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AUT University and community newspaper Indian Newslink have launched a journalism scholarship in a bid to boost the standard and practice of the profession.
Indian Newslink will pay the tuition fee, Student Services Fee and Student Association Fee for one student admitted every year into one of the university’s one-year postgraduate programmes, including the postgraduate diploma in Communication Studies (journalism) and the Bachelor of Communication Studies (Hons).
Singing shirts, purses with inbuilt touch alarms and cycling jackets that indicate when you turn are a few of the spinoffs of technology that allows fabric to respond to stimuli like light, sound and touch. This week, international electronic textiles expert Dr Leah Buechley will be in Auckland to show how it is done.
AUT celebrates sporting prowess
AUT University students clinched the two top awards at this year’s NZU Blues Awards which were held at Te Papa in Wellington on Friday evening.
The Supreme Award – NZU Sportsperson of the Year went to business student and Kiwi League star Jerome Ropati and the NZU Maori Sportsperson of the Year, communications student and Paralympics swimmer Cameron Leslie.
Broadband users young and urban
New Zealand broadband users perceive the Internet as more important in their daily life compared with those who use a dialup service according to the latest findings from the World Internet Project.
Researchers at AUT University’s Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication have been conducting further analysis on the New Zealand results within a global survey that studies the social impact of the Internet.
Ropati Sportsperson of the Year
Kiwis league star Jerome Ropati took top honours at the 2008 NZU Blues Awards held at Te Papa in Wellington this June, scooping NZU Sportsperson of the Year.
Judges say his success with the Kiwi team at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup and the way he has balanced his busy sporting life with study towards a Graduate Diploma of Business at AUT, means Ropati is a worthy recipient.
IBM Grant to AUT Boosts SKA Bid
A grant of specialised hardware, software, and research time to AUT University by IBM will strengthen New Zealand’s chances of co-hosting the world’s biggest radio telescope project.
AUT leads the New Zealand arm of the Australasian Consortium striving towards a role in the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, with total cost of approximately NZ$4.6 billion dollars.
The Entrepreneurial Summit date changed
Due to high national interest in The Entrepreneurial Summit, event organisers have changed the date.
The AUT Business School Award ceremony
Last night, AUT University Chancellor Sir Paul Reeves presented AUT’s highest undergraduate business award to one of the university’s most outstanding students.
Bachelor of Business graduate Xavier Black collected three awards at the evening’s AUT Business School Award ceremony, held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Deputy PM to close Entrepreneurial Summit
Power pair Sharon Hunter and Tenby Powell will chair New Zealand’s bold ideas brainstorm, The Entrepreneurial Summit being held on May 21 at the Ellerslie Event Centre in Auckland.
Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Bill English will officially close the day and receive the top five to ten ideas.
AUT journalism educator among ‘Atenisi international fellows
An AUT University academic, author and journalist is being inducted this month as one of the international fellows of ‘Atenisi University in the Kingdom of Tonga. Associate Professor David Robie, director of the Pacific Media Centre in the School of Communication Studies and Creative Industries Research Institute, is travelling to Nuku’alofa for the ceremony on June 16-17.