News in the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha

Are we blissfully ignorant on recycling?

Most NZers might be happy with their recycling service, but the reality is quite different and councils need to up their game, Dr Jeff Seadon writes.

AUT secures $13M in MBIE Endeavour Fund

AUT researchers have secured $13m in funding through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Endeavour Fund.

AUT moves up 50 places in world rankings

AUT is now in the top 1% of world universities and in the top 50 for research citations.

19 first in family scholarships awarded

19 AUT students were awarded Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarships at a celebration event at the AUT South Campus on Thursday 29 August.

val smith named Arts Foundation Laureate

Art & Design PhD student val smith has been named as a 2019 Arts Foundation Laureate for their contribution to performing arts in New Zealand.

2019 Te Ataata residency recipient

French e-textile artist Maurin Donneaud has been announced as the 2019 laureate of the Te Ataata residency.

AI uncovers benefits of mindfulness

AUT KEDRI scientists have discovered a link between mindfulness training and improved cognitive function.

How recycling is actually sorted

Recycling in Australia used to be fairly simple. Our older readers may remember bottle drives, paper/cardboard collections, and the trip to sell metals.

Student hackathon works to reduce waste

AUT students recently collaborated with industry to tackle environmental issues producing potential solutions in just eight hours.

Card game makes collaboration easy

AUT’s Good Health Design lab have designed a card game, Initiate.Collaborate, to help make teamwork fun.