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Former Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Sharp (left) with the recipients of the latest round of the Vice-Chancellor General Staff Development Awards. They are John Ogier, Wendy Risdon (second from right) and Marie Menzies.
New findings by three University of Canterbury researchers could pour cold water on evidence that climate change is happening simultaneously around the world.
UC Education Plus has been working hard to get schools ready for a major change in the New Zealand curriculum. The curriculum sets out that it will be expected that all schools will offer a second language to Year 7 to 10 pupils.
Three UC staff members have received funding to assist professional development initiatives in the latest round of the Vice-Chancellor General Staff Development Awards.
An assumption, long held by historians about the political ideas of people in medieval France, is being challenged in a new book by Canterbury University academic Dr Chris Jones (History).
Associate Professor Kathleen Liberty (Educational Studies and Human Development) has been honoured by her alma mater, the University of Oregon, with a distinguished alumni award.