Best-of presentations from the Psychology, Crime and Law Course 2020
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Four Victoria University of Wellington staff made fellows of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
The Royal Society Te Apārangi has this week named 18 new fellows, four of them from Victoria University of Wellington, for their distinction in research and the advancement of science, technology or the humanities.
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Depression: it’s a word we use a lot, but what exactly is it?
PhD student Samuel Clack and Professor Tony Ward from Victoria University of Wellington's School of Psychology propose a new way to understand a serious mental disorder that manifests itself in many different ways.