Breadcrumbs List.
Education and society
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Mental wellbeing after Covid: go early, go hard, go local
12 June 2020
“Go early, go hard, go local,” is the message of a group of mental health experts calling on the Government to urgently redesign how it provides services to protect mental wellbeing following Covid-19.
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NZ’s ugly inequities laid bare
11 June 2020
Opinion: Being in lockdown revealed, worsened and even created inequities that we now must address from Level 1 and beyond, writes Karen V. Fernandez.
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Schools play critical role in disaster recovery
11 June 2020
Schools play a significant role in disaster response and recovery, according to a six-year research project by Professor Carol Mutch at the University of Auckland.
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To control the past is to control the future
10 June 2020
Opinion: UK protesters who tore down a slave trader statue want a future free from racism - but for that you have to fully reveal the past, writes Neal Curtis.
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University of Auckland climbs global rankings
10 June 2020
The 2021 QS World University Rankings sees New Zealand’s highest ranked university, the University of Auckland, rise to 81st in the world.
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Ethical issues central to digital contact tracing
10 June 2020
Digital contact tracing solutions for Covid-19 must ensure that legitimate ethical concerns have been identified and addressed, says Professor Tim Dare from the University of Auckland.
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No place for alcohol industry in classroom
10 June 2020
Opinion: Allowing the alcohol industry to fund education programmes in schools hides their less altruistic practices. Nicki Jackson and Rachael Dixon explain.
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Strong social justice background informs new role
9 June 2020
Professor Tracey McIntosh (Ngāi Tūhoe) from the University of Auckland has been announced as a commissioner on the Government’s recently established Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).
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University support for current/potential students affected by Covid-19
8 June 2020
The University of Auckland has acknowledged and responded to the impact of Covid-19 with a series of initiatives designed to support current students and assist new students to pathway into university programmes.
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University community steps up for National Volunteer Week
5 June 2020
From knitting in Gisborne to cooking in Canterbury and helping seniors in Wellington, the University of Auckland is once again getting behind National Volunteer Week, 21-27 June 2020.
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Staying safe in solidarity
4 June 2020
Opinion: NZ is not beyond issues of racial discrimination being protested in the US, but we should have been mindful of how we showed our solidarity, writes Mike Lee.
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Science Faculty staff named in Queen’s Birthday Honours
4 June 2020
An internationally renowned pioneering A pioneering mathematician and a professor of psychology who has worked for more than 30 years to help improve the youth justice system have been named in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.