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Heart Foundation backs AUT AED research

AUT’s Dr Verity Todd has won funding from Heart Foundation NZ for her research into phone-sized AEDs.

Tuvalu Language Week 2023

An AUT nursing student shares her language learning journey during Tuvalu Language Week for the University’s Pacific language video series, 2023.

New Dean for Faculty of HES

Professor Brett Cowan will join AUT as the Dean of the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences in 2024.

Text messages and sexual assault cases

Are digital communications, such as texts or WhatsApp messages, useful evidence in trials for serious crime? Paulette Benton-Greig examines the issue.

Can meditation affect social media use?

Mindfulness is known to alter our behaviours and responses in the real world, but can it also shape how we use social media? A new study investigates.

The University Era

When Taylor Swift touches down in Australia in 2024, academic Swifties will come together to discuss her influence in the conference the Swiftposium.

AI affecting diverse creative sectors

RNZ’s Mediawatch’s round up of the AI + Communications Symposium highlights the myriad ways AI will affect the creative sector.

The roots of success

Year 13 St Kentigern College student Ivy Wang has won a top science prize – and she credits one of AUT’s professors for her success.

What happens when RTO replaces WFH?

Companies requiring workers to return to the office must not be too rigid if they want to attract future talent and avoid high resignation rates.

How to rein in clutter and stay tidy

Possessions don’t have to control your life. New research is showing how tidy people maintain their homes – learn how you can too.