Breadcrumbs List.
Education and society
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'We need you:' City Missioner's plea
27 September 2023
University alumna, Auckland City Missioner Helen Robinson laid down a stirring challenge to social work students in her recent lecture at the University's Epsom Campus to "keep going" as the need has never been greater.
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Don't bin that brochure!
27 September 2023
Election campaigns are a rich source of social history. The University library has a 112-year-old collection of election advertising.
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Being ‘tough on crime’ is easy, but it doesn't work
21 September 2023
Opinion: Bex Silver says the being 'tough on crime’ narrative, driven by opportunistic politicians, dominating the election campaign, contradicts evidence that prisons are a training ground for harder criminals
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Pacific focus for Global Studies graduate
20 September 2023
Graduate Imogene Woodmass has followed in her father’s footsteps by continuing her education and pursuing what she loves; looking at how Pacific countries can work together for mutual benefit.
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Higher education pioneer given honorary doctorate
19 September 2023
Higher education trailblazer Kate Milligan Edger has been given a posthumous honorary doctorate from the University of Auckland as part of its 140th anniversary commemorations.
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Graduate chases dream of travel and new adventure
19 September 2023
Four years ago, Viloshini Baskaran left Malaysia with her husband and two young sons to start a PhD at the University of Auckland, determined to chase her dream of adventure and study in a new country.
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Finding a place to call home: housing after prison
7 September 2023
No one should leave prison without stable housing if we want to reduce rates of recidivism, according to a major new report on housing after prison from the University of Auckland.
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Top tips for teaching mental health
21 August 2023
In good news for teachers, a mental health teaching resource for primary-aged children offering a ‘whole-school’ approach is now available.
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National is going all ‘nanny state’ on us
11 August 2023
Rather than addressing the real concerns of schools, after six years in opposition the National Party is offering mandated teaching hours, mandated testing, mandated reporting and mandated bans on cell phones. Peter O'Connor is worried.
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Exploitation of migrant workers: an emotional issue
31 July 2023
The emotional component of migrant worker exploitation in New Zealand has come to light as part of a larger project on the issue at the University of Auckland.
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Curtain falls after 20 years of tackling tough issues
31 July 2023
The dramatised story of a fictional family facing tough issues has just presented its last workshop after 20 years of successful delivery into schools across Aotearoa.
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Violence simply breeds violence at youth justice facilities
11 July 2023
Opinion: Despite aspirations for change, history tells us residential institutions for young offenders tend to default to a culture of conflict, threat, and coercion, says Ian Hyslop