Doctoral Community at the University of Auckland

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS 🙌
International Teaching Artist Conference 2024 (ITAC7)
5-7 September 2024
Building 201, UoA City Campus

Are you currently a student at the University of Auckland?
Are you interested in teaching artistry or arts education and wanting to meet world leaders in these fields?

We are looking for UoA student volunteers that will be available throughout 3 days to help us make this international conference a success. All volunteers will receive free session attendance and be provided with tea, coffee, and lunch. There may also be opportunities for you to go on one of the excursions to Toi Ora Live Arts Trust or Auckland Art Gallery.

ITAC7 is hosted by the Centre for Arts and Social Transformation, Faculty of Education and Social Work. The full conference programme is here: https://www.itac7.ac.nz/programme/.

Come curious, leave inspired!

Please get in touch with CAST Centre Manager Tahnee Vo – [email protected] if you would like to be involved!

Congratulations to our 3MT prizewinners for 2024! The winner this evening was Inka Pleiss (Faculty of Science, University of Auckland), the runner-up was Isurie Akarawita (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland) and the people's choice award went to Logan Ritchie (Auckland Bioengineering Institute). Well done to all 13 of our finalists - the standard of the presentations was extremely high and it was a really enjoyable event watched by an enthusiastic audience of more than 300 people.

Have you booked your free tickets yet? Come and join us at the University of Auckland Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals! Book now at https://bit.ly/4cWPEty

date: Friday 2 August
time: 5pm to 7pm
venue: OGGB

We have 13 doctoral candidates competing, including Jie Bao (CAI), Komal Srinivasa (FMHS), Qijia Lilly Peng (Engineering), Logan Ritchie (ABI), Qun Ma (EDSW) and Sandra Gómez Gálvez (Science).

It's not too late! Book your free tickets now for the University of Auckland Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals at https://bit.ly/4cWPEty

date: Friday 2 August
time: 5pm to 7pm
venue: OGGB

We have 13 doctoral candidates competing, including Bex Ansell (Arts), Briar Hunter (Liggins), Claire Beach (Business), Holly Wilson (FMHS), Inka Pleiss (Science), Isurie Akarawita (Engineering) and Jiajia Lin (Arts).

The UoA Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals take place on Friday 2 August at OGGB. This is a really fun and inspiring event run by the School of Graduate Studies – the highlight of the doctoral calendar! You’re invited to come along and show your support for the 14 talented finalists - from ABI, Arts, Business, CAI, EDSW, Engineering, FMHS, Liggins, and Science - who will be taking up the challenge of sharing their PhD research with a general audience in under three minutes. The stakes are high as the winner will go on to represent UoA internationally. Click here to reserve your free ticket and learn more about the finalists: www.auckland.ac.nz/3mt

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Congratulations to the Dean's List recipients for June:

Emilie Rakete (Faculty of Arts, The University of Auckland)
Main Supervisor: Prof Tracey McIntosh
Co Supervisor: Assoc Prof Campbell Jones
Thesis title: Empire of Punishment: A Social Reproduction Theory of Mass Incarceration in Aotearoa

Robyn May (Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
Main Supervisor: Dr Soroush Safaei
Co Supervisor: Prof Frank Bloomfield, Dr Finbar Argus, and Dr Gonzalo Maso Talou
Thesis title: Understanding Cardiovascular Remodelling Related to Preterm Birth: A Clinical and Computational Modelling Study

Xiaofei Yang (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
Main Supervisor: Dr Enrique del Rey Castillo
Co Supervisor: Prof Liam Wotherspoon and Dr Yang Zou
Thesis title: Automated Data Analysis for Bridge Visual Inspection Using Deep Learning Techniques

Dean's List 2024 - The University of Auckland Find out who made the Dean's List in 2024.

Well done to everyone who entered the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland 3MT Heat last week. The winner was Qijia (Lilly) Peng and the runner-up was Isurie Akarawita. They have both qualified to take part in the University of Auckland 3MT Finals on Friday 2 August.

Don't forget to book your free tickets to watch the Finals at www.auckland.ac.nz/3mt

Congratulations to our competition winners and to everyone who participated and shared their ideas:

1st prize (UoA hoodie): Ella'peta Hausia from EDSW
2nd prize (UoA cap): Harsha Negi from FMHS
3rd prize (UoA cap): Megan Flint from CAI

We'll be in touch with you soon!

Enter our competition to stand a chance of winning one of our great prizes! All you have to do is like our page and then post your answer to the following question before 5pm on Wed 26 June: "What tool or resource has been the most useful in your doctoral research?"

First prize is a UoA branded hoodie, while second and third prizes are UoA branded caps. The competition is open to current doctoral candidates at UoA.

More doctoral candidates have qualified for the University of Auckland Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals by winning their 3MT Faculty Heats this week. Congratulations to Bex Ansell (Arts), Jie Bao (CAI), Komal Srinivasa (FMHS) and Qun Ma (EDSW)! They will be joining Arne Bruns (ABI), Logan Ritchie (ABI) and Inka Pleiss (Science) in the Finals on Friday 2 August.

We'll announce the winners of the Open Heat and the Engineering Heat next week. In the meantime, learn more about 3MT at www.auckland.ac.nz/3mt