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Professor of Social Work celebrates progress in the profession

12 March 2019

A long and distinguished career in social work education and research spearheading major advances in the profession has culminated in Liz Beddoe’s appointment to Professor of Social Work.
William Pike: Inspiring a generation of explorers

11 March 2019

Young Alumnus of the Year William Pike is on a mission to build resilience and curiosity in young Kiwis.
Valuing young children as philosophers

7 March 2019

To mark Children’s Day on Sunday 3 March, Maria Cooper and Marek Tesar reflect on how all children deserve teachers who positively welcome children’s questioning as philosophical thinking.
Tributes for Pacific Early Childhood Education champion

7 March 2019

Dr Patisepa Tuafuti was a well-loved lecturer at the University who devoted her life to empowering Pacific communities through bilingual education programmes.
Language learning an ‘at-risk’ activity

5 March 2019

Martin East draws on Brexit to argue that the learning of additional languages is at risk in contexts where it is often assumed that everyone speaks English.
Kiwi life can’t really be just all about rentals

1 March 2019

Opinion: Do we really all hold a sacred place for what is a fundamentally exploitative, unequal and unfair practice? Dr Ian Hyslop certainly doesn't think so.
University honours Distinguished Alumni

28 February 2019

A surgeon, a singer and a stalwart of Fisher & Paykel are among the distinguished alumni to be honoured by the University of Auckland at a gala dinner.
The key to understanding Pasifika education

26 February 2019

Opinion: Associate Dean Pasifika, Jacoba Matapo, explains why understanding the spirit of the collective is vital for Pasifika engagement in tertiary education.
Who's in and who's out? Educational exclusion on the rise

25 February 2019

In a world driven by competition and exclusion, the vision of a mainstream education system that includes students with disabilities is increasingly under threat.
Making friends across the street

25 February 2019

A powerful, interactive play about the value of friendship is challenging its cast to make friends with its audience in the space of just one hour.
What we think of as 'normal' has changed over time and place

20 February 2019

Opinion: Who we mean when we talk about diverse people depends a lot on who and what we think of as normal, writes Professor Missy Morton.
Elizabeth Rata: NZ’s knowledge blind spot

19 February 2019

Opinion: New Zealand is prey to educational fads. We see it in NCEA, modern learning environments and localised school curriculum, writes Professor Elizabeth Rata.

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