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AUT awarded by exercise professionals
AUT has been awarded for its significant contribution to the exercise profession and for being the largest provider of graduates to the fitness industry at the 2013 New Zealand Fitness Awards.
AUT first New Zealand university to partner with ANZBC
AUT University and the ASEAN (Association of South East Asia Nations) New Zealand Business Council (ANZBC) announced a partnership at a formal reception held at AUT. This partnership is the first of its kind between a business council and a university in New Zealand.
Students to learn about Taiwan and Māori cultures
For the next few weeks six AUT University students have the chance to explore the similarities and differences between Māori and Taiwanese cultures in Taiwan, with the Atayal Organisation.
AUT signs MOU witnessed by prime ministers
AUT’s Pro Vice-Chancellor International Professor Nigel Hemmington signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Thailand Professional Qualifications Institute (TPQI) on 19 November, witnessed by both the Prime Minister of New Zealand Rt Hon John Key and the Prime Minster of Thailand Her Excellency Yingluck Shinawatra.
Top poetry award goes to creative writing tutor
AUT Creative Writing tutor Siobhan Harvey has been awarded New Zealand’s premier poetry prize, the Landfall Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry.
The award, valued at $16,000, is for her project: Nephology for Beginners which is about a child with autism spectrum, his mother and his school. She was one of 90 entries judged by poet, fiction writer and lecturer Jeffrey Paparoa Holman.
AUT University recognised for sustainability and energy efficiency
AUT University has been announced as the winner in the Mega Efficiency Impact category and also received a Judges’ Commendation for the EECA Business Energy Management Award at the 2013 NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards.
AUT partners with technology giant, Huawei to help create better future for students
AUT University in partnership with Huawei today announced a new scholarship programme (AUT South Huawei High Achiever Programme) which will provide at least six undergraduates each year the chance to study at AUT and undertake real world learning with Huawei.
Futuristic hotel vision takes students to Singapore
Imagining a hotel that guests can customise has taken a team of AUT hospitality students into the final round of an international hotel design competition, to be held in Singapore later this month.
‘Kiwi DIY’ (Bachelor of International Hospitality Management students Ashlee Li, Anya Suchkova and Rose Johnstone), is the only Australasian team to make it to the finals of the Accor ‘Take Off’ competition. In Singapore they will compete against teams from Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and India for the grand prize of an international holiday.
World Internet Project - latest NZ research from AUT
Most New Zealand internet users are accessing the internet from a hand-held mobile device at least some of the time, according to the 2013 World Internet Project New Zealand (WIPNZ) Report.
Dr Jeff Cole in New Zealand with AUT and the US Embassy
AUT University is hosting Dr Jeffrey Cole, international Internet expert and international director of the World Internet Project (WIP) at two exciting ventures this week.
Dr Cole, founder and director of the Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California Annenberg School, is the 2013 speaker at AUT’s The Project.