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AUT climbs up the global rankings
Consider the costs of long COVID
CSDA screening tool in the spotlight
Homeschooling with limited English
AUT: How we managed to kill the ‘bill’
Dame Marilyn Waring on new WHO Council
Timely unemployment data now available
New research on school readiness
Celebrating AUTs women academics
Covid-19 stimulus a lost opportunity
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Using data to create social equity
Climate emergency: Inspire hope not fear
A roadmap to action for climate finance
Employment relations journal now free
Do we follow or lead on climate change?
AUT launches new advertising campaign
Former refugee now Ivy League student
Algorithm predicts child injuries
Digital contact tracing for COVID-19
Lessons From NZ’s Bubbles For The World
NZ’s COVID-19 budget and climate change
Call for better oversight of aged care
Screening tool in Netflix documentary
Undergraduate wins best political essay
New Year Honours for AUT academic
Call for a diverse national forest
MPs failing to lead on human rights
AUT a 5-star university across all categories
Māori women who commit crime demonised
An inspiring and influential woman
Online voting won’t engage more youth
Universities shouldn't host untruths
My generation has failed young Kiwis
How to limit climate change push back
Most Kiwis know climate change is here
Politicians must do more to earn trust
AUT moves up 50 places in world rankings
19 first in family scholarships awarded
Party politics in local elections
Ethnic disparities in child protection
Climate emergency? Try revolution
AUT awards five Professors Emeriti
NZ has dethroned GDP as a measure of success, but will Ardern's government be transformational?
Reflecting two months after the shooting
Unequal access to fertility treatment
Economics Professor to lead the social sciences
Full scholarship to study fertility
62% increase in AUT researchers
Farewell to Professor Ian Shirley
Celebrating AUT through the years
Gaining skills for the workplace
New Professors and Associate Professors announced
Minister launches sustainable blueprint
THE rankings place AUT in NZ top three
AUT 2019 domestic and international fees
Academia enhances social change tools
First national inquiry breaks the silence around family violence in the Pacific
Tagaloatele Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop at AUT is one of four commissioners appointed to oversee Samoa’s national inquiry into family violence..
Auckland: Unsafe, polluted, discriminatory
Aucklanders are significantly more likely than other New Zealanders to be the victims of burglary and vehicle offences and although Auckland’s overall crime rate is decreasing, too many Aucklanders continue to feel unsafe.
Musician Tommy Nee releases single to raise awareness of youth homelessness
Vodafone Pacific Music Award’s most promising artist of 2017 Tommy Nee has written a song for the Lifewise Big Sleepout campaign with all the funds raised from downloads going towards ending youth homelessness.
Preventing Tongan youth suicide
AUT research students launch New Zealand’s first evidence-based resource for Pacific suicide prevention.
Professor Judy McGregor: More progress on women's rights needed
Women’s discontent with gender inequality is on the rise. Today (March 8th) thousands of women will celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). It will be a bitter sweet celebration. We will welcome women’s increasing advancement in education, health, and the workplace. But we will also lament stalled progress on gender equality in New Zealand at a time when women globally are knitting pink “pussy hats” and have taken protest back to the streets.
Book highlights growing gaps in New Zealand’s human rights record
A new book from Professor Judy McGregor describes New Zealand as “worryingly self-satisfied about its human rights record” despite some major shortcomings.
AUT Professor Judy McGregor named supreme winner at 2016 Women in Governance Awards
AUT Professor Judy McGregor is the winner of this year’s ‘Supreme Award in Governance’ at the Women in Governance Awards, announced at an awards dinner last night [Thursday, 30 June].
World Refugee Day: Time to debunk myths and welcome refugees to NZ
Debunking myths about refugees is AUT senior lecturer Maria Hayward’s goal for World Refugee Day [June 20] this year.
Hayward, who is director of the Centre for Refugee Education [Mangere, Auckland], says there is a huge amount of misinformation about refugees and their lives here in New Zealand.
Symposium on transforming south Auckland
Transforming south Auckland’s social and economic future is the focus of a symposium hosted by the Auckland University of Technology’s South Campus and Auckland Council’s Southern Initiative this month.
Opinion: Devastating refugee photos not telling the full story
Maria Hayward is a senior lecturer at AUT’s Centre for Refugee Education – part of the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre that helps prepare refugees for life in New Zealand.
International book prize a “career highlight” for AUT Associate Professor
A prestigious international literary prize has been awarded to AUT Associate Professor Sharyn Graham Davies for her work editing a book which explores sex and sexuality in Indonesia.
Professor of Pacific Studies receives national honour
Tagaloatele Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop was appointed a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit at an investiture ceremony at Government House last week.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Doctoral and Masters Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competitions: PhD candidate Kudakwashe Tuwe and Master of Sport and Exercise student Samuel Paterson.
Professor Judy McGregor, Head of School of Social Sciences and Public Policy at AUT University and former Equal Opportunities Commissioner at the Human Rights Commission, says New Zealand is a country in denial. We have a self-image of ourselves as inherently good and a political narrative that positions New Zealand as a global human rights leader – but it’s a narrative that suffers under scrutiny.
NZ welfare model not recommended
The Australian government is considering social welfare reform but in this opinion piece written for the Australian website The Conversation, AUT social science lecturer Michael Fletcher warns against the adoption of New Zealand’s reform model.
Opinion: Rethink needed for Samoan language survival
While New Zealand celebrates Samoan Language Week from 24-30 May, we also need to think about how we can best ensure the survival of the language, says Salainaoloa Wilson, a PhD student in the School Social Sciences and Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology.
Opinion: Hidden dangers of the generic ‘he’
The use of the generic ‘he’ can be seen across many levels of New Zealand society, and this impacts on what we expect of our young girls and boys, writes Sharyn Davies, Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences and Public Policy at AUT University.
The humble cuppa - a symbol of diminishing rights?
By Professor Judy McGregor, head of the School of Social Sciences and Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand’s human rights reputation at risk
A report on the status of human rights in New Zealand says serious fault lines are developing and that the country’s reputation as a global leader is at risk.
Women’s rights then and now – are we falling behind?
New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote and we have always regarded ourselves as a leader in giving equal rights to women. To mark International Women’s Day, AUT’s Professor Marilyn Waring recently spoke at Parliament, comparing women rights in the 1970s to now and asking whether we are falling behind.