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Design & Creative Tech Postgrad Awards

The 2020 Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies Postgraduate Awards recognise the top honours, master’s and doctoral students who graduated in 2020.

Do we follow or lead on climate change?

When the Zero Carbon Act was passed, back in pre-Covid times, the Prime Minister insisted “New Zealand will not be a slow follower” on climate change.

Pacific language videos Fiji

It’s Fiji Language Week in Aotearoa, and to celebrate, AUT has launched the Fiji episode in its Pacific language video series.

Spenders & winners, social media & the election

If social media engagement rates determined who’s in charge, NZ’s next government might surprise you, write Sommer Kapitan and Patrick van Esch.

Understanding changes in grey matter

An AUT health design project aims to alleviate the uncertainty that older people experience as they navigate changes to their memory and thinking.

Does travel insurance have a future?

The Law School’s Christopher Whitehead discusses the complex world of travel, insurance, and legalese in pandemic times.

AUT wins Ideas Worth Teaching prize

Four scholars who teach an AUT Business School course have been acknowledged for their innovative teaching during global crises.

Carb cut could improve Covid-19 outcomes

Simple diet changes can reduce Covid-19 potential impact says an AUT author in the British Medical Journal.

Privilege loss

Thomas Owen, senior lecturer, writer, film maker and researcher in AUT’s School of Communication Studies is researching privilege loss.

$2.7m for offshore aquaculture

AUT ecologist Dr Kay Vopel is leading a project to develop new protocols for offshore fish farming.