World’s first Masters of Māori and Indigenous Leadership graduate
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 18 December 2018 The world’s first graduates of the unique Master of Māori and Indigenous Leadership degree will receive their degrees this week in the University of Canterbury’s December graduation ceremonies. As part of their studies, the Master of Māori and Indigenous Leadership students visited […]
Read More →December graduation for 1800 Canterbury students
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 17 December 2018 About 1800 students will graduate from the University of Canterbury this week, with over 1500 graduating in person at four official ceremonies held at the Horncastle Arena in Addington, in what may be the last UC graduation ceremonies held at the arena. […]
Read More →UC creates first lava flow in Christchurch in 6 million years
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 13 December 2018 For the last 6 million years, Christchurch has been relatively lava free – until now. At the University of Canterbury’s School of Fine Arts, real lava has been pouring out of a new research facility – the Lava Laboratory – which may […]
Read More →Illuminating and commemorating WWI for the modern era
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 12 December 2018 For the first time in nearly a century, a collection of significant World War I lantern slides belonging to the University of Canterbury (UC) is freely available for the public to view. One of Samuel Hurst Seager’s lantern slides, showing the sculptural […]
Read More →Unique UC Motorsport race cars impress at international Formula Student contest
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 10 December 2018 The University of Canterbury Motorsport (UCM) team dazzled the judges to take home multiple awards with their two custom-built race cars at the hotly contested international Formula Student competition in Australia. The UCM team dazzled the judges to take home multiple awards […]
Read More →Canterbury educators funded $300,000 to improve wellbeing for learners
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 05 December 2018 A collaborative university-school project bringing together teachers, whānau, hapū and iwi to enable a holistic approach to education, led by the University of Canterbury, has won $300,000 in funding from the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative. A collaborative university-school project is bringing […]
Read More →Christchurch lawyer elected UC’s new Chancellor
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 29 November 2018 The University of Canterbury will be led by two women for the first time in its history after the election of Susan McCormack, a partner at Mortlock McCormack Law, as its next Chancellor. Pro-Chancellor Susan McCormack is UC’s new Chancellor. The University […]
Read More →UC academics call for stronger democracy in summit at Parliament
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 29 November 2018 Several University of Canterbury academics are calling on the Government to strengthen New Zealand democracy at a summit in Parliament. The New Zealand Political Studies Association released a public discussion paper on strengthening New Zealand democracy written by 30 political scientists, educators, […]
Read More →Architectural drawings declared a national heritage treasure
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 26 November 2018 The University of Canterbury’s rare collection of thousands of architectural drawings has been selected by UNESCO as a significant and important piece of New Zealand memory that should be preserved for all time. The Armson Collins Architectural Drawings Collection has been announced […]
Read More →Untold stories of health system’s earthquake response revealed
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 22 November 2018 A new book, Rising from the Rubble: A health system’s extraordinary response to the Canterbury earthquakes, reveals untold stories of courage, compassion and creativity. Based on interviews with those who lived and worked through the Canterbury earthquakes, Rising from the Rubble is […]
Read More →UC scientist wins $100,000 to study Staph infection-causing bacteria
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 21 November 2018 A University of Canterbury researcher has been awarded $100,000 to study Staph infection-causing bacteria, in a study that could save lives around the world. UC Biochemistry Lecturer Dr Jodie Johnston has won funding from the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation to pursue her […]
Read More →Honorary doctorate for alumna Jenny Harper
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 19 November 2018 New Zealand art writer, academic, curator, art gallery director and University of Canterbury alumna Jenny Harper will receive an Honorary Doctorate from her alma mater at the December graduation ceremony for the College of Arts. New Zealand art writer, academic, curator, art […]
Read More →2018 UC Council awards presented
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 15 November 2018 The Chancellor’s Dinner and UC Council Awards, featuring the official presentation of the three 2018 UC Council awards, was held recently. [embedded content] The 2018 UC Council award winners (from left to right) are Professor Jon Harding, winner of the 2018 UC […]
Read More →Student Volunteer Army to reconnect with Parkland students in Florida
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 14 November 2018 Twelve youth leaders from the University of Canterbury’s Student Volunteer Army are reconnecting with students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the United States, this month. SVA President Josh Blackmore (left) and SVA Vice-President Emma Pratt are among the 12 youth […]
Read More →Combustion or electric race car? UC Motorsport says why not both?
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 12 November 2018 For the first time, University of Canterbury Motorsport (UCM) students have designed and built two state-of-the-art race cars to enter in the highly competitive international Formula Student event this summer – one electric race car and the other driven by a more […]
Read More →New book offers unique insight into New Zealand philosopher
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 12 November 2018 How does a theologian become a logician? University of Canterbury Associate Professor Mike Grimshaw explores this question through the letters of a New Zealand philosopher who developed a famous philosophical theory called ‘tense logic’. UC Associate Professor Mike Grimshaw’s research is based […]
Read More →UC researchers gain over $4 million to study space junk, lava, glaciers and the SVA’s ‘youthquake’
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 08 November 2018 Eight University of Canterbury academics have been awarded 2018 Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Funding to lead research in diverse topics, from identifying space debris to understanding lava flow and analysing melting glaciers to studying quake stories and the Student Volunteer Army’s […]
Read More →Microbiologist wins UC Early and Emerging Career Research Award
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 08 November 2018 Dr Mitja Remus-Emsermann from the School of Biological Sciences is the winner of the UC Early and Emerging Career Researcher Award 2018. University of Canterbury microbiologist Dr Mitja Remus-Emsermann from the School of Biological Sciences has won the UC Early and Emerging […]
Read More →Dr Mitja Remus-Emsermann wins UC Early and Emerging Career Research Award
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 08 November 2018 Dr Mitja Remus-Emsermann from the School of Biological Sciences is the winner of the UC Early and Emerging Career Researcher Award 2018. Dr Mitja Remus-Emsermann from the School of Biological Sciences is the winner of the UC Early and Emerging Career Researcher […]
Read More →UC researcher develops predictive test for pre-eclampsia
Source: University of Canterbury Home > News > 2018 > 02 November 2018 A University of Canterbury biochemist is creating a way to diagnose the life-threatening condition pre-eclampsia with the potential to save the lives of pregnant women and their babies worldwide. UC postdoctoral researcher Dr Jennifer Crowther receives her Innovation Jumpstart award. A University […]
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