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Staying in control of career change
Monday, 12 September 2011, 3:46 pm | Auckland University
Denice Bennett-Rae is a chartered accountant who was the financial controller for a multi-billion dollar corporate when she promptly decided to take on a University of Auckland MBA. She told Tracey Cameron why her career journey is now... More >>
From Homespun Degree to Nano-fibre Career
Monday, 5 September 2011, 10:11 am | Auckland University
From deer-down to fish skin, Albert McGhee knows the business of spinning a good yarn. The 34-year-old Revolution Fibres general manager cut his teeth in the family business, Douglas Creek, but says while both companies create fibre from unlikely ... More >>
Student Develops Degree In Future Thinking
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 4:31 pm | Auckland University
An ambitious and driven engineer-turned-development manager has found his niche with a small Kiwi development consultancy company that punches well above its weight. More >>
Māori creative potential explored in Professorial Lecture
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 1:50 pm | Auckland University
A critical challenge facing Māori development is the challenge and opportunity of distinctiveness. What in particular can the Māori world bring to enhance New Zealand generally? More >>
Three Elam artists share top watercolourist prize
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 12:38 pm | Auckland University
Three students from The University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts will share one of the country’s top prizes for watercolourists. Wei (Rose) Yu-Ting, Sandra Bushby and Jennifer Clements will evenly split the Henrietta and Lola Anne ... More >>
AUP’s Ian Wedde Announced as New Zealand Poet Laureate
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 12:58 pm | Auckland University
Auckland University Press and the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre congratulate their distinguished poet and University of Auckland scholar Ian Wedde, who has been announced as the third New Zealand Poet Laureate (2011/2013). More >>
Breastfeeding Lullaby A Hit With The Kids
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 12:17 pm | Auckland University
Kids around the country will be humming away to a new lullaby on breastfeeding released by Whakawhetu to coincide with World Breastfeeding Week 1-7 August. The special lullaby draws attention to the role breastfeeding (alongside other features like sleeping ... More >>
Liggins Institute "Losing the war against obesity"
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 10:33 am | Auckland University
Auckland academic urges policy makers to view whole picture when considering obesity in developing countries More >>
Transmission Tomorrow
Sunday, 17 July 2011, 12:41 pm | Auckland University
IET Prestige Event: Transmission Tommorrow - Auckland University School oF Engineering 3401/403-401 Thursday July 21st 6-8pm More >>
Student Hall’s Modular Construction Saves Time and Money
Wednesday, 15 June 2011, 2:36 pm | Auckland University
By far the largest high-rise building in New Zealand to be assembled in modular fashion is six months away from completion at The University of Auckland. The last of the 468 modular rooms, individually assembled 161 kilometres away in the Waikato, were ... More >>
AKLD Uni Press’s Record in NZ National Book Awards Continues
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 1:54 pm | Auckland University
This is the fourth year that Auckland University Press , a small publisher of scholarly non-fiction and poetry for the general market, has appeared at the top of the list in New Zealand’s national book awards. More >>
Sciences At Auckland Rank Highly
Friday, 20 May 2011, 1:11 pm | Auckland University
The University of Auckland continues to be the best performing New Zealand university in subject rankings released by QS World University Rankings®. More >>
Auckland Tops NZ in Life Sciences Rankings
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 2:59 pm | Auckland University
The University of Auckland has been ranked in the top 50 in the world and first in New Zealand in life sciences subjects. In the recently released QS World University Rankings® Life Sciences subject ranking, Auckland was placed 39th in both Medicine ... More >>
Stroke Patients Offered New Service at Brain Recovery Clinic
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 5:31 pm | Auckland University
New Zealand’s first brain rehabilitation and research clinic will be launched by the Associate Minister of Health, the Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman, at The University of Auckland’s Tamaki Innovation Campus next week. More >>
Elizabeth Smither Takes A Writer’s Journey Through Quotation
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 4:15 pm | Auckland University
In her new book, distinguished writer and former Te Mata Poet Laureate Elizabeth Smither takes readers on a journey into a writer’s life, using her favourite quotations from other writers as signposts. The Commonplace Book (Auckland University Press) ... More >>
New professor an expert in freshwater microbiology
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 2:03 pm | Auckland University
Dr Gillian Lewis has been promoted to professor at The University of Auckland. Promotion to professor is a mark of distinction, recognising professional and academic eminence at an international level. Professor Lewis also was recently appointed acting director ... More >>
New Anthology Celebrates Diverse Poetic Voices
Friday, 18 March 2011, 1:19 pm | Auckland University
The fourth book in AUP’s New Poets series , launched in Wellington last night, brings together the work of three distinct new voices: Chris Tse , Erin Scudder and Harry Jones . The popular series, which has the aim of bringing fresh new poetry ... More >>
Returning from Scotland as Law Professor
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 2:13 pm | Auckland University
Professor Janet McLean, a specialist in constitutional and administrative law, is returning to The University of Auckland Law School from Britain. She has been appointed Professor of Law and will take up the position later this year. More >>
Top Alumni Honoured
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 11:00 am | Auckland University
Six University of Auckland graduates who have risen to great heights in law, surgery, business entrepreneurship, politics and science are being honoured later this week. More >>
Robb Lectures On Empires’ Decline And Rise
Monday, 21 February 2011, 2:45 pm | Auckland University
The prominent political commentator and activist Tariq Ali will lecture on “Empire and its futures” at The University of Auckland next month. More >>
