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The University is closed from 5.00pm Tuesday 23 December 2008 and reopens Monday 5 January 2009.
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The following policies/procedures (pdf documents)
have been reviewed and updated in the UC Policy Library:
Vacancy
Advertising Policy (New)
Vehicle
Use Policy
Management of Contractors (deleted from UCPL, now available in Toolkit)
Memorandum
of Understanding Policy
Financial
and Enrolment Information: PhD Students, Masters Thesis, and Dissertation
Students
For other recent additions and reviews go the UC Policy Library Home Page and click on "What's New" in left side bar.
Visit the Library and select your reading for the summer break. All libraries will be closing at 5pm on Tuesday 23 December and reopening at 8.30am on Monday 5 January. Summer hours for each library can be found at library.canterbury.ac.nz/hours.
Level 2, Geography, Phone 364 3310, email careers@canterbury.ac.nz.
UC Careers & Employment is open throughout the study and exam
period as well as the summer break except Christmas/New Year.
Drop in sessions before Christmas will run until
Tuesday 23 December and will start again in the New Year on Monday
19 January 2009.
Please see UCCareer
Hub for further details.
Register now on UCCareerHub for
information about:
The Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust has been busy raising funds for the transfer of tūī to Hinewai in April 2009. Excitement is growing as the time approaches for transferring up to 30 birds. Trust staff and members will have information on tūī available at both the Duvauchelle and Little River A&P Shows and will be selling merchandise associated with the tūī project to help raise funds for their transfer
People are invited to submit entries for the photo/ art competition
titled "NZ native bird photographed on Banks Peninsula" in categories
for under, and over 15 years old.
This competition is sponsored by the Banks Peninsula Conservation
Trust with first and second prizes in the photo and art competition
at the Duvauchelle A&P Show on Sat 10 January. Take entries to
the Domestic Produce Shed at the Duvauchelle Show ground before 9.30am
on 10 January. Art work must be strung for hanging and photos
mounted on a half sheet of A4 white paper.
Does anyone have a close-up photo of tui on Banks Peninsula? There have been sightings of individual tūī, and the occasional photograph taken, but we are not aware that anyone has yet produced a close-up shot of tūī on the Peninsula.
Come and lend your support, submit any NZ native bird photos or artwork at the Duvauchelle Show, and visit us at the Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust tent. See you at the shows!
For
more information, call the Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust office
on 329-6340, email rachel.barker@bpct.org.nz or
the tūī coordinator Heidi Stevens on 322-4714 or go to http://www.tuisong.org.nz.
A sample of Clare Reilly’s attractive bird cards on sale at the Banks
Peninsula Conservation Trust tent. For further information see Clare
Reilly samples.
Also visit Clare’s art show “The Eye of the Calm” at Orion Powerhouse,
27 Dec-24 Jan. Every
card sale at these venues provides a donation directly to the tūī
restoration project.
The Health Centre will be closing at 1pm on Tuesday 23 December 2008 and will reopen its doors to patients on Tuesday 20 January 2009.
While the clinic is closed, the doctors will come in and out to check their mail and Dr Joan Allardyce will be available by email or mobile. Dr Allardyce may be out of contact for a few days, but Security will have a means of contacting her.
While the clinic is closed,
the Health Centre phone will carry clear and comprehensive information
for patients with health needs.
Join the RecCentre in January and enjoy an amazing range of group fitness classes, free gym orientation programmes, and access to preferential rates on massage therapy, personal training and staff only programmes. Only $129 for a whole year of health and fitness. Membership special only valid for purchase in January 2009. Do your body a favour - plan to keep a little aside after Christmas to become a healthier you. For more information, contact our reception on ext 6433.
The deadline for entering this data is Friday 13 March 2009.
Research and Consultancy has begun work on the 2008 UC Research Report. We are now asking staff to enter their research outputs for the period 1 January to 31 December 2008 into the UC People & Research database.
On campus, the UC People & Research database is located via the UC Portal (ucportal.canterbury.ac.nz). Off campus the Portal can be accessed via www.secure.ucportal.canterbury.ac.nz/portal/DesktopDefault.aspx.
When you check your 2008 research outputs it’s a great time to record your peer esteem and contribution to the research environment items, via your ‘All PE/CRE’ tab, in preparation for the 2012 PBRF evaluation. It’s also a great time to check your UC Research Profile and update it as necessary. A Profile enhancement was recently released to include "Prizes and Awards" and "Research Service" (including post-graduate student supervision) sections on your Profile person page.
Further information about the UC Research Report can be found on the intranet at www.intranet.canterbury.ac.nz/research/ucresearchreport.shtml. Database training is available - please contact Maxine Bryant to arrange this.
Astronomers, both amateur and professional, will descend on the small Canterbury town of Staveley for the weekend of the 23 January 2009 for the 20th annual Stardate celebration. Bring your binoculars, telescopes, tents or caravans, or if you prefer, book a place in the lodge. There will be talks on astronomy and also guided nature tours. Registration cost is $10/person/per night. For more details see www.forestry.ac.nz/euan/stardate/.
Have you (or someone you care about) ever suffered from postnatal/postpartum depression?
I would like to talk to any Christchurch women
or men who have experienced PPD (who are currently well) and their
significant support person (partner, friend, community support person
etc), to discuss their shared lived experiences of PPD in an ethically
approved study.
Participants must be 18+ and be happy to come along as a pair/couple for two semi-structured tape-recorded interviews of about 50 minutes duration. Please contact Rebecca at oxlre110@student.otago.ac.nz.
UC students from refugee backgrounds are being invited to join a new student-run club on campus.
Global Remix will be a space where members can help each other with their studies and other aspects of university life and support each other to reach their goals. It is planned the club will meet regularly and organise social events and academic workshops as well as putting members in touch with support services that can assist their individual needs.
Students interested in joining the club can drop their contact details in an email to maria.decort@canterbury.ac.nz, with the subject line “Global Remix”, to be notified about the club’s first meeting.
The University will close at the end of Tuesday 23 December 2008 and will re-open on Monday 5 January 2009. During this period the Security Office (under the Main Library) will be open around the clock.
The Contact Centre for the 0800 Varsity number and the enrol@canterbury.ac.nz email service and website will remain open between Christmas and New Year for the hours 8am to 6pm. (The main University telephone exchange – 366 7001 – is closed during this period).
Heads and Directors should ensure that all staff are notified of these dates.
Some days of this break are University Holidays as described in
the various University employment agreements. Any enquiries regarding
this leave entitlement should be referred in the first instance to
the relevant Human Resources Advisor.
The following positions are vacant. For more information please
check out the Human Resources Web site at: vacancies.canterbury.ac.nz.
RICCARTON, sunny, private, modernised character home. Completely
serviced and one block from the University. Close proximity to two
malls, Gardens and the CBD. Suit visiting professionals/academics. Winter
season specials available. Visit www.homeawayfromhome.co.nz for
recommendations from UC visiting scholars.
UPPER RICCARTON. Fully furnished studio unit, 15 minutes from University. Suit visiting professionals/academics. Contact Jan 027 254 2809 or email jan@macworx.co.nz. View www.holidayhomes.co.nz/search?q=4209.
COZY two bedroom flat with large kitchen and plenty of sunshine in Merivale. Polished floors, fresh paint, heat pump, new fridge and washer. Near mall and Hagley Park. Short-term rental possible. $250 pw. Call 027 457 7299.
LONG term rental in Sumner. Executive three bedroom apartment, direct
bus to university. Re-decorated throughout, heatpump, new drapes,
open plan living. Brilliant corner balcony for entertaining, wonderful
sunrises and seaviews. Secure garaging. $480 per week. Ph Fiona 326
7765 or Peter 021 2399 707 or email fmiller@xtra.co.nz.
PRIVATE sale by Canterbury faculty. Merivale on Rossall Street.
Beautifully repainted large two bedroom apartment with polished floors,
views, sunshine, large kitchen, modern bath, gardens, trees. Very
tidy. Great rental (currently rented) on bus route, 3-blocks from
Merivale Mall and 30-minute walk to Canterbury Campus. Girls' High
school zone. Was $280,000 reduced to $237,000. Great value. Leaving
country. Contact 385 0112 or 027 457 7299.
SPACIOUS home in peaceful tree-lined cul de sac close to the University and Burnside High. 3 bedrooms, large games room, 2 bathrooms, 3rd toilet with hand basin downstairs. Large garaging with workshop. Delightful garden setting. Very private and sheltered. For futher details visit www.harcourts.co.nz enter ID PI081102 to view.
PROFESSIONAL/academic American couple on sabbatical at UC with three very well behaved children (8, 11, 13) seeking accommodation from early or late January through July 2009. Looking for 3-4 bedrooms, 2 baths, fully furnished. Non-smokers with no pets, responsible home owners, with good NZ references from '01-'02 sabbatical at Auckland. Please contact Mark Kumler at kumler@redlands.edu.
PROFESSIONAL/academic Canadian couple on exchange with UC College of Law with two very well behaved children seeking accommodation from 1 February-31 July 2009. Looking for at least two bedrooms, either furnished or not and close to elementary schools. Are non-smokers, have no pets and are responsible home owners in Canada and can provide references. Please contact Sarah or Jonathan Bird at jonathan.bird@usask.ca.
CAT friendly, new University staff member in search of a house-sitting
position, from late January onwards. Looking for a place convenient
to campus, preferably for a semester, but shorter-term considered.
Happy to look after pets and take care of basic admin and property
maintenance. Non-smoker and experienced landscape gardener. Contact mike.dickison@canterbury.ac.nz
or 027 44 77081.
IF you are going away over summer and would like someone to attend to your property, a retired army officer offers the following: Feed pets; collect mail; water garden; mow lawns and any other gardening work. Generally keep an eye on the place. Rate negotiable. Contact Dave 343 6048, 027 358 5673.
HELP give library books, no longer required in the collection, a new lease of life. The Green Elephant book sale is continuing up until Christmas with more items going out every day. So come back and have another browse and see what books can be reused and reread. Location of sale - Central Library, level 2. All books $2 each.
GREAT idea for Christmas presents. $35 per person (usually retail at $75 per person). Includes sausage sizzle lunch. Come down for a thrilling ride on the Waimak River. Enquiries and tickets available from: Jackie Plimmer, email Jackie.plimmer@canterbury.ac.nz or David.plimmer@harcourts.co.nz 0274 491 044.
EXPERIENCED gardener able to work in Heathcote area required, 1-2 hours per week, weeding, pruning, spraying, mow tiny lawn etc. $15 per hour. Please ring (03) 384 9863 and ask for Cherry or Sandy.
STAFF and students, and family and friends, who have an interest in Italian: if you would like to attend a few film/video/dvd screenings in Italian (mostly with subtitles), being screened in conjunction with the ITAL 101 Summer School course (January-February 2009), please contact d.bagozzi@ext.canterbury.ac.nz.
DONATIONS of any homeless books in Italian always gratefully
accepted. Contact d.bagozzi@ext.canterbury.ac.nz.
AVAILABLE from the UCRecCentre. Qualified and experienced massage
therapists at your fingertips. Great to give as a thank you, birthday
or Christmas present and only $35 for a half hour massage and $65
for an hour massage. For more information call us (external) 364
2433 or (internal) 6433.