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Low-pay jobs: dead end or steppingstone?

New AUT research explores whether low-wage workers can easily transition to better-paying opportunities.

Global win for Business School grad

Mike Jenkins (Ngāti Raukawa), a 2005 graduate of AUT Business School, has won a sought-after Beta Gamma Sigma 2023 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award.

Allyship and making a difference

Allyship is about acknowledging and understanding inequities and taking action to help level the playing field, explains Professor Kate Kearins.

Optimal recovery: why, and how, to do it

Professor Helena Cooper-Thomas explains how you can actively restore your energies after work and enhance your on-the-job performance.

Don't let financial shame be your ruin

The cost of living and putting food on the table are worries for many Kiwis. But the shame of financial stress stops some from seeking help.

A new tourism and hospitality accord

There is hope that working conditions in tourism and hospitality are set to improve, thanks in part to research by AUT.

"Gender lens” investing supports women

Here’s how to support companies that have made the change towards greater gender equity – and encourage others to do the same: invest with a “gender lens”.

How to manage upwards

Managing up is not about blindsiding or sidestepping your manager. Nor is it about doing the work of a poorly performing manager. So, what is it about?

Health leaders hail “impactful” study

A government working group is hailing new AUT research as insightful, applicable, and impactful.

2023 NZ sustainability survey launches

The annual Insights on NZ’s Sustainability Professionals survey opens today and as a survey partner, AUT is inviting eligible participants to take part.