News and coming events

Medical School call for volunteers (by end of January 2021)

• Research Study Goals
• Computational diagnostic tool for Neurological conditions
• Failure of the habit system as a biomarker of Parkinson's

Lectures of Interest

At Toitu Early Settlers' Museum

• 25th January 2021 - Burns Supper
• 10th February - Second National Security School - New Zealand’s National Security and Covid-19. Register here
• February 10th, 17th and 24th. The good citizens’ guide to navigating the world of fake news and misinformation. Register here

At University

• Jan-Feb 2021 Letterpress & Fake News Course
• 16-17 March - New EC(H)O Systems, Democracy in the age of Social Media
• Other Otago Open Lectures

Other Lecture Events

The Universe - Ian Kimber via Zoom

January 3rd 2021, at 12 noon UK - but restricted to 25 places so be sure to register here

Medical Help

• Red Cross - Psychological First Aid team - Four Part Video
• Comprehensive online resources on Mesothelioma - a cancer caused by asbestos exposure
• The Pleural Mesothelioma Centre
• Help for Mesotheloma victims to recover money etc

Friends of the Medical School

U3A Members are exactly the right group to help the trainee doctors in their studies. “Friends” help students with interviewing and sharing experiences about coping with situations - of which we all have much know-how by this time in our lives. If you are not already a “Friend” (my wife and I have been “Friends” (of the Med School!)) for several years, please collect a brochure from the registration desk at U3A courses and see what you can do to keep Otago’s reputation at the top of the country’s rankings.

University of Otago

• University of Otago Magazine
• 2018 Foundation Report
• Continuing Education
• The Foundation Trust
• Open Lectures
• Otago Bulletin Board
• Pūtea Tautoko hardship fund for students
• Botany Seminars Semester 2
• The Tartan Noir Show - special guest Val McDermid
• History worth repeating - with Barbara Brookes and Sonja Tiernan
• Speaking volumes - presented by Liam McIlvanney

Otago Community Events and Places

• Urban Access in Dunedin - Ensuring Access Works for All
• Dunedin Public Art Gallery
• Dunedin Art Society
• Otago Museum
• Toitu Otago Settlers Museum
• Otago Decorative & Fine Arts Society
• Orokonui Ecosanctuary
• University Bookshop
• Wild Dunedin

Articles and Places of Likely Interest

• High-level synthesis report of latest climate science information
• 3-D Maps of New Zealand - showing distribution and ages (lots of data - slow to load)
• Aviation & Global Sustainability, Part I
• Aviation & Global Sustainability, Pt II
• Virtual Tours of World's Best Art Galleries
• Virtual Tours of World's Best Museums
• The New Zealand Centre for Global Studies
• Free Audio Books, Lectures, Movies, Textbooks
• Acceptance Speeches by Nobel Laureates
• Love & Drugs in Victorian London - Elizabeth Siddal - The Beauty in the Bathtub
• BBC Reith Lectures
• Trial by Media - the Queen Caroline Affair - Includes a paper by Jocelyn Harris
• Stephen Fry - Oxford Union - recorded on the site "Intelligence Squared"
• BBC Podcasts - BBC Radio 4 In Our Time - Melvyn Bragg
• BBC Podcasts - Inside Science
• Minute Physics - Presented by Harry Reich
• Sudoku
• United in Music: A virtual charity concert to aid UNHCR’S coronavirus response
• Global Community Orchestra Project
• Massive Open Online Courses - six chosen by The Guardian
• The British Library - Courses and Exhibitions
• New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Featuring works from Prokofiev, Haydn, Handel, as well as tenor Simon O’Neill

Auckland Libraries' HeritageTalks highlights

• Black Flu 1918