Sustainable VU: news stories

Find the latest media related to protecting Country and the Sustainable Development Goals at Victoria University.

VU & Our Watch join to prevent gender-based violence

7 November 2022

VU and Our Watch collaborate on a five-year strategic plan to tackle gender-based violence.

The lived experiences of women leaders with disability driving change in sport

4 November 2022

Drawing on their personal and professional experiences the women leaders will educate on how best to embed inclusive practices and programs to attract and retain people with disability as players and leaders.

Western Health Alliance shortlisted in AFR awards

4 November 2022

Victoria University’s (VU) partnership with Western Health – the major healthcare provider of Melbourne’s west – was named a finalist in the Australian Financial Review’s (AFR) Higher Education Awards 2022.

VU's Victoria Police Diversity recruitment program nominated for top award

3 November 2022

Engagement Australia 2022 Excellence Awards identify and celebrate the most exciting engagement activities undertaken by universities that demonstrate far-reaching impact.

VU receives award for mobile innovation

25 October 2022

Victoria University’s 'VU App' (mobile app) has been named an ABA100 winner for Mobile Innovation.

How two women judges found refuge in Australia

24 October 2022

A large crowd attended a recent Q&A session chaired by Nyadol Nyuon, Director Sir Zelman Cowen Centre.

Research confirms lack of cultural diversity in published literature

13 October 2022

The first ever First Nations and People of Colour (FNPOC) Count examined the representation of First Nations writers and Writers of Colour within Australian literature.

Victoria University builds stronger ties with Western Chances

11 October 2022

Victoria University (VU) and Western Chances have today strengthened a longstanding alliance that will give young people in Melbourne’s West who are facing financial barriers new opportunities to study and succeed.

VU & Western Bulldogs Community Foundation funded by Movember's Scaling What Works

10 October 2022

One of the successful global recipients of Movember's global Scaling What Works Program is Victoria University’s collaboration with the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation (WBCF) Sons of the West program.