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UC Music and Classics move to Arts Centre
Tuesday, 19 April 2016, 11:08 am | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury has received a substantial donation to support the relocation of Music Performance and Classics programmes, along with the James Logie Memorial Collection of classical antiquities, to the Arts Centre in central Christchurch. More >>
PhD student seeks spinal cord injury research volunteers
Monday, 18 April 2016, 2:46 pm | University of Canterbury
A University of Canterbury researcher wants to give people with spinal cord injuries the chance to improve their balance and ease of movement. More >>
UC promotes world-class earthquake engineering research
Friday, 15 April 2016, 4:51 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury has just opened a newly constructed high-end test hall that will place the University on the world stage for earthquake engineering research. More >>
Teenagers learn how to electrify their future at UC
Friday, 15 April 2016, 1:46 pm | University of Canterbury
It actually is rocket science. High-school students interested in robotics, renewable energy, nanotechnology, rocketry, and how to design the next generation of smart devices, are getting first-hand experience in all these at the University of Canterbury. More >>
Why 'mundane' tools are vital for strategic change
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 2:25 pm | University of Canterbury
Newly published research by a University of Canterbury management expert and her French counterparts shows organisational change does not need to involve expensive consultants, strategic planning tools or endless meetings. More >>
UC academics take inclusive teaching research to US
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 11:15 am | University of Canterbury
Two University of Canterbury (UC) academics have been invited to the United States to discuss ways to support inclusive education in schools at two international symposia this month. More >>
Clever Tactix to excel at sport and study at UC
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 1:13 pm | University of Canterbury
There are not one but two professional sportswomen in the 2016 Mainland Tactix team simultaneously studying at the University of Canterbury, while excelling at international netball. They describe how they find the balance between their sporting and academic ... More >>
University celebrates major earthquake milestones
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 5:16 pm | University of Canterbury
Earthquake engineering and research capability at the University of Canterbury will increase dramatically this week with the launch of two major initiatives. More >>
Canterbury liquefaction research wins international honour
Monday, 11 April 2016, 2:12 pm | University of Canterbury
A University of Canterbury (UC) academic’s work on liquefaction-induced land damage recovery and research following the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious international engineering awards. The research ... More >>
Study in avoiding "friendly fire"
Monday, 4 April 2016, 12:03 pm | University of Canterbury
American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman famously claimed “War is hell.” At the University of Canterbury PhD students are deliberately setting out to simulate the hell of friendly fire. More >>
UC academic offers insight into Eddie Jones’ coaching
Friday, 1 April 2016, 2:52 pm | University of Canterbury
The head coach of a rejuvenated England rugby team, Eddie Jones has a long connection with University of Canterbury Professor Richard Light, who offers an insight into Jones’ coaching plus a warning for the All Blacks. More >>
UC writer in residence questions ‘kiwiness’ and identity
Wednesday, 30 March 2016, 4:01 pm | University of Canterbury
In a public seminar, Philip Braithwaite, the 2016 Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence at the University of Canterbury, will discuss the vexed question: What is New Zealand’s identity? In his free seminar on Friday at UC’s Ilam campus, the playwright will ... More >>
Dark Confessions: The Teina Pora case
Wednesday, 30 March 2016, 3:38 pm | University of Canterbury
A 17-year-old car thief confessed to a crime he didn’t commit and spent 22 years in jail. How did one of New Zealand's worst miscarriages of justice happen? More >>
UC earthquake researcher to receive innovation prize in US
Thursday, 24 March 2016, 1:33 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury Professor Brendon Bradley will be presented with a prestigious Earthquake Engineering Research Innovation Prize at a ceremony in the United States next month. A professor in UC’s Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering ... More >>
UC students win national engineering prize for 10th time
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 11:49 am | University of Canterbury
A team of four Mechanical Engineering students from the University of Canterbury’s has won a national engineering prize, the Ray Meyer Medal for Excellence in Student Design. This win means that Mechanical Engineering students at UC have won the excellence ... More >>
QS rankings: UC amongst the world's top universities
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 9:54 am | University of Canterbury
After processing submissions from 4,226 universities, the independent international rankings agency QS has again placed the University of Canterbury amongst the world's most elite institutions . More >>
UC researchers defy chemistry’s ‘rules of attraction’
Monday, 21 March 2016, 1:46 pm | University of Canterbury
Researchers at the University of Canterbury have discovered a very unusual chemical system that breaks the chemical 'rules of attraction', in which two positively charged molecules form a closely bound sandwich complex. So they set out to investigate: ... More >>
UC academic writes for UN on sustainable development
Friday, 18 March 2016, 2:58 pm | University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury Associate Professor Bronwyn Hayward is one of 50 world experts, business leaders, and community advocates invited to contribute to a new United Nations report, released this week, into how to address some of the most troubling world ... More >>
Record interest in Sport Coaching as a career
Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 12:12 pm | University of Canterbury
With the University of Canterbury celebrating increased enrolments among school leavers and new-to-university students, the Bachelor of Sport Coaching degree has seen record growth, with enrolments increasing by 125 per cent, compared to the same time in ... More >>
Spotlight on ‘invisible women’ shaping the law
Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 10:30 am | University of Canterbury
A seminar being held at the University of Canterbury tomorrow, called Women Behind The Law, will be an opportunity to shine a light on “invisible women”. More >>
