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Welcome back

Welcome back to Term 4

We hope you had a great break and are feeling ready to get stuck into the final term of the year.

This newsletter contains some important information to help you have a successful end to the year. See below for exam timetables and study help, as well as information about enrolling for 2012 and Summer School.

Guide to Enrolment

Enrolment is open from 4 October for 2012 courses. Take a look at the 2012 Guide to Enrolment and start planning your year.

Need to know

Examination Timetable

The Examination Timetable for the 2011 end-of-year examinations is now available.

Information regarding room allocations will be published on the last day of lectures for Semester Two, Friday 14 October.

More information and the timetable.

Copyright Act - changes

Please be aware of the changes to the Copyright Act which came into force last week. The intention of these law changes is to crack down on peer-to-peer file sharing.

More information.

ICT help

Assistance for IT-related problems is available from:

ICT Service Desk in the Central Library, Ilam, or in the Education Library, Dovedale
Kotuku Workroom
Alcove office, level 2, Central Library

Staff in the ICT building cannot provide help.

Information on opening hours.

Boost your study

Summer School

Take a Summer School course or two to move your degree forward more quickly.

Have a look at the options for this Summer.

What’s on?

Learning Skills courses

Term 4 courses are available for online enrolment: Essay Writing, Presenting Data, Revision and Exam Skills, Smart Thinking, Making Posters, Grammar Studio, Strengthening Sentences and Citing the Web.

More information and bookings.

Tongan language week

Malo 'e tau lava kihe 'aho ni
Please join us to celebrate our Tongan language at the University of Canterbury.

Tuesday 6 September
7.00pm-9.00pm
Macmillan Brown Centre - foyer ground floor - map

The UC Pacific Development Team, Tongan student and staff invite you to join them to celebrate the UIKE KATOANGA’I E LEA FAKATONGA 2011 TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK. “PE ‘I KE LEA MU’A KAU FANONGO” - “Speak so that I can hear.” Free Tongan Dinner! Tau’olunga & Hiva. Inspirational speakers!

For more information please contact Katinia Makaafi.

2011 Rutherford Lecture- How to Make Life from the Primordial Soup

One of the biggest questions in life is how did we get here? How did rock and steam become our world, full of life and diversity?

Professor Warren Tate (University of Otago)
6.30pm, Thursday 15 September
C1 Central Lecture Theatre, Arts Road, University of Canterbury.

More information and bookings

Department of Management research seminar series

Our seminars are designed for maximum interest and interaction, with speakers presenting for 20 minutes to allow time for questions and discussion. Each event promises to be lively, stimulating and provocative and we would very much like to see you there.

The series begins at 11am on Wednesday 14 September in KF08 in Kirkwood Village. Dr Ekant Veer will present research on how Facebook facilitates the breaking of social norms. More information.

Newsletter for University
of Canterbury students
6 September 2011

In this issue...

UC People

UC student stories

Check out the new UCan microsite featuring UC students and lecturers sharing what they love about UC www.ucan.ac.nz.

Shout out

Congratulations to Guy Wilson who came first in the Uni Snowgames Slopestyle men's skiing.

Postgraduate Events

Thesis Thursday
8 September, 4pm
Postgraduate Village, room 5
Mike Dickison: How to go to a conference

PhD in 3
15 September, 7.30-9.30pm
E5 lecture theatre

PG Charity Dinner
29 October, Addington Raceway

Join the PGSA and keep in the loop with what's going on at UC for postgrads.

www.canterburypgsa.org.nz
canterburypgsa@gmail.com

Check this out!

Reboot Cafe extended hours

Reboot Cafe is now open 7.30am-8pm Monday-Friday. If you have the munchies they have a great range of snacks and drinks. Find them on Level One, Erskine building.

Library reminders

There are two zones in the Central Library and Learning Hub - Study and Quiet Zones. Levels 2 and 3 are Study Zones and here it is okay to have conversations. Levels 4, 6, 8-11, as well as the Den (computer suite) on Level 2, are Quiet Study Zones – no conversations. If you go into the Quiet Study Zone then you need to be quiet.

Research study vounteers

Have you ever wondered how the way you HEAR yourself affects the way you SPEAK? Or how this may change over a life span?

We are currently conducting studies that try to understand this.

We are looking for healthy men and women (20-79 years) who are native New Zealand English speakers.

More information.

Free vegetables

Wai-ora Trust has, for the past three years, opened up its property to whanau and community groups to grow fresh vegetables as part of our Māori Community Action Plan. However, as part of our Earthquake recovery strategy, we are opening up this service to everyone.

Contact Ricky Ehau for more information.

Eco week

12-18 September 2011
What you can do for the environment, your community and your life.

Win win win

Education New Zealand wants you to share your story about studying in New Zealand and you could be the face of New Zealand in your country!

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