Top media and design students who studied at AUT University in 2012 were honoured at an awards ceremony on Wednesday night. The annual School of Communication Studies awards ceremony, sponsored by industry partners, recognised the work and academic achievements from 31 top-performing students. Jane Dodd, managing director of one of the sponsors, Network Communication, said [...]

What do Bill Ralston, Duncan Garner, Melanie Reid and Simon Collins all have in common? All four have been high-profile guests for the AUT School of Communication Studies’ new initiative to make the journalism school and the industry more interactive. The newly-established Journalist-in-Residence programme sees an experienced journalist speak on campus once a week with [...]

A modern-day time capsule will be installed in the new Sir Paul Reeves Building at AUT. The project, overseen by designer Amy Yalland, aims to capture a snapshot of the building’s origins for future visitors. Ms Yalland doesn’t want to give away too many secrets, but was willing to divulge to Te Waha Nui that [...]

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 [...]

Beverly Lady Reeves thought the opening ceremony of the Sir Paul Reeves Building at AUT on Friday was “splendid”. In her address to  invited dignitaries she said the honouring of her late husband, Sir Paul Reeves, was “an incredible gift” to her family and that the building reflected the AUT brand of “inclusiveness, with academic [...]

AUT staff member Enri’que Flores has qualified for the ITU World Triathlon Championship Finals in London later this year.  Flores will represent New Zealand in the men’s 30-34 age bracket in September on the same track that was used in the Olympic Games. Although he doesn’t feel he had his best race when he qualified [...]

AUT’s awarding Thailand’s first female Prime Minister with an honororary doctorate does more than recognise her achievements, says the university.   Vice-chancellor Derek McCormack says Prime Minister Yingluck Sinawatra’s joining the AUT family is about developing ties with one of New Zealand’s most important trading neighbours. “It’s an opportunity to emphasise the relationship with Thailand [...]

An honorary doctorate was awarded to Thailand’s first female prime minister by AUT University last night. Elected in 2011, Yingluck Shinawatra was bestowed the award, which recognises her significant international contributions as well as the fact that she is the country’s first woman to lead the Thai Government. Tony Lynch, New Zealand’s ambassador to Thailand, [...]

After five years and hundreds of meetings with user groups, a team of architects and designers from Jasmax has helped to transform AUT’s city campus with the new Sir Paul Reeves Building. The ruling principle of the entire project, according to achitectural project manager Chris Scott, was transforming the space formerly occupied by trash compactors [...]