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UCount is UC’s big annual course-taking student experience survey — and your voice helps shape real change. It only takes 10–15 minutes, and your feedback goes straight to the teams working to improve student life at UC.

Research Masters & PhD students – this one’s not for you! Look out for the UC Postgrad Experience Questionnaire later this year. 

Take the survey by 9am, Wednesday 7th May and you’ll triple your chances to win a $200 Pak’nSave voucher. There are also spot prizes from Uni Pharmacy, Ancestral, and UCSA Café.

To participate, click the link below or scan the QR code or find your link in your UC email inbox.

Take the survey now!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any issues, please email surveys@canterbury.ac.nz

 

Join us to commemorate ANZAC Day 2025!

Join us to commemorate ANZAC Day 2025!

Please join us on Friday 25 April between 10am-11am to pay respects to those who are serving, or have served, and who are called upon to support the country in times of war, conflict and disaster.

All are welcome to attend – students, staff and the wider community.

Our service will be held on the Quad between Matariki and Puaka-James Hight Building, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury. This will be followed by some refreshments on Okeover Lawn at the Field of Remembrance and the Gallipoli Lone Pine.

We hope to see you all there!

 

Introducing Student Notices – UC News, for you!

There’s a new addition to News and Events on the UC website. 

Student Notices is your go-to space for important updates that apply specifically to your experience as a UC student; readily available from the UC website. 

You can expect to see news about:  

You’ll also enjoy quick access to the Current Students page – your UC directory. 

What’s happening with Tūpono?
Tūpono’s not going anywhere, but it’ll become a noticeboard for faculty, department, school, course updates, promotions and more – keep an eye out for an updated look and feel in the near future.  

The biggest change? The monthly Tūpono newsletter is ending, with the final edition releasing mid-April. 

With Student Notices just a click away you’ll always be in the know, wherever and whenever you need it. 

Check it out and add it to your bookmarks today!