Beacons and black holes: The new 10-year mental health plan

Rewiring your brain, the menstrual cycle, and a fashion emergency are some of the captivating topics presented at UC’s Research Student Showcase held last night. 

Committed student volunteers are making the University of Canterbury’s Ilam campus safer for native birds by trapping pest predators.

At just 21, Alicia Smith has already landed her dream job, led an aerospace team to victory in an international competition and won an elite scholarship.

A seven-year journey ends with a doctorate for UC’s new Kaihautū Matua | Executive Director Office of Treaty Partnerships Dr Elizabeth Brown (Ngāi Tahu).

While many 18-year-olds are still at high school, teenage twins are celebrating graduating with non-identical University of Canterbury degrees. 

Growing up in his village of Vaiafai, Iva in Samoa, Leali’ie’e Dr Tufulasi Taleni never imagined that he would one day be feted as an award-winning educator, and graduate with a UC doctorate.

After dedicating two decades to teaching in primary and Māori Medium education, Gaynor and Grant Hakaria swapped teaching for studying.

A University of Canterbury PhD graduate is using digital technology to transform traditional processes in New Zealand’s billion-dollar construction industry.

After almost two decades as a mechanical engineer, a growing interest in leadership led Kayne Davis to UC’s MBA programme and a step change in his career.