the geopolitical risks of declining foreign language learning in Australia and NZ
- Written by Geoffrey Miller, PhD candidate in Politics, University of Otago
As the 2024 academic year begins in Australia and New Zealand, optimism over the state of foreign language learning at universities is in short supply.
Languages have taken a post-pandemic battering. In 2023 alone, New Zealand’s Victoria University of Wellington decided to shut down its Greek, Latin and Italian programmes, while the...





