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Spotlight on sustainability

AUT’s inaugural Sustainability Report assesses our progress in creating a greener and more sustainable future.

Is school ‘hot desking’ beneficial?

In recent years some schools have replaced individual desks with circular booths and shared tables for collaborative work.

Lockdown shows “digital user divide”

AUT’s NZ Work Research Institute (NZWRI), in collaboration with InternetNZ, has released the latest New Zealand World Internet Project (WIP) report.

Highly commended for Reo-Māori story

A te reo Māori short story by AUT lecturer Dr Atakohu Middleton has won an award in a national fiction competition

Voices of the Future to be livestreamed

Participants will hear from international speakers at Voices of the Future. AUT alumna Tracy Han describes her experience with the AUT-hosted global event.

Gravitational waves Marsden success

Deciphering gravitational waves and decoding signals from the Universe.

Four Marsden fund grants for AUT

Four AUT research projects have been granted more than $2.8 million in the 2021 Marsden Fund round.

Rutherford postdoctoral fellow award

Dr Syrie Hermans, has been awarded a Rutherford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to research how microbes in the soil benefit agricultural ecosystems.

Who or what are Māori?

Calls for a specific vaccination target for Māori raise questions of identity and show why a more nuanced approach is required when we talk about “Māori”.

The Day of the Dead in a pandemic

Despite the morbid associations of its name, it is actually a time to be reminded of the beauty of life, rather than just the inevitability of death.