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Interdisciplinary team wins health grant

An interdisciplinary team of AUT researchers has won a major grant from the Health Research Council.

Speak up, listen up, and give feedback

When a workplace culture supports open and reciprocal communication, its people will more likely contribute to the company’s mission, writes Kate Kearins.

The trouble with chatbots

New AUT research shows that, just as it takes two hands to clap, it takes both chatbot and customer to create a satisfactory interaction.

AUT X Challenge 2021 – The Final Pitch

Eight teams pitched to win at X Challenge – The Final, competing for a share of the $20,000 cash prize pool and over $10,000 of goods and services.

How to harness ‘the great recruitment’

“The great resignation” means talented job seekers in the marketplace, which makes “the great recruitment” an employment opportunity to be seized.

CAN SUMMER TAME THE FLAMES OF BURNOUT?

One in nine. One in five. Now, one in three. It's not a tally of growing COVID cases. Instead, new AUT research shows the risk of burnout is soaring.

AUT’s first Rhodes Scholar

Product development engineer Monique Cooper is the first ever AUT graduate to be awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.

Funding for emerging researchers

Three AUT researchers have been acknowledged at the Health Research Council’s annual Career Development Awards.

Award extended for Business School

The prestigious AACSB International (AACSB) has extended its accreditation of AUT Business School for five years.

Fair and transparent pay at work

Organisations that build fair and transparent salaries and pay scales, and share that information across the business, are more likely to succeed.