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Staff Retreats 2019

Staff Retreats 2019

Writers’ retreat On 29 and 30 January 2019, a writers’ retreat was held at Bella Rakha in Oratia for academic staff. Staff spent the bulk of their time working on writing exercises with some time for getting together for informal discussions about the particular...
SOVS Conference 16 June 2019

SOVS Conference 16 June 2019

Save the date The School of Optometry and Vision Science’s annual conference will be held on Sunday 16 June 2019. Feedback from previous conferences has included requests for more interactive workshops, so this year’s programme includes three half hour talks on OCT-A,...

SOVS Newsletter – February 2019

Dear Colleagues Welcome to the first issue of the SOVS newsletter for 2019. It’s great to be back in Auckland, seeing familiar and new faces at the school. A big thanks to John Phillips who did a sterling job as acting Head of School and to everyone else who stepped...

December Newsletter 2018

Read about the latest advancements at the School of Optometry and Vision Science Dear Colleagues Welcome to the tenth and final issue of the SOVS newsletter for 2018. First, congratulations to the final year students who graduated on 16 November! The school wishes you...
An update from London

An update from London

I can’t believe I’ve been here for three months… My research and study leave has given me a terrific opportunity to reengage with UK-based vision research.  In particular I’ve been working at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London to start a clinical trial of the treatment...
Graduation 16 November

Graduation 16 November

On Friday 16 November our students graduated from the BOptom at a ceremony held at the Auckland Town Hall. Special mention must be made of the following awards: Anna Pritchard Prize for Optical Dispensing, for excellence in optical dispensing, to Anil Manju NZCO Prize...