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Upcoming Tauhere Connect talks
We bring a fresh series of free Tauhere Connect public lectures each year.
27 November 2024
Come and celebrate with us as we mark the 20th anniversary of Te Taiwhenua o te Hauora, The GeoHealth Laboratory.
This seminar will be led by Associate Professor Malcolm Campbell and features guests including the previous GeoHealth Laboratory Directors Professor Simon Kingham and Professor Jamie Pearce
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Or see recent talks below:
The Better Start Literacy Approach is an example of a ‘structured literacy approach’ that is based on the science of reading. The Government recently announced that all teachers in state-funded schools will need to teach young children to read using structured literacy teaching methods from the start of next year.
Dr Kessans shares her insights into the fascinating world of space research and exploration, highlighting why Aotearoa New Zealand is actively participating in sending scientific experiments into space. She will discuss her innovative projects and experiments, the scientific objectives behind them, and the potential benefits for both New Zealand and the global community.
In this free public lecture, University of Canterbury Media and Communication Professor Donald Matheson asks how global journalism could do a better job of telling the stories of war today, including the major wars being fought against Ukraine or Gaza but also a host of other conflicts, from West Papua to Yemen.
The stars we see in the beautiful night sky of Aotearoa hold the secrets to the origins of the Milky Way galaxy, according to Senior Lecturer in Astroinformatics & Data Science, Dr C Clare Worley.
UC’s Associate Professor Heather Purdie discusses the impact of glacier recession on alpine recreation and tourism, sharing insights from her latest research.
In this talk, Associate Professor Adrian Clark looks at Generative AI, how it works, what it can do, where it might be heading, and what this all means for the entertainment industries. “We may be standing on the precipice of a new golden age of entertainment and storytelling, or perhaps Pandora’s box been inadvertently opened – never to be closed again,” Dr Clark says.
In this Tauhere Connect public lecture, Tolerate Online Abuse or Resign: How the Law Fails Women MPs, UC Senior Lecturer and international human rights law expert Dr Cassandra Mudgway will examine the issue of online violence against women in politics, both here and overseas.
