For the record, the ‘Sweary Bear’ you refer to is Dr Ronald Kramer, a senior lecturer in criminology at the University. Dr Kramer has a PhD in sociology from Yale, has been published in the British Journal of Criminology and elsewhere and is a respected commentator.
#expertbear
So who are the “experts” plural who know so much about criminology in this piece? Some sweary bear Ron Kramer, gang apologist Denis O’Rielly, Chester Borrows & Mob Pres Sonny Fatupaito. Really?
PhD graduate Muliagatele Vavaō Fetui has successfully completed only the second doctoral thesis ever written in Samoan and the first awarded by a Western university. At 78, he graduated with his PhD in Pacific Studies from
@ArtsAucklandUni
this week:
Public health expert Professor Papaarangi Reid
@Paps_R
, says the state of Māori health, especially children’s, is an outcome of deliberate policies to break down Māori people, lands, culture and relationships. Her message? Become anti-racist.
#colonialism
Update on mask use on campus 😷
From today all staff, students and visitors are expected to wear face masks on campus wherever physical distancing is difficult, incl. lectures & other teaching spaces, bathrooms and lifts. More info & FAQs on the website:
Manuia lou malaga Green MP Fa'anānā Efeso Collins who has passed away suddenly. Efeso (MA Education) was the first Pacific president of the AUSA and a former UoA staff member. He was a respected Pacific politician and alumnus. Our thoughts are with his family.
#restinpeace
Congratulations to microbiologist Associate Professor
@SiouxsieW
of
@FMHS_UoA
who last night was named Kiwibank NZer of the Year Tou Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa. Siouxsie's science communication skills are second-to-none when it comes to explaining Covid-19. Proud.
#covid19
-nz
Huge congrats to Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble
@BrimbleM
who received the news she's been waiting for, with the FDA approving her drug Trofinetide today. She identified it in a lab
@ScienceUoA
. Remarkable.
#womeninscience
#rettsyndrome
ARMED OFFENDER ON THE UNIVERSITY CITY CAMPUS
A male Offender armed with a long weapon was last located in Sector 100.
Police are in attendance and are moving through the sector to locate the offender.
Please avoid this area.
Regards,
Campus Security.
09 923 5000
Despite lockdown, there hasn't been a lot of time for
@SiouxsieW
to enjoy one of her favourite hobbies. But she squeezed in the time for a Q and A with UniNews about growing up, studying, research. mentors and her name.
#SiouxsieWiles
#science
#covid19nz
The University of Auckland has climbed 32 places to
#147
in the latest
@timeshighered
World University Rankings to resume its position in the top 150 universities in the world for the first time since 2011.
#THEUniRankings
@THEworldunirank
Former Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has been appointed Professor in the School of Public Health, leading the new Public Policy Impact Institute based at
@FMHS_UoA
as its inaugural chair. Read more at:
Congratulations to Professor Shaun Hendy (
@hendysh
) of
@PunahaMatatini
and
@ScienceUoA
, who has just been invested as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to science. 🎖️
Important Covid-19 notification - Following the PM's announcement that Auckland will move to Alert Level 3 from 12noon tomorrow, we're instructing all students and staff NOT to come into the University tomorrow, but to study and work from home:
#COVID19nz
A one-time doctoral scholarship valued at NZ $28,200 is open to PhD applicants of Māori and/or Pacific descent who are interested in factors that enable Māori and Pacific Higher Education success. Applications close on 11 November. Find out more and apply.
The University confirms that all examinations scheduled to be held tomorrow, Friday 13 November, on our central Auckland campuses (City, Grafton, Newmarket and Epsom) will be held online instead. Full details on our website:
Congratulations to Professor Richard Easther
@REasther
at
@ScienceUoA
and Dr Marcia Leenen-Young from
@ArtsAucklandUni
who have won 2022 Te Whatu Kairangi - Aotearoa Tertiary Educator Awards for their contribution to tertiary teaching and learning. More at
A growing body of research shows that creating opportunities for Māori students to engage regularly with Māori cultural practices, knowledges and language supports academic achievement, writes Dr Webber from the Faculty of Education and Social Work:
Dr Rhys Jones
@rg_jones
from
@FMHS_UoA
, senior lecturer at Te Kupenga Hauora Māori has won the PM's Supreme Award at the
@ako_aotearoa
National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards. Congrats also to our other UoA finalists Anuj Bhargava & Dr Maxine Lewis.
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STAY AWAY FROM THE DOWNTOWN BRITOMART PRECINCT
Police are currently attending to a serious situation in the Downtown Britomart area.
They have requested the public to avoid the Lower Queen and Quay Streets vicinity
This Fijian Language Week, Emmaline Pickering-Martin (Nauluvatu, Nakelo, Sawaieke, Gau) talks about embarking on her PhD journey, her research into women's mental health in Fiji and her experience of receiving full Veiqia Fijian skin markings:
The University received confirmation this evening that a student tested positive for Covid-19. The student is a resident in Whitaker Block, has meals in Waipārūrū Hall & attended classes on campus Mon 16 & Tue 17 August. Further updates as we learn more -
Taxpayer-funded research should be freely available with green open access and not blocked behind massively-costly private paywalls, argues University of Auckland doctoral candidate Tom Saunders:
The University of Auckland has risen to 68th in the world in the QS
@worlduniranking
released today. 🎉
This is a testament to our high quality of teaching, learning and research, and a reminder that NZ universities are among the best in the world:
#QSWUR
Following yesterday’s PM announcement, our current Alert Level arrangements remain in place for our campuses. The UEC also confirmed from 4 Jan 2022 all students, staff & visitors will need to be fully vaccinated to come onto our campuses. Learn more:
Opinion: Ashlea Gillon
@AshleaGee
(Ngāti Awa), a PhD student at
@ArtsAucklandUni
, says when whakataukī (Māori proverbs) are used, they need to not only promote Te Reo Māori but also ensure recognition of Māori values.
#TeReoM
āori
#TeAoM
āori, tikanga
Today’s announcement on the proposed law change supports our preferred position on the issue of mandated vaccines. Given the direction from the Govt, we can confirm that this is the approach the University intends to take. More details on our website:
Congratulations to Dr Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia from the Faculty of Education and Social Work, who has been awarded a Pacific Postdoctoral Fellowship for her project ‘Nesian Narratives – enhancing sexuality education for Pacific communities’.
🚨 Important Update: The University has decided to move all remaining Semester Two examinations online, including tomorrow, Saturday 14 November, through to the end of exam period on Sat 21 November (with some exceptions). See our website for details:
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited
@FMHS_UoA
today to thank University of Auckland staff for their work combating Covid-19 as she unveiled government plans for a historic vaccination campaign:
We know poverty affects children's health, but talk less about it how it affects their development.
@DrJinRussell
from
@FMHS_UoA
says when families are struggling, the impact on children's development can be profound.
#poverty
#childdevelpment
We need more Māori and Pacific students to study architecture, and a scholarship has been set up to encourage them to do so. It is worth $5,000 p.a. for incoming Māori and Pacific students studying architecture. Applications are open until 15 January 2020.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Dawn Freshwater has confirmed that the University will waive administration fees for Covid-19 related applications for aegrotat and compassionate consideration for tests and examinations in Semester Two, the same as it did in Semester One.
Today, as part of the 125th celebration of women’s right to vote in NZ,
@nzherald
draws up its list of 125 “Trailblazers”, the women who paved the way for others and helped change the world including Distinguished Professor Margaret Brimble:
#Suffrage125
The University has been advised by one of its students that they have tested positive for Covid-19. This is linked to the Auckland cluster of cases. The student has not been on campus since the end of July, and is not living in student accommodation.
Good news for
@ArtsAucklandUni
and Education and Social Work that the Government is working with the University on a financing plan that will enable construction of a fit-for-purpose facility planned to open in 2024.
#shovelready
#buildingjobs
#education
Do you think the extension of Auckland’s lockdown was appropriate?
Professor Thomas Lumley
@statsauckuni
takes a closer look at the latest poll in the NZ Herald.
Law/Arts alumna, and
@Harvard_Law
graduate
@RezGardi
grew up in a refugee camp - the child of Kurdish human rights activists who had fled to Pakistan. Now she is a lawyer prosecuting IS war crimes in Iraq.
The University has made the decision to remain in online teaching and learning mode for the rest of Semester Two, regardless of alert level. More info on our website:
How wonderful to see our students celebrating their success with friends and family in Albert Park, Auckland, before heading off to their official graduation ceremonies. How lucky are we? Congratulations to everyone graduating this week.
#NZ
#UoAGrad
The University has recently announced a fee waiver for doctoral candidates and research masters students (those undertaking 90 points of research or over) whose progress has been affected by COVID-19. Find out more here:
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland, Professor Dawn Freshwater, has announced the University's plans for the rest of Semester One in light of Covid-19.
Dr Matire Harwood (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Rangi ki Moerewa) played an important role in helping tackle Covid-19 in South Auckland. Her community health and academic worlds
@FMHS_UoA
have successfully complemented each other.
#hauora
#covid19nz
"Where does te Tiriti o Waitangi fit in Government pandemic emergency powers, regulations and obligations? Right at the centre", writes Dr. Claire Charters from the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland.
Professor Peter O'Connor from the Faculty of Education and Social Work explains why racism belongs to Pākehā - and Pākehā need to take responsibility for stopping it.
🚨 Covid-19 Update - Sunday 30 January: One of our students in the School of Environment
@ScienceUoA
who attended the City Campus last week has tested positive for Covid-19. Please see our website with University locations of interest for full details:
Congratulations to our own Prof Dame Anne Salmond who’s been awarded the Caird Medal from the UK’s National Maritime Museum for her ‘great contributions to scholarly and public understanding of Māori history, the history of Pacific voyaging and cross-cultural exchange’.
Researchers
@ScienceUoA
have successfully grown skin in the lab. This could be a milestone towards treatments for Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare genetic skin condition.
Following the announcement that Auckland will move to Alert Level 3 at 11.59pm tonight (Sun 14 February), the University is required to move its activities online.
We'll have more details shortly, including what this means for Summer School examinations.
Politics lecturer Dr Lara Greaves is researching what affects Māori in their decision whether to go on the Māori electoral roll. She also has an
@HRCNewZealand
Emerging Researcher grant to look at the 'Māori in-between' over identity and its effects.
The nation's Covid-19 response has relied heavily on contagion modelling. Dr Dion O'Neale from
@ScienceUoA
is leading work to build a unique model that mirrors the myriad connections of the entire population of New Zealand.
A drug approved by
@US_FDA
in March had its molecular discovery in a University of Auckland
@ScienceUoA
lab with Distinguished Professor Dame
@BrimbleM
at the helm. The drug development was by UoA spinout Neuren Pharmaceuticals. 👏
#kiwimade
#rettsyndrome
The University's new te reo app, Te Kūaha, is just one of the tools in a determined vision to revitalise the Māori language among staff and students, and have staff demonstrating a basic competence in te reo.
#tereo
#tek
ūaha
#M
āori
The University of Auckland is adopting a new Māori name – Waipapa Taumata Rau – gifted by the people of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei:
The dawn gifting ceremony on Monday 26 July will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel from 7am:
'Dad dancing' and high-tech bird tracking are part of Dr Brendon Dunphy's award-winning teaching tools in
@ScienceUoA
. He's educating about the threats facing tītī and other endangered New Zealand seabirds.
#climatechange
#seabirds
#petrels
The Kupe Leadership Scholarship for postgraduate study offers a $22,000 stipend plus a leadership programme and a personal mentor. Applications will close on Friday 28 August 2020.
Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble
@BrimbleM
and fellow researchers expect to hear within days whether the drug they developed for a breakthrough treatment will be granted final approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Huavai (Clare) Huni-Mafi graduated this week with her mum and five children by her side, a long list of achievements to her name, and the knowledge that she's made a difference to communities in New Zealand and the Pacific.
She finished a PhD at 74. At 90, Dr Waiora Port is still providing her expertise on the Māori advisory board for the Centre for Brain Research
@cbrnewzealand
. Read her story here:
We've been working closely with
@aklpublichealth
(ARPHS) to identify locations attended by the student while considered infectious and a provisional list has been emailed to all staff and students and can be found on our website along with more info here:
The University of Auckland has placed 85th in the QS
@worlduniranking
released today, maintaining its reputation as an internationally-leading tertiary institution and number No.1 ranked university in NZ. More on our website:
#QSWUR
#TopUniversities
🚨A UoA staff member (Dept of Mathematics) has tested positive for Covid-19 & we have 2 new locations of interest:
📍 Dept of Mathematics, Bldg 303 (East), L1 & L2 Podium 🗓 Tue 17 Aug 9.20am-4pm
📍 Bldg 303, Basement, Rooms B13 & B15 🗓 Tue 17 Aug 4-5pm
A professor of Indigenous Studies and co-head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa in
@ArtsAucklandUni
, Professor Tracey McIntosh (Ngāi Tūhoe), has been announced as a commissioner on the Government’s recently established Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).
Today's Government announcement raising the country’s alert level means the University will effectively be moving into a full campus closure within the next 48 hours. Please check your email for more information if you are a UoA staff or student.
This week marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of New Zealand’s most celebrated scientist, Ernest Rutherford. Head of Physics
@ScienceUoA
Professor
@REasther
acknowledges the man who brought us the insight that our world is made of atoms.
Congratulations to neonatologist Dame Jane Harding of
@AucklandLiggins
and a multidisciplinary national team who have been awarded the Prime Minister's Science Prize for their work investigating abnormal blood-sugar levels in newborns.
#NZPMSciPrizes
Congratulations to Professor Dame Cindy Kiro (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahu) who was announced yesterday 24 May, as the new Te Kāwana Tianara o Aotearoa - Governor-General of Aoteraoa New Zealand. Read more about Dame Cindy's achievements on our website:
Due to the short notice of NZ moving to Red Level at 11.59pm tonight, Sun 23rd, we have decided to pause all teaching tomorrow, Monday 24 Jan, to give staff time and space to implement their Red setting plans for teaching from Tuesday. For more please see: