Refugees need long-term employment and career development opportunities to successfully adjust to their new lives.
Professor Max Abbott, Director of the Centre for Migrant and Refugee Research (CMRR) at AUT University, says: “There’s an ongoing commitment that is needed to provide jobs and training if we want people to be permanent members of society.”
Māori share their culture and heritage with the USA
Washington DC will have a Māori element next month thanks to AUT University’s Te Ipuakarea -The National Māori Language Institute and the Smithsonian Institution.
AUT researchers are looking for women to participate in the isafe study, a new online research study to assist women living with partner violence to make good safety planning decisions for themselves and their children.
Medal for Excellence for culinary whizz
For the first time a New Zealander has won the Medal for Excellence in Culinary Arts from City and Guilds London, and that New Zealander is from AUT.
Senior lecturer Alan Brown from the AUT School of Hospitality and Tourism won the medal earlier this year after being nominated by colleagues.
Derek Handley appointed to Executive Professor role
Derek Handley, one of New Zealand’s most well-known entrepreneurs, has taken up an Adjunct Executive Professorship at AUT. As Executive Professor, Derek Handley will work with Dr Geoff Perry, Dean of AUT’s Business School.
AUT bridges gap between academia and industry
The Auckland Centre for Financial Research at AUT Business School will host a one-day symposium on 31 May 2013 to bring together industry professionals and academia for the first time to discuss research into New Zealand capital markets.
New Pacific Journalism Review challenges Pacific censorship, political 'shackles'
Fiji’s brand of post-coup media censorship and other Pacific political curbs have been challenged in the latest Pacific Journalism Review.
“Even if the Fiji media are shackled, conferences in 2010 and 2012 provided opportunity and space to engage in some open dialogue, including criticism of the regime authorities,” the AUT-published international journal says.
Disobedient thinking key to New Zealand's global success says World Class New Zealander
New Zealanders are disobedient thinkers who simply will not accept the norm and always ask “why”, believes Geraldine McBride, winner of the AUT University sponsored ICT category at the 2013 World Class New Zealand awards.
AUT the new Auckland home for the Rialto 48Hours Filmmaking Contest
The countdown to the Rialto Channel 48Hours Filmmaking Contest is on, and the Auckland leg of the national competition will now call the AUT Sir Paul Reeves Building home.
Manukau Professor elected President of P.A.C.I.F.I.C.A
P.A.C.I.F.I.C.A, which has branches throughout the country from Whangarei to Invercargill, is an NGO dedicated to the representation and support of Pacific women living in New Zealand.