Hui Rangahau Graham Nuthall Research Symposium 2025

The Hui Rangahau Graham Nuthall Research Symposium and the Annual Lecture Series is the Faculty of Education’s flagship event, celebrating the life and legacy of Professor Graham Nuthall, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most influential classroom researchers. This annual event showcases our research, inspires new research, supports classroom practice, and ensures that education in Aotearoa remains grounded in deep, evidence-based education. 

Register now to join this free event either in person or via livestream

Event details

Wednesday 19 November 2025

4.00pm – 6.00pm (with the Graham Nuthall Lecture livestreamed via Zoom 5.00pm – 6.00pm) 

Central Lecture Theatres, Ilam Campus, University of Canterbury 

This event is free to attend 

Event timings

From 4pm: Pop-up Research Presentations and Networking

• Refreshments served in the Central Lecture Theatre foyer from 4pm–5pm
• PhD project posters on display throughout the foyer
• Pop-up research presentations run between 4.10pm–5pm:
  • Professor Jayne White: Activating kaitiakitanga in dialogue with young learners in waterscapes over time
  • Dr Tufulasi Taleni: Tautai Pacific Research Project (TPRP): ‘O le talatalaina o le upega lavelave – the untangling of the tangled net’
  • Associate Professor Richard Manning: Ngā Hanganga Matua o te Whakaako Hītori: A Marsden research project exploring the teaching of Māori histories
  • Professor Misty Sato: E ako ana ki te whakaako | Ako: Learning to Teach

5pm – 6pm: The Graham Nuthall Lecture (also livestreamed via Zoom)

This year’s Graham Nuthall Lecture explores how high-quality assessment can drive real improvements in student learning. Since 1999, UC’s Centre for Assessment and Monitoring (CAM) has provided New Zealand primary and secondary schools with evidence-based assessments and surveys grounded in world-leading educational research. CAM’s tools offer schools robust statistical data and comprehensive online feedback, enabling better decision-making, planning, goal setting, and reporting at the student, subject, and school level.

In this lecture, Professor John Everatt (Director of CAM) will introduce CAM’s approach to educational assessment and share how it supports schools to improve outcomes. He will be joined by Darran Roberts, a teacher at Southland Boys’ High School, who will bring the data to life with practical classroom examples of CAM assessments in action. Together, they will explore how schools can use assessment results not only to monitor progress but also to guide teaching and shape the future of education in Aotearoa. 

The session will conclude with a Q&A, giving attendees the chance to engage directly with the presenters. 

Register now to join this free event either in person or via livestream

Why attend?

• Gain fresh, practical ideas you can use in your teaching, research, or policy work
• Hear from Professor John Everatt and a practising teacher using Centre for Assessment and Monitoring (CAM) resources in the Graham Nuthall Lecture
• Explore inspiring pop-up presentations and doctoral research posters
• Connect with educators, researchers, and alumni 
• Join the conversation on the future of education in Aotearoa and beyond