Accusations of being a puppet for her exiled brother have cast their shadow on the rule of Thailand’s first female prime minister and prompted a senior Thai journalist to question an honorary doctorate awarded to her by AUT University recently. Suphajon Klinsuwan, news anchor on Thailand’s TV3 television station, says  many Thai people view Yingluck [...]

With brand new computer rooms, television studios and radio suites, the Sir Paul Reeves building at AUT University is the talk of staff and students on campus. Desna Jury, dean of Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, likes to call it “the heart of the university”. “You can feel this incredible dynamic in the building [...]

Following a hectic opening on Friday, the Sir Paul Reeves building’s open-home celebration yesterday was far more relaxed – although it wasn’t without its share of high-profile personalities. Susan Wood formed a media discussion panel with blogger and commentator Russell Brown, TVNZ personality Rose Matafeo and AUT’s Richard Pamatatau, discussing the future of journalism  in [...]

AUT’s new building makes its communications school one of the up-and-coming places to study journalism in the world, says the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism’s senior associate dean.  “I’m just so thrilled for everybody at AUT and it will really help the university and the programme’s stature worldwide I think,” Marianne Barrett says. Her favourite [...]

The state-of-the-art security and access system implemented across the 12 floors of AUTs new Sir Paul Reeves building has strong connections to the humble Kiwi electric fence. Not all 12 floors, nor every door will be accessible to all AUT students however, as not only does the brand new building house cutting-edge technology, it also [...]

Many postgraduate students are struggling to fund their studies this year thanks to government cuts to the student allowance.  The government policy ended the weekly student allowance for postgraduate students last year. The cuts have now come into effect for 2013. Both AUT and the University of Auckland say it is too early to reveal [...]

Students are crawling all over the new heart of AUT’s city campus. The university’s new precinct, the Sir Paul Reeves Building on Mayoral Drive, is to be officially opened by Prime Minister John Key on March 22 but two weeks into teaching students have already adopted it as the hub of the campus. Chris Scott, [...]

AUT University students may have already begun Christmas shopping for disadvantaged children in Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu.  These Christmas gifts for disadvantaged children are organised by Operation Christmas Child.  AUT University’s students’ association, AuSM, is partnering with the charity for the first time. AuSM staff member Deanna Berry says, “AuSM likes to be involved in [...]

 Sixty-four per cent of students are against Budget cuts to postgraduate allowances, according to a survey of 100 students at the University of Auckland and AUT University. The government-funded student allowance pays up to $205 a week to single, childless people who are enrolled full-time at tertiary institutions. The Government announced its Zero Budget plans [...]