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Party politics in local elections

AUT research shows that candidates affiliated to a central political party are more likely to win seats in Auckland local government.

Student hackathon works to reduce waste

AUT students recently collaborated with industry to tackle environmental issues producing potential solutions in just eight hours.

How recycling is actually sorted, and why Australia is quite bad at it

Recycling in Australia used to be fairly simple. Our older readers may remember bottle drives, paper/cardboard collections, and the trip to sell metals.

Leave your phone at home this holiday and you’ll feel better (after you feel worse)

What did we do before smartphones? Our devices have become an essential tool for modern life, even when we’re on holiday.

Climate explained: why plants don’t simply grow faster with more carbon dioxide in air

Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) is warming our climate, but it also affects plants directly.

AUT supports writers festival

For the second consecutive year, AUT is supporting the Going West Books & Writers Festival.

Scholarships for today and tomorrow

AUT student Hamideh Gholizadeh, has received not one, but two scholarships. Read her inspiring story.

Five questions with Prof. Matthew Ryan

We asked Professor Matthew Ryan five questions about his research ahead of his Inaugural Professorial Address.

Initiate.Collaborate: Card game makes collaboration easy

AUT’s Good Health Design lab have designed a card game, Initiate.Collaborate, to help make teamwork fun.

Quest for the most boring chemical element not so boring

Quest for the most boring chemical element not so boring