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Indigenous language expert wins Mason Durie Medal

8 November 2023

Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland Professor Stephen May (FRSNZ) has been awarded Te Apārangi, Royal Society of New Zealand’s prestigious Mason Durie Medal.
Tackling disadvantage and bias in our schools

2 November 2023

Two Waipapa Taumatau Rau, Univeristy of Auckland projects that hope to level the playing field for student poorly served in the education system have won Marsden funding from the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
How and why we should work with ChatGPT in our schools

30 October 2023

Teachers should use ChatGPT and generative AI to develop critical literacy, and to understand that algorithmic decision making isn’t necessarily objective, says Jack Webster
Don't bin that brochure!

27 September 2023

The University library has a 112-year-old collection of election advertising and is gearing up for the 14 October election by launching a campaign for donations of political ephemera.
'We need you:' City Missioner's plea

27 September 2023

Auckland City Missioner Helen Robinson laid down a stirring challenge to social work students in her recent lecture to "keep going" as the need has never been greater.
Being ‘tough on crime’ is easy, but it doesn't work

21 September 2023

Opinion: Being 'tough on crime’ contradicts evidence that prisons are a training ground for harder criminals, says Bex Silver.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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