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| 1.00 pm | School of Music recital. Reuben Bijl, piano. Admission free. Recital room 205. |
| 2.10 pm | School of Music recital. Keiko Hashimoto, piano. Admission free. Recital room 205. |
| 3.10 pm | Linguistics seminar. Sasha Calhoun on "Why do we accent words? The relationship between information structure and prosodic structure in English". Linguistics room 203. |
| 3.30 pm | School of Music recital. Joanie Chung Yee Lee, piano. Music by D Scarlatti, Schubert, Brahms, Bartok, Tremain, J Lee. Admission free. Recital room 205. |
| 4.40 pm | School of Music recital. Jun Bouterey-Ishido, piano. Admission free. Recital room 205. |
| 6.00 pm | School of Music recital. Winnie Huang, piano. Admission free. Recital room 205. |
| 11.00 am | School of Music recital. Joanna Seo Park, cello; Iola Shelley, piano. Music by Haydn, Schubert. Admission free. Recital room 205. |
| 2.00 pm | School of Music recital. Alison Gordon, cello; Iola Shelley, piano. Music by JS Bach, d'Albert. Admission free. Recital room 205. |
| 3.00 pm | School of Music recital. Caroline Blackmore, cello; Iola Shelley, piano. Music by Boccherini, Lalo. Admission free. Recital room 205. |
| 4.00 pm | School of Music recital. Karen French, cello; Iola Shelley, piano. Admission free. Recital room 205. |
| 6.00 pm | UC in the City lecture series. Professor Gail Gillon, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education), on "A recipe for reading success in young children". Christchurch Art Gallery auditorium. |
| 1.10 pm | Culture, Literature and Society seminar. Daniel McKay on "From Sinophobia to Japanopilia: East Asian representations in American and New Zealand culure". History, room 413. |
| 7.00 pm | School of Music concert. University of Canterbury Montana String Orchestra. Music by Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky, Brandram-Adams. Admission $5, students free. St Peter's Church, Church Corner, Upper Riccarton. |
| 5.30 pm | Te Awatea Violence Research Centre seminar. Dr Neville Robertson and Associate Professor Ruth Busch (University of Waikato), on "Living on the cutting edge: women's experiences of protection orders in New Zealand. School of Social Work and Human Service, room 137. |
| 6.00 pm | School of Music recital. Hayley Roud, bassoon; Iola Shelley, piano. Music by Weber, Osborne, Dutilleux, Cooke, Markiewiczowna. Admission $5, students free. Chapel, 140 Barbadoes St. |
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3.30pm, Monday 5 November, School of Law, room 105
In early 2008 SHaC 09 - the Sustainable Habitat Challenge - will be launched to tertiary organisations around New Zealand. The Challenge is for polytechnics and universities in each region to build a high impact home that creates little impact on the planet. SHaC 09 will ask collaborative tertiary teams from around the country to research, design and build a home - using fewer resources and more sustainable practices - over a period of 18 months.
Find out how the University of Canterbury can get involved. An information session about SHaC 09 will be delivered at University of Canterbury for staff, students, local council members and other relevant people in your region. Come along to find out more.
For more information about SHaC 09 and the information sessions,
visit: www.otagopolytechnic.ac.nz/shac09,
email
info@shac.org.nz,
0800 762 786.
SHaC 09 is an Otago Polytechnic initiative funded by the Ministry for the Environment
With the help of the Library, UC Sustainability (Facilities Management) is seeking staff and student feedback on cycling and walking facilities at the University, including paths, roads, cycling support services, and cycle stands, to identify any shortfalls, obstructions, safety issues, etc. Your feedback will be used to help make cycling and walking to, from and around UC easier, safer and more pleasant. From broader planning ideas, to a specific cut-down that’s needed along your walking or cycling route, to new cycle stands, to whatever you think would improve cycling and/or walking facilities on/near campus.
There are brief online surveys (one for walking, one for cycling – you can do one or both) kindly hosted by the Library or there are paper versions available at displays in Central, Engineering, and Education Libraries, until 16 November.
The following policies/procedures (pdf documents) have been reviewed and updated in the UC Policy Library:
Records Management Policy
Research Conduct Policy
For other recent additions and reviews go the UC Policy Library and click on "updates" in left side bar.
UC Christmas cards are now available for purchase through UC Print and Copy on campus.
There is a range of four new card designs available - "Books", "Decorations", "Driftwood" and "Paua".
The designs do not have the year on them so any unused cards can be kept for next year.
The cards are blank inside to allow for you to add a personalised greeting - printed with a minimum purchase of 40 cards.
Orders can be placed using the printed UC Print and Copy order forms.
For more information view the Student
Recruitment and Development Intranet, contact UC Print and Copy
on ext 6908, or email printcopy@canterbury.ac.nz.
4.30pm, 3 November on PlainsFM 96.9
This week we encounter a spectograph, which is basically a Thomas the Tank Engine looking sort of machine for measuring cool things like the speed and temperature of stars, and then we probe into those pesky near earth asteroids: this is something that deeply concerns presenter - Joanna Cobley’s 7 ½ year old. Apparently astronomers are also concerned and wouldn't like us to suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs and they've devised really cool ideas (nothing on the drawing board yet) about how to prevent asteroids from entering the earth's atmosphere.
6-7pm, 2 October-20 November — Christchurch Art Gallery auditorium
Thoughtful insights and provocative ideas from UC's world-class
researchers.
Entry is free. To register your interest, please phone (03) 364
2470 or visit www.uco.canterbury.ac.nz.
11am-12noon, Thursday 8 November 2007, Room 105, School of Law
Dr Peter Gilberd, Deputy Manager for Research Funding, Royal Society of New Zealand, will hold a seminar in conjunction with Research and Consultancy staff on “Applying to the Marsden Fund in 2008”. If you are interested in applying in the upcoming round we believe you will benefit from attending.
Please register for this seminar with Sevda Madatova; Sevda.madatova@canterbury.ac.nz ext 4294.
1pm-2pm, Wednesday 14 November 2007, Room 105, School of Law
Research and Consultancy staff will hold a workshop outlining:
Please register for this workshop with Sevda Madatova; Sevda.madatova@canterbury.ac.nz ext 4294.
Information on the 2008 round will be made available on the Research & Consultancy website http://www.research.canterbury.ac.nz/ from late November. This will include guidelines, forms, internal deadlines and access to application numbers. In the meantime if you have questions regarding the fund please contact Lisa Shorey lisa.shorey@canterbury.ac.nz ext 7365.
Level 7, Central Library, Phone 364 2591, email: careers@canterbury.ac.nz
Seminars:
There are a number of employers still looking for graduate and summer interns starting after exams and in 2008.
For further details and registration please visit CareerHub.
UC Careers & Employment is open throughout the study and exam period as well as the summer break except Christmas/New Year.
Drop in sessions and Career Counseling appointments will continue as normal. Drop-in sessions are: Mon, Tue, Thurs: 2pm-5pm; Wed & Fri 9am – 12noon.
19-21 November and 3-4 December
Professional and Executive Development are hosting
two programming courses on FORTRAN and MPI, for users of the UCSC.
All enquiries to Craig McAllister
on ext 44010 or craig.mcallister@canterbury.ac.nz.
Monday 29 October — Friday 2 November
Formal CMS demo presentations are part of the selection process in the Content Management System Trial Project being run by the Web Team. Detailed information on date, time, venue, vendors, products and to RSVP can be found at Formal CMS Demos (Web Team website).
7.30pm, 12 November — The Great Hall, The Arts Centre
Soprano Brigitte Murray and pianist Maurice Till will perform works by Bononcini, Gluck, Mozart, Wolf, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Bridge and Hageman.
Tickets are $10 unwaged, $15 waged and are available from The Arts Centre, St Mary's in Merivale Parish Office, from Ms Murray (brigitte.murray@canterbury.ac.nz) or at the door on the night.
7 November
Tickets for the annual Wattie's Cans Film Festival, where you take
along a can of food to the movies, are available from your local
participating cinema from 29 October. All cans of food will be donated
to the Salvation Army Christmas food banks. Session times will be
advertised by you local cinema.
16-18 January 2008 — Dunedin
Those interested in advancing environmental education are invited to register for the biennial NZAEE Conference in Dunedin. Two international leaders in Education for Sustainability — Professor Bjarne Jensen from Denmark and Professor John Fien from Australia — will complement local keynote speakers and an array of workshops.
More information on the event can be found on the conference website. Registration can also be made online. An early registration discount is available until 8 December. For more information contact Pat Johnston.
At this time of year the Library adjusts its hours of opening for a short period of time to provide students with more opportunities to use our facilities for exam preparation.
Staff and Students need to note the following changes:
Tuesday 23 October-Wednesday 14 November End-of-year Exams
Applications for the December Awards close at 5pm, Thursday 15 November 2007
The Vice-Chancellor’s General Staff Development Awards of up to $5000 are available twice a year for continuing General Staff members (including continuing part-time staff.) The awards are to recognise and assist exceptional professional development initiatives by general staff. The sum may be allocated in total to one individual or team, or in parts to a number of applicants.
For full details,
please visit the VC
Awards page via the Learning
and Development website.
7.30pm, 12 November 2007 — Club rooms (off Avonhead
Road, next to Burnside Bowling Club)
Cost to enter a team is $34 (maximum of 4 players per team).
To obtain an entry form, please contact Sue McKenzie (ext 6478)
or email sue.mckenzie@canterbury.ac.nz.
The following positions are vacant. For more information please
check out the Human Resources Web site at:
vacancies.canterbury.ac.nz.
BRYNDWR. Fully-furnished 3-bedroom (may lock one as storage) house for short rent. Available 27 November to 5 January. Spacious living room, separate dining, separate kitchen. Master bedroom with ensuite. Double garage. Only 4km from the University, close to all facilities and on bus route. No smokers, no pets. $450pw plus electricity and phone. Small vege garden for your kitchen. Email xiaoming.wu@canterbury.ac.nz, ext 8530, (03) 351-5745 or 021 0221 9641 for further information and to view.
RICCARTON, sunny, private, modernised character home. Completely serviced and one block from University. Suit visiting professional/academics. Refer our website www.homeawayfromhome.co.nz.
FURNISHED room available in nice townhouse in quiet street in Bishopdale. Postgraduate preferred. Phone Glenda on 359-4546 or email gmhicks@paradise.net.nz.
ILAM. Spacious five bedroom home (with study, two bathrooms, double car garage) in a quiet cul-de-sac within walking distance of the University. In the Burnside High School zone. Built for sun and view on a delightful section. Close to park and shops. Phone Barbara Johnston, Simes Ltd MREINZ on 377 1460 or 027 448 9184, or check out www.simes.co.nz\10981.
RICCARTON, Character L3, 5A Elizabeth Street. Well presented, this attractive 4 bedroom home in Elizabeth Street is ideal for investment or first home. Christchurch Girls’ High and Christchurch Boys’ High School Zone. Close to all Riccarton Shopping. Ph Ian Knight, Whittle Knight & Boatwood Ltd MREINZ, 348 4149 or 0274 467 160. www.wkb.co.nz #1205.
UNFURNISHED 3-4 bedroom house required for approximately 6-8 months from mid-November. Preferably close to the University. Phone ext 7438 or email bruce.penno@canterbury.ac.nz.
TWO Canterbury academics are looking for a house or apartment to rent over summer in Sumner. Must be on the flat. Dates flexible but prefer four weeks in January but December and February are also okay. We are non-smokers, have no children, pets and are happy to look after the garden. Email jack.copeland@canterbury.ac.nz or diane.proudfoot@canterbury.ac.nz.
AKAROA. 3-bedroom bach in Akaroa available for short-term rent
(2 nights minimum). It is located a short walk from the shops
and cafés in the town centre, sleeps a maximum of 6 people (2
double beds and 1 bunk-bed) and has all amenities, including
a TV, DVD player and a log burner. Ideal for a relaxing weekend.
Contact Ph (03) 343 1058 or brockerhoff@slingshot.co.nz.
SEMI-retired couple seeking a suitable property to housesit for a minimum period of six months from early December. It would suit a fastidious homeowner perhaps going on sabbatical leave. For more information phone 347-4314 or email Bruce.Ullrich@gmail.com.
"ANT and Bee" children's books by Angela Banner (any condition). Phone 357-4714 or ext 4919, or email jane.cooper@canterbury.ac.nz.
BICYCLE trailer to transport tuba to and from high school for next two years. Need something sturdy but not terribly expensive. Used item would be ideal. Email baa29@student.canterbury.ac.nz.
SMALL car wanted. Four door, 100cc - 1600cc. Japanese makers preferred. Contact Associate Professor XiaoQi Chen ext 7221 or email xiaoqi.chen@canterbury.ac.nz.
HOUSE clearance. Moving overseas, so everything must go. Fisher & Paykel fridge (< 2yrs, 250 Ltr, $500), washing machine ($100), microwave (< 2yr, cobolt, $60), dining table plus 4 chairs (oval, $180), sofabed ($360), oilfin heaters 2 ($25), queen bed ($380), single bed mattress ($25), vacuum cleaner (<2 yrs, $80), tea table (3pcs, $45), piano ($350), tallBoy drawer ($20), television (21", Transonic, $70), study table plus 4 chairs ($40). Lots of household items, kitchenware (not listed here) also available. Contact Ish on 364 2548, 021 2152 569 or phone Mrs Park on 341 5807.
HONDA Odyssey, 1997, 2.2L, automatic, seven-seater, silver, 60K, central locking, two airbags, electric windows and mirrors, new WOF available. Very good condition and regularly serviced. $6700. Contact Ish on 364-2548, 021 215 2569, email ipn977@gmail.com, or phone Mrs Park on 341-5807.
SUBARU Legacy TX-S, 1996, silver, 4WD, automatic, five-door station wagon, 2L petrol, 2000cc, 163,500km, air-conditioning, central locking, two airbags, electric windows and mirrors, near new tyres, WOF until April 2008, registration until January 2008. Comprehensive service history. $2900 ono. Contact Paola on 332-7938, 021 079 7526 or email bulian@yahoo.it.
PROFESSIONAL and confidential transcribing and data entry services available. All jobs considered - interviews, focus groups, surveys and questionnaires etc. Transcribing available from standard, micro or digital recordings. Competitive rates. Contact karen.walker@canterbury.ac.nz, CEM Centre, University of Canterbury.