News in the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha

Win for construction engineering grad

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) graduate Hayley Ngo has been recognised by the National Association of Women in Construction NZ.

AI for the environment hackathon

In September AUT will host the female-led AI hackathon AI for the environment in a weekend of creative problem-solving.

AUT finalists at Best Awards 2022

Forty-two AUT student projects are finalists in the prestigious Best Awards.

Fashion student ‘level above the rest’

Sheetol Chawla’s spirituality-inspired collection saw her take home the supreme award and close to $18k at the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards.

Racism, exclusion and tokenism

Given most universities have goals for increasing Māori and Pacific student and staff, we need to ask why numbers still remain low in the research sector.

A bold new research framework for ECMS

The School of Engineering, Computer Science & Mathematics’ vision is to produce industry and future-ready graduates for a globally connected world.

Festival grows young filmmakers

The inaugural New Zealand Youth Film Festival will take place in December 2022, with the gala opening night being hosted at AUT’s City Campus.

ASMR centre of first feature film

Writer and director Tom Levesque’s first feature film Shut Eye debuts at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival.

For the love of Thor!

Thor: Love and Thunder puts Marvel’s women in the spotlight. Senior Lecturer Angelique Nairn asks why Marvel still struggles with female superheroes.

AUT hosting nearly 1,000 Y13 students

AUT’s student recruitment team is hosting nearly 1,000 Year 13 students through its school programme this year.