Toggle navigation
Education news
New Professors and Associate Professors
30 Nov, 2020
Nine academics have been appointed to the position of Professor, effective from 1 January 2021. 19 academics have been appointed as Associate Professors.
Hope for the Niuean language in Aotearoa
23 Oct, 2020
Learning the Niuean language and the culture embedded within it can bring identity and self-esteem, AUT alumna Rosa Kalauni says.
ECE positive for social outcomes
23 Sep, 2020
New research has found that children who attend ECE have fewer emotional difficulties and better peer relations, but are more prone to common illnesses.
The bumpy road ahead for ECE teachers
Education
04 Jun, 2020
For early childhood teachers the $151m ‘pay bump’ is a long time coming – and it’s not the only bump they need, writes Associate Professor Andrew Gibbons.
Education
13 Dec, 2019
Our nation discourages a career in early childhood education by its social and structural discriminations in status and pay, writes Dr Andrew Gibbons.
AUT a 5-star university across all categories
13 Nov, 2019
AUT has received the maximum five stars for the first time in every category according to the global education analysts QS in their recent results.
New Professors and Associate Professors
07 Nov, 2019
AUT has announced the promotion of 12 leading academics to the position of Professor. A further 15 academics have been appointed as Associate Professors.
AUT moves up 50 places in world rankings
12 Sep, 2019
AUT is now in the top 1% of world universities and in the top 50 for research citations.
19 first in family scholarships awarded
05 Sep, 2019
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.
62% increase in AUT researchers
30 Apr, 2019
Growing expertise to help New Zealand and the world
15 Mar, 2019
The tragic event in Christchurch today devastates us. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their friends and families.
Designing Organisations To Be More Human
28 Feb, 2019
Join us for the next Project Connect event and hear from Phoebe Tickell, an innovator, collaboration catalyst and serial systems entrepreneur.
Celebrating AUT through the years
21 Jan, 2019
Over 50 of our oldest alumni came together for the 2018 Seddon Memorial Technical College reunion hosted by the alumni office.
Gaining skills for the workplace
14 Dec, 2018
Auckland Council are proud to sponsor the overall achievement prize for the AUT Edge Award, an extra-curricular employability award at AUT.
Ministry addresses teacher shortage
Education
30 Oct, 2018
In response to the need for teachers, AUT extended its offering of undergraduate education programmes this year, now available at all three Campuses.
Minister launches sustainable blueprint
24 Oct, 2018
The Minister for Climate Change, the Hon James Shaw officially launched AUT’s Sustainability Roadmap on Friday 19 October.
THE rankings place AUT in NZ top three
27 Sep, 2018
AUT has significantly improved in global university rankings published today by the Times Higher Education.
AUT 2019 domestic and international fees
13 Sep, 2018
Tuition fees for new domestic students, and for domestic and international students currently enrolled in a programme will increase in 2019.
Doctoral student’s research recognised
Education
06 Jul, 2018
Doctor of Education candidate Jacoba Matapo has been awarded the 2018 Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) Doctoral Scholarship.
AUT increases presence in QS subject rankings
01 Mar, 2018
AUT responds to teacher shortage by providing teaching programmes at its campus in South Auckland.
Education
21 Aug, 2017
AUT’s School of Education head Lyn Lewis says AUT will respond to demand from those wanting to study teaching in South and East Auckland.
New Tongan ECE book to protect Pacific culture
Education
03 Nov, 2015
Protecting cultural principles and values is at the heart of a new book of Tongan nursery rhymes and poems launched at AUT South Campus on 31 October 2015.
New professor brings expertise in futures education to AUT
Education
14 Aug, 2013
Futures education expert Jane Gilbert took up her new role as a professor at AUT University’s School of Education this week.
Before joining AUT Professor Gilbert was a chief researcher at the NZ Council for Educational Research. She has also worked as a secondary school teacher and an education lecturer.
Artists, teachers and academics celebrate creative classrooms
Education
05 Aug, 2013
Artists, teachers and researchers celebrated the work of renowned educationalist Elwyn Richardson at a symposium with exhibition at AUT University’s North Shore Campus in July.
Higher education conference comes to AUT
Education
03 Jul, 2013
The biggest higher education association in the Southern Hemisphere will hold its annual conference at AUT University this year.
The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) will have its 36th conference in AUT’s newest space, the Sir Paul Reeves building.
Education
11 Feb, 2013
Children sitting attentively listening to the teacher could be a thing of the past if research from AUT proves beneficial. While the students will still be listening to the teacher, they may be standing rather than sitting.
New teachers get mindful to cope in the classroom
Education
21 Jan, 2013
Teaching is a highly stressful occupation and studies report that in New Zealand 37 per cent of teachers resign by the end of their third year teaching.
AUT education lecturer Dr Ross Bernay decided to address this issue in his doctorate of education (EdD) which looked at whether mindfulness can be used as a coping strategy for new teachers.
Lecturer selected for Ministry Advisory Group
Education
19 Mar, 2012
AUT lecturer Mele Ileini Tautakitaki was recently named as a member of the Ministry of Education’s Early Childhood Taskforce Advisory Group for children under the age of two.
14 metre fall survivor graduates
19 Dec, 2011
Breaking her jaw, two cheekbones and fracturing her foot in a recent abseiling fall did not prevent Mikaela Blayney from joining her friends in attending AUT’s graduation ceremony on Wednesday 14 December.
AUT applauds teaching excellence
29 Nov, 2011
Today students at AUT University recognised teaching staff in this year’s AuSM (Auckland Student Movement at AUT) Awesome Awards ceremony.
Pasifika educational resources under the spotlight at AUT Manukau
Education
05 Aug, 2011
The future of Samoan teaching resources is looking brighter thanks to an educational conference held at AUT’s Manukau campus recently.
AUT buildings recognised in awards
Education
14 Jun, 2011
AUT University buildings were awarded accolades at the Property Council Awards last Friday night.
NZ unis must make room for Pasifika models
Education
25 Mar, 2011
Universities have been challenged to “change their ways” if Pasifika and other minority cultures are going to achieve their potential, says New Zealand’s first professor of Pacific studies.
AUT academic awarded Oxford Fellowship
Education
14 Sep, 2010
AUT’s first University of Oxford Fellowship has been awarded to Jay Reid in the School of Education.
AUT launches new primary specialty
Education
02 Mar, 2010
With the the Hon Dr Wayne Mapp, MP for the North Shore and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, in attendance, AUT's School of Education launched a new primary specialty for its Bachelor of Education
Opens an external site in a new window