Learning Development and Success: Te Tari Āwhina can advise you on any aspect of your academic work. This page lists the services we provide.
We provide advice on all aspects of academic study
Consult our staff about any aspect of your academic work:
- Reading
- Writing essays and assignments
- Taking notes
- Giving oral presentations
- Interpreting feedback and comments
- Understanding the culture and expectations of academic study
We help students of all abilities
We see students at any stage of their programme, from first year to PhD, and with every kind of mark, from F to A. If you would like to improve your work, come and see us.
Services we offer
- About Learning Development and Success: Te Tari Āwhina
Find out who we are, what we offer to AUT students and staff and access our annual reports.
- Our services
You can access our services in a number of ways including drop-in centres, individual consultations, academic skills courses and workshops, self access learning labs, and our peer tutoring programme.
- Māori academic learning support
Our staff are committed to providing effective cultural and academic support to Māori students.
- Pasifika academic learning support
Our staff are committed to supporting Pasifika students by providing effective cultural and academic support.
- Postgraduate academic learning support
To help you meet the challenge of writing a dissertation or thesis, we offer support with research proposals, the research process, thesis writing and more.
- Disability support
We have a staff member who works closely with the disability resource service and who specialises in providing support for people who experience learning disabilities.
- English language support
All students are welcome to visit us for help with improving their academic language and communication skills.
- Academic Success workshops
These free workshops will help you develop essential academic skills such as critical thinking, academic writing and presentation skills. Courses are designed for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Academic integrity
Academic integrity governs the way in which you research and write while at AUT. Have a look at this section to learn more about the principle of academic integrity, plagiarism, and how to avoid plagiarism.
- Academic learning guides
Find helpful guides to writing, referencing, note taking and test and exam preparation
- Academic learning links
See some a list of our favourite learning and writing sites.
- For AUT staff
In addition to offering learning services for students, we can provide assistance to academic staff
- Contact information
Here you’ll find our contact details, locations and staff contacts.