New professor brings expertise in futures education to AUT
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.
AUT LATTE team’s success at HERDSA conference
The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia conference, held at AUT University last month, awarded a team of AUT students the best poster award.
The competition, run during the HERDSA conference held in the Sir Paul Reeves Building, was for all conference-goers and the posters were used as discussion points.
International students bring a different perspective: PVC International
Professor Nigel Hemmington, Pro Vice-Chancellor International at AUT, was interviewed by Asia Focus television (TV9) on 2 August.
Artists, teachers and academics celebrate creative classrooms
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.
Parents, family and friends proudly support AUT graduates
The success of every AUT University graduate is as much a personal celebration as a community one. The joy on the faces of family and friends as their person crosses the stage is immeasurable. AUT’s winter graduation of five ceremonies over two days is no exception and is the biggest winter graduation on record with 300 more graduates than in 2012 and one extra ceremony.
Oren Gershtein from Israel will explain how he has an 80% success rate with start-ups at the AUTEL Innovation Day on Friday 26 July at AUT’s city campus.
AUT Professor joins TEDx Auckland lineup
The final six TEDx Auckland speakers have been announced, including AUT University’s Professor Welby Ings.
Stories of passion, struggle and success were shared with 350 New Zealand secondary school students at Inspire 2013 – a unique collaboration between a university, a not-for profit organisation and a company to recognise and inspire the leaders of tomorrow.
Five 'winning ways' to improve wellbeing
Older, female and financially stable New Zealanders have the highest wellbeing in New Zealand, a groundbreaking new social index has revealed.
And although the inaugural Sovereign Wellbeing Index shows that the wellbeing of New Zealanders is startlingly low compared with other countries, it confirms that five free and simple habits can boost our individual wellbeing.
AUT University's Art Involvement
There are very few exhibition projects that cover such a vast variety of projects – including cows, milk, earthquakes, water, tea, horses, temporary offices, mud, photography, objects and more.
But AUT University’s Transforming Topographies, on now as part of the 5th Auckland Triennial, can.