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Deidre Le Fevre: a rebel with a cause
30 November 2022
Fortunately for Professor Deidre Le Fevre, her high school teacher’s grim assessment that she was “not university material” couldn’t have been further from the truth.
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Black Ferns style of play capturing hearts and minds
16 November 2022
University of Auckland Professor Toni Bruce has been studying the meaning of men’s Rugby World Cups to New Zealanders since 2007. This year, she turned her gaze on the women’s Rugby World Cup and already has some interesting findings.
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Teacher Education in Schools expanding for 2023
4 November 2022
After a successful first year, the University of Auckland is continuing and expanding the Teacher Education in Schools Programme for online students wanting to become secondary teachers in 2023.
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Iranian protestors urgently need our help
4 November 2022
The current revolution sweeping across Iran is one of the most significant movements for women’s rights in recent history, says University of Auckland PhD student Maryam Ghasemi, and we all have a part to play.
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Netball study wins Marsden and aims high
3 November 2022
A study of the significance of netball in the lives of women in Aotearoa has won a Marsden grant for Professor Toni Bruce and Dr Margaret Henley from the University of Auckland.
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Christchurch red zone and Māori in sport: Marsdens
3 November 2022
Two Faculty of Arts projects focused on ways to help people and the environment flourish have won Marsden funding worth $1.74 million.
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Auckland researchers make Stanford top two percent
28 October 2022
Four University of Auckland academics have been listed in the top two percent of scientists worldwide in the areas of linguistics and language education by Stanford University.
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Top teachers nationally recognised
26 October 2022
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland lecturers in the areas of astrophysics and Pacific Studies have won prestigious national tertiary teaching awards.
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Why are we still waiting for equal pay after 50 years?
26 October 2022
Opinion: The 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act recently reminds us we need to not merely prohibit but instead prevent discrimination in pay on the basis of sex, ethnicity or disability.
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Dedicated students awarded Sonny and Mona Riini Memorial Scholarship
21 October 2022
Second-year Huarahi Māori students Kamira Henderson and Piripi Cotter discuss future goals as they take on their final year of studies which will see them fluent in te reo Māori.
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Conversion therapy doco tells harrowing story
17 October 2022
A recent TVNZ documentary on the now-banned practice of conversion therapy prominently features the research and expertise of Dr John Fenaughty from the University of Auckland.
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Comic genius: from research to cartoons
14 October 2022
A hub of artists translating academic research into comics could become a reality at the University of Auckland.
