Massey staff are highly accomplished and recognised writers, artists and scholars. Find out more about our internationally recognised English, writing and theatre research.
As an actress wanting to study, Massey University’s distance programme was the obvious choice.
Antonia Prebble
Actress
Bachelor of Arts (English)
Poetry is like fiction – it can be close to the truth, but it is a piece of art.
Janet Newman
Farmer
Master of Creative Writing
I chose to study a BA in English and Media Studies because I knew these were skills I wanted to develop. I had always wanted to be a writer.
Jessica Pawley
Author
Bachelor of Arts (English and Media Studies)
Between my first writing course at Massey and finishing my master’s, I’ve published novels, short stories, non-fiction and poetry.
Jillian Sullivan
Author
Master of Creative Writing
My thesis included the play I wrote, Trans Tasmin. Subsequently, a professional theatre company has shown interest in the script.
Robert Gilbert
Playwright
Master of Arts (English)
I finished the course with a feeling of real accomplishment.
Sue Wootton
Author
Master of Creative Writing
I gained a lot of transferable skills in the Bachelor of Communication at Massey that have helped me perform in my career.
Whitney Nuku
Communications and Engagement Advisor, ACC
Bachelor of Communication (Media and Expressive Arts)
This award is a memorial to Margaret Richards, a member of the University staff from 1960 to 1975. The bursary provides financial support to students who are enrolled in a course of undergraduate or postgraduate study in English at Massey University.
This award is from a bequest to Massey University by Dr William Broughton, who was an academic staff member in the then Department of English from 1963 to 2004. The Bursary provides financial support to students who take a course in New Zealand literary studies as part of a programme of undergraduate or postgraduate study in English or expressive arts.
The R.G. Frean Prize in English is awarded to students who have produced excellent critical, expository, or creative writing for undergraduate courses in English (with the prefix 139) or expressive arts. If you have received an A+ or A grade for an essay or a piece of creative writing in one of these courses, you should consider applying. Note that the application deadline is 31 March for work produced in the previous academic year.
This award is for the student who receives the highest grades in 200-level English courses in one academic year. No application is required. The winner receives $150 in book vouchers from Bennetts University Bookshop.
Prizes are awarded to students in the School of English and Media Studies who have produced the best work in English each year.
For more scholarships, please search Massey's scholarships database.