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For venues and further information please click on the linked seminar title.
| 2:00 pm | Bridging Programmes Graduation, The Ballroom, UCSA. |
| 5:30 pm | New Zealand Institute of Foreign Affairs seminar. Murray McCully on "Priorities for NZ foreign policy in the coming three years". Te Awaroa, Macmillan Brown Centre/Te Ao Marama building, University of Canterbury. |
| 12:40 pm | School of Law seminar. Dr Duncan French (University of Sheffield Law School) on Liberalising investment in EU-ACP economic partnership agreements: EU priorities, regional agendas and developmental hegemony. |
| 4:30 pm | Public Meeting to discuss Music Conservatorium Proposal. |
| 4:10 pm | Bridging Programmes seminar. Dr Philip Ferguson on Teaching the '60s: is it history? |
To locate a seminar room or car-park download a University of Canterbury campus map.
New offices for Disability Resource Service (DRS) have been constructed in the east corner of level one of the James Hight building (previously occupied by the printery). DRS will be closed from Thursday 2 July to Monday 6 July inclusive, reopening on Tuesday 7 July in its new premises.
There may be delays in responding to emails and phone calls while the office is closed, however priority will be given to any urgent matters. Students needing to plan routes to the new offices should contact DRS (email: disabilities@canterbury.ac.nz) for details on how best to find their way there.
Disability Resource Service looks forward to seeing staff and students in its new premises which will continue to provide student study and rest areas.
Thriving
under fire: 17 and 24 August - 2 spaces left
The TUF programme is an innovative blended learning programme for
training front line staff to deal with angry and aggressive customers.
TUF addresses real situations. You must have attended "Service
Delivery at UC" to enrol for this programme.
Growing
personal resilience: 8 and 15 September - 2
spaces left
A personal resilience and stress management programme developed
to provide people with the practical tools to cope more effectively,
and to not turn pressure into stress. The programme is aimed at
developing people's personal strengths, helping them to become
more resilient and to gain more control over their personal and
professional lives.
Delivering
service at UC: 10 September - 4 spaces left
This programme focuses upon the core skills of developing a sense
of empathy and appreciation for the needs of your customer or student
and using this to understand how you can best meet these needs.
A great programme for front line staff, or anyone who has interactions
with students and/or other customers (including internal customers).
See the Staff Development Programme 2009 webpage for a full list of upcoming workshops.
Computing:
Excel: Manage Data - 13 July
Excel: Report Information - 20 July
Professional Development:
The
Law and Your Business – Louise Taylor, 14, 21, 28 July, 4 and
11 August
Negotiation Skills – Jane Chart, 16 and 17 July
Leading for Results – Ian Brooks, 20 and 21 July
All courses are offered on an open enrolment basis. No prior experience or learning is required. UC staff discounts apply.
For further information contact: Craig McAllister, Sales Co-Ordinator, Professional & Executive Development, craig.mcallister@canterbury.ac.nz, phone 03 364 3582.
The Government is considering changes to the student loan scheme, and would like to hear the thoughts of UC students.
Inland Revenue has opened an online forum so students can see the proposed changes, find out what others are saying, and send in their own feedback. Proposed changes include improvements to the way student loans are repaid and new online services so borrowers can manage their loan from anywhere at any time.
Visit the forum and have your say before 17 July.
For more in-depth information read the discussion document and the media release from the Minister of Revenue.
Engineering Without Borders NZ (EWBNZ) Canterbury Branch will be holding a fundraising BBQ in the Engineering Quad, Tuesday 7 July and Wednesday 8 July from 11-2pm.
Come out and buy a sausage in support of EWBNZ students’ efforts to raise funds towards their trip to Tonga later this year. EWBNZ is raising money to revisit a secondary school in Tonga to implement a renewable energy system. In collaboration with EcoCARE Pacific Trust, they aim to help solve the schools energy problems, and lend their expertise to help resolve other issues with computers, classroom fixtures, water supply and drainage systems. EWB NZ is an organisation of professional and student engineers who share a vision to confront global challenges of poverty, sustainable development and social inequity by undertaking projects that will directly improve the quality of life in communities within New Zealand and in the South Pacific region.
Enhanced range of services in semester two include:
Also relevant to Showcase preparation: Giving an Oral Presentation and Making Posters.
Further information can be found on our website.
14-17 July $10 Books, 18-31 July $2 Books — Central Library, level 2
Reduce, reuse, reread. Fresh stock is being offered in our next sale of Central Library books no longer required in the collection.
Payments via: Copy Centre — Cash, Eftpos or Canterbury Card; Library Lending Desk – Canterbury Card only.
Sunday 26 July, 2.30pm — Christchurch Girls’ High School auditorium, Matai Street
Emeritus Professor Peter Hempenstall will return to Christchurch this month to lecture on ideas that extend his contribution to Remaking the Tasman World, published earlier this year by Canterbury University Press.
"Getting inside the Tasman World" is his title for the annual Jim Gardner Lecture, which honours Canterbury’s doyen of local and regional history and this year will recapture a theme from much of Jim Gardner’s work: discovering and asserting the importance of local experience, history, and community traditions in the shaping of wider, national histories.
The Canterbury History Foundation is bringing Professor Hempenstall from the University of Newcastle, NSW, where he is Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Science. He is also Emeritus Professor in History at UC and an ambassador-at-large for Trans-Tasman relations in the UC-based New Zealand Australia Research Centre. This is a free public event.
After the lecture the Foundation will present the Rhodes History Medal for long service to history, particularly for promoting interest in the wider community. This year’s medal is being awarded to Murray Thacker, founder and developer of the Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum.
The University has launched a dedicated H1N1
webpage to inform staff and students of arrangements being
made in anticipation of an influenza outbreak on campus. It includes Frequently
asked questions. These will be updated regularly, but for
specific concerns, please phone the relevant contact numbers
under 'Contacts' on the webpage.
Tuesday 7 – Wednesday 8 July, 10am to 4pm — Engineering foyer
Information Days will again take place in the first week of the school holidays offering secondary school students and their families an opportunity to attend in-depth information sessions. These two days are aimed at anyone thinking of undertaking study in second semester or 2010 and beyond.
Staff from the various UC areas will be on hand with up to date information. Tours of departments, campus, libraries and Halls of Residence are also available.
Programme details available at www.canterbury.ac.nz/infodays/.
For further information, please contact Marg Clarke at marg.clarke@canterbury.ac.nz or 364 2987, ext 7491.
The International Student Orientation is compulsory for all international students enrolling in a degree or diploma programme for the first time in 2009. New international students will not be permitted to complete their enrolment unless they have attended the compulsory orientation or signed up to attend one of the late arrivals orientation sessions. Semester 1 orientations are:
Click here to register for Orientation on 8 July 2009. Please check the orientation map (1.5 mb) for locations.
Late arrivals international student orientation sessions. If new international students are unable to attend the above orientation, they must register for one of the following late arrivals sessions:
To register for one of the late sessions, please email:
international-student-support@canterbury.ac.nz.
College of Education Orientation:
International Students who will be studying a Graduate Diploma
Secondary must attend a separate orientation. The College of
Education website has more information on the date,
time and location of the applicable orientation sessions.
Students enrolling in the above qualifications will also receive
written confirmation of the the date, time and venue. For more
information visit the ISS
website.
Discover your options — Level 2, Geography, 9am–5pm, Monday to
Friday, phone 364 3310, email careers@canterbury.ac.nz,
website www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers.
To search for jobs and check to see what employers are coming on
campus please register or log onto UCCareerHub – www.careerhub.canterbury.ac.nz.
Come and see us. UC Careers & Employment offers a comprehensive range of services including, individual career counselling and daily Drop In sessions (Mon-Fri, 11am-1pm).
Planning is now underway for the College of Arts’ 2010 Platform Arts Festival, which will be held 20-30 May next year. Faculty, staff and students are invited to submit proposals for next year’s programme to festival co-ordinator Greg Latham (gregory.latham@canterbury.ac.nz) by 31 July 2009.
Did you miss out on the first round of HR Toolkit training? Have you started with UC since November 2008? We invite you to attend one of the following training sessions on the HR Toolkit:
17 July 2009, 8.30am-3.30pm — UC College of Education
For educators in early childhood, primary and secondary settings, UC staff and students.
The focus of the day is to share creative and innovative approaches that give effect to the intent of the New Zealand Curriculum and promote students' learning. Dr Vanessa Andreotti is the key note speaker.
A variety of workshops will be presented by teachers, advisors and facilitators who have been exploring and developing practice as they make meaning of the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Whariki.
Organised by UC Education Plus. Contact Christiane Rupp, email christiane.rupp@canterbury.ac.nz, phone 364 0754.
For further information, conference schedule, workshop abstracts and a registration form please go to www.edplus.canterbury.ac.nz.
Use the break to upgrade your EndNote skills. Regular tutorials are being held in the libraries on campus over the next few weeks.
EndNote is a bibliographical software program which allows you to format your in-text citations or footnotes and bibliographies automatically in the citation style of your choice, saving you hours of time and hassle. Book a tutorial.
Are you interested in leading a tour in your area of interest or expertise for 2010/2011 or 2012 travel?
2009 tours include France: Chantal Healy Tour Leader/ Bohemia: Roger Buckton Tour Leader, and Antarctica: Bryan Storey Tour Leader.
2010 Scheduled tour to South Africa: Gareth Morgan Tour Leader.
Please contact: Jenny Ballagh, Tour and Events Co-ordinator, International
Programmes, Continuing & Bridging Education, ph (03) 364 2987,
8246, fax (03) 3642057, email jenny.ballagh@canterbury.ac.nz.
Bookings for Learn workshops are now available online for July.
With the implementation of Learn in semester two being so close, it is important to have your courses set up and to attend an Orientation Workshop. The workshop is a 90 minute hands on session that will get you started developing your Learn course ready for semester two. The skills developed will be essential in organising and managing the online aspect of your course.
The workshops on specific features focus on five widely used features in Learn. These features are: forums, assignments, quizzes, gradebook and groups. Each session is 60 minutes, focusing on setting up and using the specific feature. It is important to attend an orientation session before coming to a specific feature workshop.
For further information and to sign up go to http://uctl.canterbury.ac.nz/upcoming-moodle-workshops. Workshops will be run at both Ilam and Dovedale.
Drop in sessions are also available in Law 422 on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11am - 1pm, for the month of July. During the first week of Semester Two drop in sessions will be run each day from 9am - 4pm. Computers are available, so come along and work on your courses with assistance readily at hand.
If you have any questions or issues contact your UCTL Learn liaison person.
Students – do you need a Workplace First Aid Certificate? St John has a number of two-day Workplace First Aid courses scheduled at the University of Canterbury during August and September for the special UC student price of $199 per person.
All Courses to be held onsite at UC:
The St John Workplace First Aid course teaches the practical skills needed to manage a range of emergencies. This course is taught to an excellent assessment standard and ensures students feel confident about providing first aid when needed and that they are qualified to do so.
This course covers NZQA units 6400, 6401 and 6402. Book now – call 0800 FIRST AID (0800 347 782).
NB: If Staff wish to register their interest in attending First Aid training at UC in October and November 09, please follow the process in the HR Toolkit, under Health & Safety.
Bone Health Checks Ltd will be holding further bone density screening clinics at the Health Centre on Wednesday 15 July 2009 from 9am until 5.30pm (may continue on Thursday 16 July if demand exceeds one day).
The assessment takes 15 minutes and in that time gives you: a painless, safe ultrasound scan; your bone mineral density (BMD) measurement; a risk assessment for hip fracture (T & Z scores); expert advice on lowering your bone fracture risk.
This service is recommended for women over the age of 30 years. The cost for the assessment is $35 (corporate rate). To make an appointment please ring the Health Centre on 364 2402 (ext 6402).
The following positions are vacant. For more information please check out the Human Resources Web site at: vacancies.canterbury.ac.nz.
THREE-year-old brick clad 4-bedroom (or one as a study) house in
a new subdivision (Spencerville). Two large heat pumps and a pellet
fire. Immaculate interior design and high quality fittings. Double
glazed windows throughout, designed for passive solar heating in
the spring and autumn. Main bathroom and ensuite with walk-in wardrobe
for main bedroom. Internal access double garage with large shelf
storage space also incorporating a washer/dryer. Award-winning Japanese-style
garden with stream water feature also includes gardener for maintenance.
Surrounded by wildlife reserve and only 500m to beach. Serviced by
bus route. Perfect for sabbatical visitors, available fully furnished
for 12 months from 1 July 2009. Rent $500pw. Or $600pw with small
car included. Contact mark.staiger@canterbury.ac.nz.
SUMNER. Sunny and warm, furnished three bedroom home near beach,
shops, school and hiking tracks. Will suit visiting professionals/academics.
Available 1 July 2009 until mid-January 2010. Please contact billy.osteen@canterbury.ac.nz or
364 2851.
One Bedroom flat in Somerfield available for short and medium term
lets.
OPEN plan lounge/kitchen (full facilities) and en suite shower/bath.
Fully furnished, TV and heat pump. Free wired/wireless internet.
Linen and towels
provided. Quiet suburb located at foot of port hills with river walks,
cafes, restaurants, shops and excellent library. 30 minute walk to
city centre. Bus stop outside (to city centre) or pleasant 10 min
walk for direct bus to University. $250pw or $55 per night.
All bills included. For more details please call 03 337 1656 or email:
kgrant@clear.net.nz or www.holidayhouses.co.nz/properties/9175.asp.
LOVINGLY renovated character home at end of quiet cul-de-sac, 1 Antrim St. $295pw, negotiable for long term tenant. Ceiling insulation and heat pump. Great neighbours. Open plan living and office/dining area. Modern kitchen with lots of cupboards. North facing living and courtyard means all day sun. East facing bedrooms. Bath and shower. Front entry/sunroom. Rear French doors. Back door to washing line and rear gate. Off-street parking for two vehicles, but no garage. 3x2 metre coloursteel shed. Gardener and professional window cleaning included. References required. Suitable for up to four tenants. Pets okay, no smokers. For further information or to view phone Sheree on 942 0144 or 021 141 2938.
TWO year-old two storey townhouse with three double bedrooms, two
bathrooms, two-car garage, situated in Huxley Street, Sydenham
available for rent from mid July. For further information email
bowmanl@xtra.co.nz
or ring 0274 588130.