Language and culture news

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.

Poetry is for all the times in your life

Poetry knows no barriers or prejudices, and we all have a poem inside us waiting to be composed, Creative Writing Lecturer Siobhan Harvey writes.

AUT supports writers festival

For the second consecutive year, AUT is supporting the Going West Books & Writers Festival.

AUT awards five Professors Emeriti

Vice-Chancellor Derek McCormack has awarded the honorary title of Professor Emeritus to five senior professors.

PM visits refugee education centre

The latest students at AUT's Centre for Refugee Education had a special guest for their farewell ceremony – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Creative Writing graduate scoops NZ Book Award

An AUT graduate's hard work has been recognised at this year's Ockham NZ Book Awards.

62% increase in AUT researchers

Growing expertise to help New Zealand and the world

Christchurch

The tragic event in Christchurch today devastates us. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their friends and families.

Celebrating AUT through the years

Over 50 of our oldest alumni came together for the 2018 Seddon Memorial Technical College reunion hosted by the alumni office.

Research tackles online trolls

Dr Philippa Smith recently returned from the OII in the UK where she studied counter speech strategies in response to negative online discourses.