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Relevant Research - January 2019

Welcome to our first magazine issue for 2019, with another month's sampling of stories. 

If you're looking to delve into a topic more deeply, we encourage you to read any of our journal issues. Our family of Scope journals aims to engage discussion on contemporary research in a broad range of disciplines and topics, across different environments of practice. Junctures, published annually, encourages discussion across boundaries, whether these are disciplinary, geographic, cultural, social or economic. Late last year we were pleased to launch our six journal issues for 2018. These are freely available online: 

Enjoy your reading.

Prof Leoni Schmidt
Director: Research and Postgraduate Studies

ISSN 2624-084X

Contents

Sanitation field construction at Liro, on the island of Paama, Vanuatu

Flushed with success

by Shane Gilchrist and Lesley Brook

A team of Civil Engineering students has answered the call of a Vanuatuan community in need.

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A selection of art
pieces displayed for the 2018 exhibition at Otago Polytechnic

Meaningful occupation

by Lesley Brook

Occupational Therapy students are helping adults with intellectual disabilities to engage in the community.

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Taking a look at diversity

by Lesley Brook

David Rozado's data analysis software uses computational linguistics to analyze institutional data.

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Clinical coaching of first year student by third year student, School of Nursing, Otago Polytechnic

Learning to give direction and feedback

by Lesley Brook

Rebecca McDiarmid and Donna Burkett have evaluated a clinical coaching pilot for Nursing students.

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Tania Turei's Pae seating

Take a seat

by Lesley Brook

A design student's award-winning bench incorporates Maori design principles.

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Some of the participants in Sport Otago's 2018 Rainbow Run

Getting physical

by Lesley Brook

How might Sport Otago engage tertiary students in more physical activity?

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Midwifery graduate Fana Temese-To’omaga with Anna Seiuli

Pasifika student perspective

by Lesley Brook

Pasifika midwifery students are driven to succeed.

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Temuka

Health service information

by Lesley Brook

A team of Nursing students helped Temuka residents find out more about their health services.

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Recycling bins at Otago Polytechnic

Sustanimals

by Lesley Brook

How might we encourage people to do better at recycling and waste management?

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