for Lorena Gibson
Anthropology Lecturer Dr Lorena Gibson has taken out Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association (VUWSA) Best lecturer of the Year for her outstanding contribution to the student experience.
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Discovering the best of both worlds
Being Deaf, and being a predominantly oral communicator, Victoria University of Wellington graduand Gabriel Callaghan used to feel isolated from the Deaf community—until his studies at Victoria gave him the confidence and support to better understand his identity.
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Distinguished New Zealand author and artist to receive honorary doctorate
Prolific writer and artist Gregory O’Brien will receive an honorary doctorate at a Victoria University of Wellington graduation ceremony in May.