OPSITARA Research


Welcome to this month's issue of Relevant Research. We hope that these stories will encourage you to think about ways you might work with our staff and students, so that we can help each other and together make a better world.

Coming up in September we have a wide variety of research events occurring which you are welcome to attend:

  • Occupational therapy students' presentations on various health topics on 4 September
  • An online clinical research forum about risk in discharge planning for older people on 5 September
  • A series of short documentaries about 20 Dunedinites, on 6 September
  • The William Mathew Hodgkins memorial lecture on 10 September
  • An online seminar on 11 September about coping with the effects of on-call and shift work on sleep
  • A one day symposium on feminism and figurative sculpture on 14 September
  • A cultural tourism business seminar on 18 September
  • Pop-up performances and exhibitions about ocean noise from 22 September
  • Three postgraduate art students' exhibitions at different times during September

More details of these and other events are available here.


Prof Leoni Schmidt
Director: Research and Postgraduate


  1. Optimising talent use

    Dr Stephen Atkins wants to help talented people make a bigger difference. Read more…
  2. What are kids to do?

    Occupational therapy students established a successful after school programme in Halfway Bush. Read more…
  3. "well worth the effort"

    Lecturer in Sport and Adventure, Andy Thompson, is proud to have completed his Master's degree. Read more…
  4. Video: Attracting volunteers

    Students worked with charity Servants Health Centre to produce a promotional video. Read more…
  5. Video-based assessment model

    We have developed and evaluated an innovative way to assess midwifery students' clinical skills.  Read more…
  6. Workshop safety training

    Our Automotive and Mechanical Trades staff are sharing their expertise with industry. Read more…
  7. Video: Voyeurism examined

    Kiri Mitchell's Master of Fine Arts project, Milk, explores our fascination with the bodies of obese people. Read more…
  8. High performance conditioning

    A High Performance Rugby Union Workshop at Otago Polytechnic in July 2017 attracted high-level practitioners from around the world. Read more…
  9. Simply applicable apprentice app

    Keeping tabs on apprentice learning just got a lot easier thanks to a new app modified at Otago Polytechnic. Read more…