by Leticia Alvarez | Nov 24, 2022 | Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022
Earlier this year, the borders re-opened and the University of Auckland welcomed hundreds of overseas students onto campus again, both on 360 exchanges and as international students. For those of us to whom Auckland is routine, the city feels familiar and instrumental...
by Leticia Alvarez | Nov 24, 2022 | Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022
I know someone who keeps all her textbooks on her shelf even after she finishes a course, so she can have her entire education at her fingertips. This is great thinking – it reminds me that I came to university to learn things I’m interested in, not just to acquire a...
by Leticia Alvarez | Nov 23, 2022 | Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022
Annette Sykes is one of New Zealand’s pioneers to get tikanga recognised in courts, change judicial and social attitudes, and protect the rights of Māori from institutional racism. She has worked in some of the most high-profile cases and is behind many of New...
by Leticia Alvarez | Nov 23, 2022 | Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Study tips
A few weeks ago, the Spinoff published an article co-written by some of the law lecturers. They applauded Victoria University for making in-person classes compulsory and urged Auckland University to do the same. Like most universities in New Zealand, UoA records...
by Leticia Alvarez | Nov 21, 2022 | Auckland Life, Campus Life, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022
It’s easy for each chapter of life to develop an airtight routine, which means often you end up only interacting with those at your school or work. Obviously, this isn’t the case for everyone, but certainly if you live in one of the university’s undergraduate...
by Leticia Alvarez | Nov 17, 2022 | Campus Life, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022
Today the Clock Tower is central to the university campus’ identity. Amid more modern buildings, like OGGB’s sleek glass atrium, or the engineering building’s functional, futuristic model, the Clock Tower stands out for its Gothic spires rising out of a mass of...
by Leticia Alvarez | Nov 16, 2022 | Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Law
Some of the buildings on campus have unique histories. One of them is Davis Law Library. Located in Eden Crescent, it’s the cave where law students study and academics find books for research and study. It’s also just a minute away from the High Court....
by Leticia Alvarez | Aug 31, 2022 | Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Uni hacks
So someone asked me what I wish I’d known in year thirteen. Of course there are many practical things that would have saved me expensive mistakes – managing money and learning to budget and save, learning to cook, making sure I was meeting the prerequisites for...
by Leticia Alvarez | Jun 20, 2022 | Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Uni hacks
This year I started working at Student Hubs, the center for any university or library related inquiries at the General Library. You can imagine there is a very wide range of requests and people come in – PhD students juggling babies and their own brainchild,...
by Leticia Alvarez | Dec 21, 2021 | Accommodation, Inside Word 2021
Whether you are starting summer school or Semester One awaits next February, a return to Auckland brings in the universal student experience (unless you have been studying offshore) – moving into a new place. I remember before moving into halls I received a list of...
