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| Noon | Geography seminar. Professor Phil Morrison (Victoria University of Wellington) On neighbourhood effects: where to from here? |
| 6:00 pm | UC in the City Lecture Series. Professor Niki Davis (College of Education) on Cyber schools of the future? The evolution of virtual education. |
| 6:00 pm | School of Music student recital. Christopher Woolley (trumpet). |
| 7:30 pm | School of History and Canterbury Historical Association seminar. Dr Philip Dwyer (University of Newcastle, Australia) on "The Figure under the hat: Some thoughts on biography and writing Napoleon". A5. |
| 11:00 am | Psychology seminar. Dr Michael MacAskill (Van der Veer Institution for Parkinson's and Brain Research) on Forever falling short: Normal, pathological, and experimentally-induced hypometria of movement. |
| Noon | Canterprise Seminar Series 2008. Dr Matt Jones and Dr Andrew Rudge (Veritide Limited) on Postgraduate Students & Commercialisation. |
| 1:00 pm | History seminar. Dr Philip Dwyer (University of Newcastle, Australia) on It Still Makes me Shudder: Memories of Massacres and Atrocities during the Napoleonic Wars. |
| 1:00 pm | Law seminar. Professor Jeff Berryman (University of Windsor, Canada) on Accommodating Ethnic and Cultural Factors in Damages for Personal Injury. |
| 5:30 pm | Social Work and Human Services seminar. Hong-Jae Park on Family secrecy: perceptions of elder abuse and help-seeking patterns. |
| 5:30 pm | Community Education seminar. Matt Ingram on Applications of technology in sport. |
| 1:00 pm | Geography seminar. Professor Mark Gahegan (University of Auckland) on Knowledge keeps no better than fish; something must be done about it. |
| 1:10 pm | School of Music student recital. Sarah Kiernan, Tomoko Suganuma (violins); Alice Gott, Michelle Huang (cellos); Judy Huang (trumpet); Iola Shelley (piano). |
| 3:10 pm | Mathematics and Statistics seminar. Eamonn O’Brien (University of Auckland) on Algorithms for matrix groups. |
| 7:00 pm | 2008 Macmillan Brown Lecture Series. Professor Helen Leach (University of Otago) on Cookbooks and cultural identity in the 20th Century. |
| 1:00 pm | History seminar. Len Richardson on Phil May's West Coast. |
| 3:00 pm | College of Education seminar. Carrie Clarke (ESHD) on What does an early transition to the world mean for the transition to the classroom? School-aged functioning in children born very pre-term. |
| 3:10 pm | Economics seminar. Ananish Chaudhuri (University of Auckland) on Conditional Cooperation and Social Learning in a Laboratory Public Goods Game. |
| 4:10 pm | Bridging Programmes seminar. Therese LaPorte on Are adult educators creative? |
| 7:00 pm | School of Music recital. Minji Lee (violin) Iola Shelley (piano). |
| 2:00 pm | Beca Heritage Week seminar. Frieda Looser on Azeleas and academia or mud and mayhem? Ilam Campus in the Postwar Decades. |
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HR and UCTL are pleased to announce a two-day career planning for the early career academic programme. There are 30 places available – 25 are reserved for staff within the first five years of their academic career and five for post-doc fellows. This will be held on campus, 1 - 2 December. Please see the ECA website for all information including registration. Registrations close on Tuesday 4 November. This is an excellent opportunity and there is no charge to departments/schools for this programme.
Overview:
This programme will encourage participants to examine their own capabilities and career preferences, understand the need to build effective mentoring and teaching/research skill development strategies, comprehend the need to develop networks with industry and more senior academics and create effective personal practices to manage the demands of the role of a University academic.
The programme will give participants an opportunity to meet and discuss issues with senior University staff representing areas of research, teaching and service as well as provide access to a network of peer researchers in the University.
It will provide practical tools, techniques and insights which will assist each participant with planning skill development, leading to the opportunity to leave the programme with a personal action plan for implementation. The programme will also provide an extensive list of readings and links to reference material of practical aid to participants.
Students are invited to come to an exam skills lecture or workshop next week. Lecturers may wish to encourage students to attend, or suggest they form a small group and book a time with a learning adviser to analyse old exam questions and discuss revision and exam strategies.
Lectures:
Tuesday 14 October – two options: 9-10am repeated noon-1pm, both
in A9. All welcome. Register online or come to the lecture theatre.
Workshops:
Monday 13 October, 1-2pm, Laws105;
Friday 17 October, 1-2pm, Laws 105 (repeat session);
Register online or just turn up on the day.
For more information: Learning Skills Centre, Level 7, Central Library, Ph 364 2314, www.learningskills.canterbury.ac.nz.
20 October - UCTL seminar room, Law 427
UCTL is hosting two sessions concerning the supervision
of postgraduate students at the University. Refreshments will be
provided.
Postgraduate Supervision and External Examiners, 3.10-4.15pm:
Dr Margaret Kiley from Australian National University will be discussing issues of postgraduate supervision. Dr Kiley has written extensively on postgraduate programme development and supervision, and a few of her most recent research publications include "Promoting and recognising excellence in the supervision of research students: An evidence-based framework" (forthcoming in Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2008), "Thinking like a Researcher" (in Supervising Doctorates Downunder: Keys to effective supervision in Australia and New Zealand, 2007), and "Opening the black box: How examiners assess your thesis" (in Doctorates Downunder: Keys to successful doctoral study in Australia and New Zealand, 2006).
Postgraduate Processes & Policies at the University of Canterbury, 4.25-5.00pm:
Dr Keith Comer (standing in for Professor Steve Weaver, Dean of Postgraduate Studies), will offer an introduction to the processes and procedures for the supervision of postgraduate students at the University of Canterbury. This meeting is compulsory for all staff wishing to be appointed as senior supervisor for postgraduate students for the first time at UC. New academic staff, irrespective of previous supervisory experience, and also current academic staff who have not previously been appointed as senior supervisors need to sign-up for and attend this session.
Please sign-up for either or both of these sessions on the UCTL website.
As the LMS Review nears the end of the process we are inviting all members of staff to view a sample of courses run on Blackboard and Moodle as a comparison. Copies of three Blackboard and Moodle trial courses have been made available along with a feedback forum in each system for you to leave comments. The courses demonstrate some of the features and functionality of each system.
The courses will be available for access until 20 October. For further information about accessing the courses and the LMS Review see the UCTL website.
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: every day, Monday to Friday, 11am–1pm.
Register now on CareerHub for information about:
Seminar: Wednesday 15 October - Finding work in a new country
See Career Hub for further details.
You may have noticed new waste collection bins popping up in buildings across campus in recent months as part of the University’s new waste collection system. Like the bins placed outside earlier this year, the new indoor bins will collect food waste, plus glass, plastics and cans, in addition to the existing paper and cardboard collections. Other items such as toner cartridges and batteries are also being collected. About a third of the campus has now been completed, with the remaining parts of campus to be switched over from late October through to late November. Information about the new system can be found at http://www.sustain.canterbury.ac.nz/waste/recycle.shtml.
The ICT Services newsletter is available online at www.icts.canterbury.ac.nz.
To receive an email notification of the newsletter, please subscribe at:
http://www.icts.canterbury.ac.nz/forms/newsletter_request.shtml.
You may cancel your subscription anytime at:
http://www.icts.canterbury.ac.nz/forms/newsletter_cancel.shtml.
Are you aware that the University of Canterbury has a group scheme with Southern Cross offering discounted health insurance premiums to staff and their immediate family members? For further information please contact Susan Ashley at Southern Cross, ph (03) 968 7106.
10am - 4pm, 19 October
Stroll through the magnificent rhododendron and azalea gardens, relax in the homestead with refreshments from the bar, listen to light jazz performed on the verandah, or enjoy Devonshire Teas supplied by White Tie Catering at $10 each. Guided gardens tours will also be on offer for $2.
9 – 15 October
Baby Loss Awareness Week takes place from 9 - 15 October every year, ending with International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day on 15 October. It provides an opportunity for parents, families and whanau around New Zealand to come together and remember the lives of their babies who have died. We acknowledge the lives and deaths of all babies, no matter what their gestation, length of life or how they died. It is also a chance to highlight the work done by Sands (Stillbirth and Newborn Death Support) around the country.
To mark the week an International Wave of Light service will be held from 6.45pm on 15 October at the Nurses Memorial Chapel, Christchurch Womens Hospital.
For further information go to: www.sands.org.nz or email Sands Canterbury c/- jackie.plimmer@canterbury.ac.nz.
7.30pm, 25 October - The Nut Point Gallery, cnr Old West Coast Rd and Langdales Rd
An evening of Kiwi folk music with Phil Garland. Tickets are $20 and includes light refreshments. Book at www.nutpointgallery.com or phone (03) 342 1033.
Christchurch City Libraries is inviting entries into its photo competition designed to uncover Christchurch photos of the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
Photos can be entered in the themes of fashion, transport, buildings and streets, sport and recreation, occupations, events and everyday life.
The photos will be displayed in the Christchurch City Libraries Central Library and on the Christchurch City Libraries Flick pages.
The winners of each decade and the overall winner will be announced on Tuesday 28 October after Heritage Week.
For more information at check out the Christchurch City Libraries website.
The December 2008 round of the Vice-Chancellor General Staff Development Awards is now open for nominations. Please see the VC General Staff Development Awards website for full details and the application form.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 5 November at 5pm.
6-7pm, 14 October-2 December — 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 http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/events for more information.
Nominations are due by 12 noon on Friday 31 October 2008
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2008 University of Canterbury Research Medal.
The medal is an annual award. Simply inscribed For Excellence in Research, it will be presented at the December graduation ceremony this year. Excellence is most likely to be demonstrated by a sustained record of research of the highest quality or by research of outstanding merit produced over a more limited timeframe.
Recipients can be either a full or part-time member of staff at the University; or, have been a member of staff of the university and are retired for no longer than 12 months prior to 30 September 2008 of the year of award.
Nominations are to be submitted by HODs/HOS (or in the case of an HOD being nominated, the PVC).
Nominations must include a curriculum vitae for the nominee and a letter setting out a case in support of the nomination. These two documents should be accompanied by letters of support from individuals and agencies outside the University who are knowledgeable about the nominee’s contribution to research both nationally and internationally.
The Research Committee will consider nominations in October and a recommendation will then be made to the Vice-Chancellor.
Please send your nomination to: Deborah Wekking, Secretary, Research Committee, 6th Floor, Registry. Late nominations will not be accepted.
Please Note: Recipients of the Research Medal will be expected to deliver a public lecture. The lecture by the recipient will be scheduled sometime during the first semester of 2009.
7 October - 14 November - SOFA Gallery, The Arts Centre
Curated by Cathryn Shine (School of Fine Arts), this exhibition features the work of 34 international artists.
The SOFA Gallery is open Monday to Friday, 11am-5pm, and weekends 12noon-4pm.
A 50-minute workshop on using alerts and RSS feeds to stay up to date with key journals and other literature in your subject field will be held on 14 October, 11-11.50am, Library Level 5 Training Room. Places can be booked online.
The last planning for retirement workshop for staff in 2008 is to be held on 27 November.
These workshops are run by Allan Price, Director of Retirement Planning Seminars Ltd.
Preference will be given on a first-in, first-served basis upon receipt of the Registration Form by HR. There is no charge for individuals or partners and excellent take-home resources will also be provided.
For more information check out the Human Resources intranet: www.intranet.canterbury.ac.nz/hr/learn_development/preplanning_retirement.shtml.
Come along to this programme facilitated by UCTL that will engage you and your postgraduate colleagues with conversations about what it is to be an academic.
Session 2: 16 October, 10am-noon, Law 427;
Session 3: 23 October, 10am-noon, Law 427;
Session 4: 30 October, noon-2pm, Law 427.
If you’re interested, please look for further details and registration at: www.uctl.canterbury.ac.nz.
Monday 13 October, 6pm — Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, access from Albany Street, Dunedin
Professor Philip Burrows is in New Zealand as a Visiting Oxford Fellow through the Oxford/Canterbury Exchange Programme at the University of Canterbury and will be speaking on the world’s latest, largest and highest energy subatomic particle smasher, the 27-kilometre Large Hadron Collider at CERN, has just been turned on in September.
Professor Burrow's trip to New Zealand under the Oxford/Canterbury Exchange Programme has been sponsored by funding from the Erskine Bequest at the University of Canterbury.
17 October, 3.30-5.30pm — College of Education, Otakaro L2
The New Zealand Special Education Association (NZSEA) presents Professor
Gail Gillon speaking on "Phonological awareness development during
the preschool and early school years" for their Friday Seminar
Series. The cost is $5 per person, payable on the day. All welcome.
Register your name with www.nzsea.org.nz.
Second and fourth Wednesdays and Saturdays of the month, noon until 1.30pm, running until late November. One-off workshops (repeated).
Okeover Community Garden (off Engineering Rd, beside Okeover Stream)
Tutors Annmarie Banchy or Lily White will cover garden composting, EM bokashi and worm farms. Special gifts and incentives are offered to attendees to encourage them into composting
All welcome. No need to register. No charge to attend, courtesy of Christchurch City Council. For more information, contact Annmarie on 021 190 4559, or 942 7190 (evening) or visit http://www.sustain.canterbury.ac.nz/comm_garden/compost.shtml.
UC Staff Yoga – final courses for 2008 commencing soon. Both courses are held in the Dance Studio at Dovedale, (the Gymnasium at the College of Education).
Choose to enrol in either the Wednesday course (4.45pm–5.45pm)
or the Thursday course (5.15pm–6.15pm), or both. Investment of
just $33 for members and $55 for non-members. You must bring your
Staff ID card to reception at UC RecCentre to enrol. Classes commence
Wed 8 October, Thursday 9 October with the final classes on Wednesday
17 December and Thursday 18 December (11 weeks). For more information
contact Kat on ext 6516 or call reception on ext 6433.
20-21 November 2008 — Victoria University
What is the vocation of the university in the twenty-first century?
In an era of departmental closures, performance based research funding
and strategic management, the primary purpose of universities and
the core values sustaining that purpose are often far from obvious.
At this juncture, Newman’s vision of the University as a School of
Universal Learning seems a distant memory rather than a future target.
For further information and
registration go to www.criticalthoughts.org.nz, pdf
flyer.
The Injury Prevention Research Unit (IPRU) at the University of Otago is currently undertaking a trial (Recovery via Internet from Depression) to test whether a set of web-based self-help programmes work for reducing depression in New Zealand.
The programmes are designed to help people manage their depression by providing relevant information and/or working through a number of exercises on the internet.
The recent New Zealand Mental Health Survey Report highlighted that up to one in five women and one in ten men have experienced depression in their lifetime and that about half of those people who feel depressed are not known to any health services. The RID trial is especially designed to address the needs of this latter group in our communities.
If you are interested in the trial, please go to
the trial web site http://www.otago.ac.nz/rid for
full information and the online application for enrolment.
Tone deaf? Trained musician? Karaoke star? We’re looking for children for a study investigating the performance of children on tasks of speech recognition in noise and pitch perception.
Participants should:
Participation would involve attending two one hour testing sessions involving a free hearing screen, and assessment of performance on tests of speech perception in noise and pitch perception.
All testing will take place at the Department of Communication Disorders, University of Canterbury. Participants will be reimbursed for travel costs incurred to and from each appointment.
If your child or children or those of your friends meet these criteria and would like to participate please contact Chris Radford on 366 7001 ext 4295, 021 034 0744 or cjr120@student.canterbury.ac.nz.
The following study has been approved by the University of Canterbury Human Ethics Committee.
The following shows the confirmed statutory and University holidays over the Christmas/New Year period 2008/2009 for those members of staff covered by the provisions of the Collective Agreements or corresponding Individual Agreements listed below.
Advice concerning these matters for staff covered by other agreements
not listed will be issued in due course by the appropriate authority.
The University will close at the end of Tuesday 23 December 2008
and will re-open on Monday 5 January 2009. During this period (including
statutory and University holidays) 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).
Please ensure that all your staff are notified of the vacation dates
for 2008/2009. Enquiries regarding this leave entitlement should
be referred in the first instance to the relevant Human Resources
Advisor.
Leave for Staff covered by the following Collective Agreements or
Individual Agreements as appropriate: Academic Staff & Senior
Tutors, General Staff, Early Childhood Staff, Cleaners and Custodians,
Maintenance Staff, Grounds Staff.
The following positions are vacant. For more information please
check out the Human Resources Web site at: vacancies.canterbury.ac.nz.
FULLY-furnished, recently renovated home for rent from mid-November to mid/late February. Would suit visiting academic or young family. $220pw, includes power, phone and 1GB/month broadband Internet. Contact twb24@student.canterbury.ac.nz or todd.kate@ihug.co.nz, ph: 021 224 1976.
ALUMNI HOUSE. Do you ever advise visitors in need of well located
and private accommodation? Alumni House (Canterbury) specialises
in a personalised approach to quality family friendly accommodation
for visitors to Christchurch and Canterbury University. A 15 per
cent discount applies to all University-related bookings. Longer
term rates are also available. Please check our website (www.alumnihouse.co.nz)
and bookmark for future reference.
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.
TWO bedroom townhouse available for rent now, can be furnished or
unfurnished. Five minutes walk from university, supermarket, shops
and bus routes to town. The townhouse has separate kitchen, dining
area and lounge with heat pump; plus bathroom with separate toilet.
Double garage with internal access. Fridge and washing machine included.
Loads of privacy with really nice neighbours. POA. Contact Jane
Heinz, ph 343 3088, heinz@clear.net.nz.
COUNTRY life only 30 minutes from university. Only $319,000 for a large character bungalow in a quiet country town (Darfield), quarter-acre complete with six free-range chooks. Three double bedrooms plus sleepout, sunny office, large kitchen/dining and separate very large lounge with French doors to decking, fabulous rimu panelling. Logburner (wetback) and powerful heatpump keep the house toasty warm in winter. Phone Rachel ext 6052 for more info, or click here for an online virtual tour.
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 $245,000. Great value. Leaving country. Contact me on 385 0112 or 027 457 7299.
THREE to four bedroom house wanted to rent in Cobham School zone, from 18 October for a professional family of four. Non-smokers and reliable. Can be furnished or unfurnished. Maximum of $500pw. Email jeo40@student.canterbury.ac.nz or 021 770 192.
POSTDOC from the UK visiting the Geography Department is looking for a room to rent asap until 10 December. Ideally in a friendly non-smoking house without cats and within cycling distance of the university. Happy to share cooking and cleaning. Contact Liz Richardson e.richardson@ed.ac.uk.
LINCOLN Views holiday home. Comprising of two double bedrooms, this fully self-contained house can sleep up to five. The property is set on a 10 acre lifestyle block on the outskirts of picturesque and historic Tai Tapu, nestled between wineries and golf courses and just 20 minutes from the University. Check out the website at www.lincolnviews.webs.com or email lincoln.views@hotmail.com.
KARAMEA. Boutique holiday accommodation. Camellia Cottage, refurbished character holiday accomodation, $120 per night for two, includes breakfast. Has fantastic outdoor bush bath. Rhododendron Lodge, ideal for groups or families. Sleeps 10. For further information check out the website www.karameaholidayhomes.co.nz, email info@karameaholidayhomes.co.nz or contact (03) 782 6641.
SONY 32 inch flat screen wide trinitron colour TV (Model KV-32LS65AUS). Four years old with cabinet. Original price $2800. DVD player (minus remote but still fine for playing DVDs) included, $450. Modern frosted glass and steel computer work station on large castors, ex Freedom Furniture. As new $200. Contact kon.kuiper@canterbury.ac.nz.
THE Christchurch chapter of the international child-free social club is seeking members. If you have never parented and are interested in making new child-free friends (couples and singles over 18 are welcome) contact Meghan or David on 342 5572, or meghan.holender@canterbury.ac.nz. First function anticipated to be in November.
CHRISTCHURCH College of
English. Host families required, December 2008, recruiting families
city wide. CCEL is seeking host families to host Japanese high school
students in December this year. CCEL is based in Ilam on the University
of Canterbury campus (College of Education) and arrangements will
be made for students to be transported to our college, from the Bus
Exchange each day. Students (male and female) will be aged between
14 and 16 years. Families are required for the following periods:
30 November to 10 December, 2 December to 22 December, 3 December
to 23 December. For the placements in the latter two periods it is
a condition that there are no other international students staying
in the home at that time. Please register your interest this week
by phoning Tanya on 341 6182, Maree on 343 4842, or CCEL on 343
3790 at the Christchurch College of English.
I am offering my editorial skills to PhD students whose first language is not English. My field of editing experience is wide, so nature of content is not of note, although I have particular experience with Biological Sciences and Geology in my own life field. However other disciplines are within my experience also. I work meticulously to present your work at it very best. Editing online in Word Track Changes or hard copy – double line spaced please. Contact Virginia Gray (BSc. Dip.Edit), Gray.edit@clear.net.nz, 027 419 1046.
DO your trees require attention? Arborist and current law student
can complete these services for you — thinning, crown reductions,
shaping, canopy lifts, felling, etc. Fully insured. Special university
rate applies. Phone David on 021 646 456 or email das134@student.canterbury.ac.nz.