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This issue includes research reporting that patients who relapse after adjuvant targeted therapy for BRAFmutated stage III melanoma respond well to subsequent anti-PD-1-based therapy with outcomes similar to those seen with first-line anti-PD-1 therapy for stage IV melanoma. We have also included a long-term safety report from three of the KEYNOTE trials of pembrolizumab monotherapy for melanoma. Research conducted in participants from a dermoscopy masterclass found that the accuracy of diagnosing lentigo maligna improved after they were trained in the inverse approach, added to the classic pattern analysis. This issue concludes with an Australian study investigating discrepancies between biopsy results and final excised specimens in keratinocyte carcinomas.

We hope you enjoy the research selected, and we look forward to your comments and feedback.

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Dr Annie Wong

The Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi is today calling for new Fellowship, Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi, and Honorary Fellowship, Ngā Ahurei Honore a Te Apārangi, nominations for 2021.

Fellowshipof the Royal Society of New Zealand is an honour proposed by one’s peers and conferred for distinction in research or the outcomes resulting from intellectual endeavour (Advancement).

A web portal has been set up to receive new and updated nominations, so please email (academy@royalsociety.org.nz) if you wish to submit a new nomination and you will be provided with a URL to access the web portal. Details of the nomination process and requirements can be found here, and the closing date is 30 June 2021.

Please note that the Academy is focused on increasing the diversity of nominations from under-represented groups, particularly with respect to gender, ethnicity, and employment context.

This year’s conference looks at ‘openness’ in animal research and teaching. Public confidence in animal research hinges on the scientific community engaging in the evolving conversation about how and why animals are used. Being open about these matters is a worthwhile endeavour, and to be encouraged.

To gain a broader perspective on how openness looks in practise, we will examine overseas examples, both success stories and failures, and learn from different cultural viewpoints.

We anticipate that the adoption of new approaches to openness will reflect constructively on ANZCCART‘s principal objectives, particularly the Three R’s – the refinement, reduction and replacement of animals in research and teaching.

• Learning Matrices – a new product which identify and describe the significant learning of subjects that can be used to develop robust teaching and learning programmes.
• Assessment Matrices – which identify the significant learning that will be assessed and credentialed at each NCEA level.
• Course Outlines – which provide examples of how significant learning can inform a year of teaching and learning.
• Initial draft Teaching, Learning and Assessment guides – which provide the overarching framework and structure to the assessment package, detailing links between The New Zealand Curriculum and the assessment at NCEA level.

Feedback can be provided through online questionnaires until 19 April 2021:

Questionnaire in English

Questionnaire in te reo Māori

Draft NCEA Level 1 achievement standards and assessment activities will be developed from May to August 2021, when feedback will be sought on this content.

More information is available on the NCEA Education website. If you have any queries in the meantime, please email us at ncea.review@education.govt.nz

We invite Maori and non-Maori healthcare professionals who have provided care for patients with cancer to take part in a brief online survey. iPad Mini up for grabs.

Click here to start the survey.

Please note that the Academy Executive Committee is focused on increasing the diversity of nominations from under-represented groups, particularly with respect to gender, ethnicity and employment context, from Crown Research Institutes and Independent Research organisations.