University of Canterbury
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The University of Canterbury is located in Christchurch, the largest city in New Zealand's South Island. The university offers: World-class research Inspirational teaching A vibrant campus environment A great student lifestyle with students from around the world
A University of Canterbury (UC) researcher is looking to see if New Zealand coastline seaweed could be used as inspiration to design a commercial wet-resistant glue.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) researcher believes Kiwiana is pivotal to New Zealanders’ pride and sense of belonging in changing times.
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A new University of Canterbury (UC) study has shown people want food labels to tell them how long they need to exercise to burn off the calories rather than just say how many calories in the item off the supermarket shelf.
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A University of Canterbury research survey has found acute stress, anxiety and depression especially in the worst affected areas, after last February’s earthquake in Christchurch.
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Major General Sitiveni Rabuka, who led two military coups in Fiji, has cast some doubt over whether the elections in Fiji will go ahead in 2014 as scheduled.
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University of Canterbury engineering student Charlie Wilkinson from Auckland has won the 2012 Sir Peter Blake Trust’s Antarctic Youth Ambassador Engineering Award.
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The University of Canterbury’s Professor Juliet Gerrard has been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A University of Canterbury (UC) researcher has found positive and changed attitudes from survivors of the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A leading University of Canterbury (UC) engineer says there is no better time to study engineering at UC than the present following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) research project in collaboration with the Christchurch School of Medicine has shown some promising signs in the treatment of ovarian cancer.
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Mighty River Power and the University of Canterbury (UC) will hold a geothermal research seminar at UC’s NZi3 centre on November 1.
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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canterbury (UC) Dr Rod Carr today announced the appointment of Dr Chris Gallavin as the new Dean of Law and Head of School for a five year period.
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Canterbury earthquakes changed more than the physical landscape of Christchurch; they also changed its heritage landscape.
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The University of Canterbury (UC) has a new China programme officer, based in the well-known trendy Jian Wai SOHO district of Beijing, to increase the number of Chinese students studying in UC next year.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Three University of Canterbury (UC) students have received all-expenses paid scholarships to study in China for a year.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A University of Canterbury (UC) student has won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Innovation (IEEE) award for his work on a grape vine cutting robot.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) lecturer says many of the rugby public are angry with the New Zealand Rugby Union’s decision to place a large logo across the front of the hallowed All Blacks rugby jersey.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A University of Canterbury (UC) researcher is having to mix Bovril with Vegemite to bait whitebait until Marmite returns to the supermarket shelves next year.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) lecturer says another New Zealand franchise needs to be entered into the NRL rugby league competition or start a New Zealand competition to provide greater opportunities for Maori players.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Former New York equities trader Doug Hastie said today the University of Canterbury (UC) had a strong future and he wanted to be part of the Christchurch rebuild.
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CHRISTCHURCH — More than 500 people yesterday watched the University of Canterbury's annual bridge building competition, civil engineering's event of the year on campus.
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CHRISTCHURCH — There is a danger that most ongoing memories about Christchurch will just be about the city’s earthquakes and not the great things that once stood in the 162 years beforehand, a University of Canterbury (UC) researcher said today.
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Six months away from work? And getting paid? The idea of a sabbatical must be very appealing to many but what might it actually mean for Richie McCaw and for the All Blacks, University of Canterbury sports psychologist Lucy Johnston said today.
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University of Canterbury graphic design lecturer Luke Wood has won the New Zealand Designers Institute’s editorial and books top award.
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A University of Canterbury researcher is slamming consumer goods companies for green-washing supermarket shelf items with a flood of eco-labels.
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University of Canterbury (UC) researchers are helping Canterbury seed producers potentially help with the world's growing food problem.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Due to poor weather conditions the iconic bridge-building day over Okeover stream for civil engineering students at UC has been postponed.
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Two University of Canterbury law interns Seamus Woods and Rachael Harris will have a trip of a lifetime next month when they get the opportunity to become law interns on Capitol Hill Washington DC.
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English classes to prepare students for academic studies at the University of Canterbury (UC) are now being offered by CCEL, the English language school partner located on the UC campus, Assistant Vice-Chancellor Hamish Cochrane said today.
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A University of Canterbury research has found excessive eating and drinking is linked to breast cancer in New Zealand women.
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Bridge building has have been one of the litmus tests for second year University of Canterbury (UC) civil engineering students in Christchurch for nearly 20 years.
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University of Canterbury student Pip Widdon won the creativity and innovation award representing New Zealand in the $100,000 CPA Big Break Dragon’s Den style tertiary business competition final in Melbourne last night.
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Computer scientist Tim Bell will receive the University of Canterbury’s Innovation Medal at a special event on campus in Christchurch tonight.
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University of Canterbury is looking into what helps cancer survivors in remission improve their sense of well-being and quality of life.
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Tonga’s former Chief Justice Nigel Hampton QC believes democracy and the rule of law are pivotal to the Pacific, but related issues of poverty also need addressing.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) expert is researching extra ways of treating drug abuse in New Zealand.
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University of Canterbury Students Association's magazine Canta has taken out 11 awards as the national Aotearoa Student Press Association awards in Wellington.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The loss of the historic Cranmer Courts would be an unmitigated disaster for Christchurch, a University of Canterbury (UC) expert said today.
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Two New Zealand students have won bronze medals at the world’s premier computer programming contest for high school students in Italy.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Ten teams have been named as finalists in the University of Canterbury’s annual $75,000 Dragon’s Den style Entre Awards to be held at the Undercroft on campus on October 9.
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University of Canterbury student Pip Widdon will represent New Zealand in the $100,000 CPA Big Break Dragon’s Den style tertiary business competition final in Melbourne tomorrow night.
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As the University of Canterbury’s conference on democracy on the Pacific approaches, former Commonwealth Secretary-General Sir Don McKinnon says Fiji continues to worry a lot of people.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch motorists can expect increased traffic congestion if plans to close a number of schools go ahead.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Over 600,000 Kiwis report some kind of sensory, physical or other disability and many of them struggle with the nation's footpaths, especially around quake-damaged Christchurch, University of Canterbury (UC) expert Glen Koorey said today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Many of the heart-broken red zone people of Christchurch who have been ordered to leave their homes, communities and suburbs because of the earthquakes are telling their stories to the University of Canterbury (UC).
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CHRISTCHURCH — University of Canterbury-born company Invert Robotics last night won the champion producer – manufacturer small enterprise trophy at the annual Champion Canterbury Business Awards at a big gala event in Christchurch.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch has had 58 earthquakes over magnitude 5.0 since September 4, 2010 and GNS Science says there is a 72 percent probability of an earthquake between 5.0 and 5.4 in the next 12 months.
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Leading NZ 800m runner Angela Smit last night won the University of Canterbury’s sportsperson of the year award at the annual sports Blues Awards on campus.
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University of Canterbury (UC) journalism senior lecturer Tara Ross said today she hoped TVNZ will replace Close Up with a similar in-depth programme.
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A University of Canterbury engineer is researching the experiences of people who had to evacuate three of Christchurch’s tallest buildings with blocked exits or collapsed stairwells after the earthquake on February 22 last year.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) PhD student is carrying out world first research on spinal cord injuries using the Feldenkrais method to provide people the chance to recover movement and stability.
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When University of Canterbury master science student Annabelle Coates set out doing her research on voluntary stream monitoring she found that there was quite a lot of literature in British Columbia in Canada on voluntary programmes and even a number of different programmes in the United States.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) senior lecturer says it may be tough going for some time for a new competitor to Trademe in the online auction market.
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The University of Canterbury (UC) has just launched its world leading QuakeStudies digital archive to document the Canterbury earthquakes by collecting reports, documents, stories, photos and film.
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University of Canterbury (UC) third year law student, Erin Gough, is a Youth award finalist in the New Zealand Attitude Awards.
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A University of Canterbury wireless communications expert has been included as part of an elite New Zealand delegation to look at smart city research in Europe later this year.
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University of Canterbury (UC) today began testing the ignition resistance threshold of the material for Christchurch’s cardboard cathedral.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A University of Canterbury (UC) lecturer says teachers were the unsung heroes of the Christchurch earthquakes.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The lack of movie theatres in Christchurch may be driving audiences back to festivals, a University of Canterbury (UC) expert said today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A post-quake Christchurch is likely to see a different mix of businesses occupying the future CBD and new long-term concentrations of businesses outside the central city, University of Canterbury (UC) research has found.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) lecturer is concerned about the booming medial tourism industry, combining cosmetic or dental surgery with an overseas holiday, because of the future of medical services and health security.
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Research evidence does not support the proposed closure of two of New Zealand’s residential schools for children with severe behavioural difficulties, University of Canterbury Professor Garry Hornby said today.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) seminar on food safety next week will be focusing on food poisoning and chemical hazards in food.
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A touring American education advocate will deliver a public lecture at the University of Canterbury (UC) on Wednesday September 26 to discuss charter schools in New Zealand.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A University of Canterbury (UC) lecturer is concerned about the potential increase of high-risk tourism activities in the Antarctic and a lack of regulation to address their impacts.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The Arctic has suffered a staggering loss in sea ice, in stark contrast to the Antarctic, a University of Canterbury (UC) lecturer said today.
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University of Canterbury (UC) has honoured leading Tongan science students who excelled in their national high school science competition.
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University of Canterbury researchers have made a breakthrough in treating export logs by heating them using high voltage electricity.
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The near pristine environment of Antarctica will in time come under a threat in future as the world's oil supplies dwindle, a University of Canterbury expert said today.
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Antarctic Treaty countries need to stop illegal and unregulated fishing in the Ross Sea, University of Canterbury expert, Professor Bryan Storey said today.
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New Zealand will be represented by two University of Canterbury (UC) teams at the Australasian autonomous robot search and rescue competition in Melbourne on Friday.
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Two University of Canterbury law graduates have won the prestigious law society Gold Medal.
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University of Canterbury (UC) scientists are seeking a major medical breakthrough in potentially identifying people most at risk of becoming diabetic.
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Latest research at the University of Canterbury (UC) College of Education has found that a simple computer test at school entry can accurately predict children’s end of first year reading success with 92 percent accuracy.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Ground-breaking University of Canterbury (UC) research could soon help people who have poor hearing or work in noisy places hear better.
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University of Canterbury (UC) scientists have started using cutting edge nanotechnology to turn protein from fish eye lenses into tiny components for use in devices to help doctors detect various illnesses such as cancer.
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The Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canterbury’s College of Education, Professor Gail Gillon, says the Government’s shake-up of early childhood, primary and secondary education provision in Christchurch is unprecedented.
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University of Canterbury (UC) volcanologists have invented a very expensive super alloy pressure cooker that will help GNS Science better predict volcanic eruptions.
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University of Canterbury (UC) has today received almost $3 million for pioneering hearing, diabetic and nanotechnology research funding projects.
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CHRISTCHURCH — University of Canterbury (UC) criminologist Greg Newbold has grave concerns about the impact on New Zealand society of the 2010 'three strikes and you're out' law.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Former University of Canterbury (UC) graduate Anita Komen is co-coordinating New Zealand ShakeOut, an earthquake preparedness campaign culminating in a national earthquake drill on September 26 at 9.26am.
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Despite two natural disasters in the past two years in Christchurch, the University of Canterbury has maintained its ranking among the top three percent of the world's universities.
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A $500,000 international research project into climate and vineyards led by the University of Canterbury (UC) is expected to result in an increase of up to 10 percent in income for the billion dollar New Zealand wine industry.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) cycling expert has called on the government to provide dedicated cycling curb and channeling separation to protect cyclists from traffic.
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The ozone hole affecting the Antarctic and New Zealand is slowly healing due to the reduction of ozone destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) substances, a University of Canterbury expert said today.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) professor believes the decision to close two residential special schools in New Zealand is the wrong option.
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What do you need to go faster, farther and higher? Answer: The right stuff and some new materials.
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BANKS PENINSULA — While most people will be at the beach over summer, University of Canterbury senior lecturer Chris Hann will be out on Bank’s Peninsula testing rockets flying up to 1400kmph.
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By Glen Koorey In New Zealand, transport is a very hot topic in local government yet barely features at the national level.
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A new technique to help save endangered species, such as national icon the kiwi, has just been published by a recent Canterbury University science PhD graduate, Sol Heber.
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University of Canterbury has just installed photo-voltaic solar panel systems on five Tongan high schools, professor Pat Bodger said today.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) researcher will spend this summer looking at the gender pay gap among local authority chief executives.
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CHRISTCHURCH — University of Canterbury (UC) Vice-Chancellor Dr Rod Carr today said the future looked bright for tertiary education in Christchurch in the post-earthquake era.
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A University of Canterbury brain research project is believed to be the first in the world using advanced technique to identify declining Parkinson’s disease.
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Two University of Canterbury experts Tom Wilson and Chris Hawker will deliver their views on the Christchurch earthquakes during an international conference at the University College in London on November 5 and 6.
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University of Canterbury's (UC) Antarctic head Bryan Storey is worried that not enough notice is being taken of the potential threat of rising sea level in the rebuild of Christchurch.
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A University of Canterbury research project will later this year study the benefits of fielding in one day international cricket (ODI) matches.
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Canterbury University is re-launching its journalism course, which was not offered in 2012 in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes.
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A University of Canterbury (UC) student is the New Zealand winner of Australasian competition Big Break Project, a difficult Dragon’s Den style tertiary business competition.
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Christchurch Cathedral is so pivotal and important to the city that a University of Canterbury (UC) has launched a research project into the significance of the church.
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