Read news items from our 2017 archives.
Staff and students of past and present gathered together last week to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Language Learning Centre (LLC) and its outstanding contribution to language learning and teaching at Victoria.
Research by a Victoria University of Wellington student is homing in on grammar in Shakespeare’s plays to study language change in his era.
Master of Fine Arts (Creative Practice) student and aspiring filmmaker Jessica Hill credits Victoria University with her recent success in The Rookies—the international awards for young designers, creators, innovators and artists.
The future of the United States’ and China’s impact on the Asia-Pacific region will be debated at a one-day symposium hosted by Victoria University of Wellington’s Centre for Strategic Studies and the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, based at Victoria.
Poets and scholars from New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Canada and the US came together at Victoria University of Wellington earlier this month for a conference exploring the space where poetry intersects with essay.
Victoria University of Wellington’s eleventh New Zealand Post-Election Conference boasts an impressive programme featuring party leaders, experts and political commentators, who will gather at Parliament for a day-long conversation about the 2017 general election.
Dr James McKinnon, senior lecturer and director of Victoria University of Wellington’s Theatre programme, has won a 2017 national Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award recognising his commitment to innovative and holistic teaching.
A Victoria University of Wellington academic has been awarded nearly $100,000 in funding to research the effectiveness of music therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Is New Zealand a butcher shop or a milking shed? Do Kiwis live on the sheep’s back with a glass of sauvignon blanc? These and other questions will be addressed when Victoria University of Wellington hosts a series of lively public discussions exploring primary products’ place in the national imagination and how they define us as New Zealanders.
Dr Nikki Hessell, senior lecturer in the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies is a co-winner of the 2017 North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR) Pedagogy Award at the annual conference in Ottawa.
