“We are stronger together than we are alone”

-Walter Payton

As Early Career Academics (ECAs), we share a passion for exploring novel research directions and providing a great teaching experience for our students, but at the same time are often faced with challenges in our academic career paths.

The goal of the ECA symposium is to bring all AUT ECAs together to build a community where we gain and give support, collaborate on research and teaching, challenge conventions, and inspire and be inspired.

During the symposium, we will share our experiences of being an ECA at AUT, talk about the challenges that we face, and develop recommendations for AUT leadership to address those challenges. Those recommendations are then presented to the AUT leadership team after the event.

We would have loved to meet you all in person, but due to the uncertainties around Covid-19 the event will be held online on the 17th of February 2022 from 10 am – 11: 30 am on Zoom. However, we are planning a few more events for 2022 that will be held as hybrid or in-person events, depending on the COVID-19 situation.

ECAs are generally defined as those who are within seven years post-PhD completion; however, this event is very inclusive, so if you identify as an ECA and want to be part of the ECA community at AUT, please join us online!

The ECA Symposium is being generously sponsored by the Deputy Vice Chancellor and Symplectic (Digital Science).

The ECA Symposium is your place. Come let us grow stronger together.

We are looking forward to seeing you all there!

Facilitating team - Lena Waizenegger, Atakohu Middleton, Tom Stewart, Deepti Bhargava, Nadia Charania, Kristie Elphick and Nirisha Niranjan

Banner and video - Elle Mignacca, Communications Coordinator, FoBEL