Breadcrumbs List.
Doctoral
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Joint PhD with India a first
17 December 2019
The University of Auckland has signed an historic agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur to offer a joint PhD programme.
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Māori TV changes migrants’ views on Māori
16 December 2019
Opinion: Public broadcasters such as Māori TV have an important role in changing negative ideas held by some new migrants about Māori, writes Susan Nemec.
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Big dreams, real results: Stuart McNaughton's Woolf Fisher legacy
10 December 2019
Professor Stuart McNaughton ONZM is retiring as the director of the Woolf Fisher Research Centre at the end of the year. He looks back on highlights of his 21-year tenure.
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Graduating at 90 and still publishing: “It keeps me happy”
5 December 2019
One of New Zealand’s pioneers in critical care medicine is graduating from the University of Auckland with a Doctorate in Medicine at the age of 90, possibly the University’s oldest graduate by thesis, ever.
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New study rethinks leadership in early childhood education
3 December 2019
An exciting new form of leadership making a positive difference for children and families in early childhood education is at the centre of a ground-breaking PhD study from the University of Auckland.
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New Zealand history: what stories should we be telling?
11 November 2019
With New Zealand history becoming compulsory in high schools by 2022, which stories will make the grade, and from whose angle, is likely to be the subject of robust debate.
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Commitment to play gets PhD student elected to the Board
30 October 2019
Alex Bonham, a PhD student with the School of Dance was recently elected to the Waitematā Local Board, winning more votes than anyone else, after campaigning on the need for more space to play.
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‘Super baby’ mussel nursery wins Velocity Challenge
30 October 2019
A business start-up with plans to improve the shellfish industry by cultivating mussel ‘super babies’ has been named the overall winner at the 2019 Velocity $100k Challenge.
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Why the ‘love science’ behind MAFS is completely bogus
16 October 2019
Is it possible to predict attraction and how successful a relationship will be before two people meet? Health Psychology PhD candidate Holly Dixon explains why the entire Married at First Sight franchise is based on bunk science.
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Success: The double-edged sword for minorities
4 October 2019
Opinion: When refugees succeed, it propagates an underlying sentiment that they must meet a series of criteria before being truly accepted. Bilal Nasier explains.
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If the glove fits, then let the hand talk to the robot
27 September 2019
The day after Christopher Walker graduated with his PhD in Bioengineering he was on a plane to Croatia, to test the glove he developed to communicate with a robot, underwater.
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Using data in a good way, and making boring breathing exercises fun
27 September 2019
Dr Hamed Minaeizaeim was studying his PhD in Bioengineering at ABI when, in his spare time, he developed a device to make chest physiotherapy exercises prescribed for children with lung disorders a fun thing to do.