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Visualise Your Thesis Returns!

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Want a chance to win some cash for the work you’ve done on your thesis?

Or looking to sharpen your digital communication skills?

The UC Library team is once again running the Visualise Your Thesis programme!

What is VYT?

Submit a 60-second audio-visual presentation that explains your research project to a general audience and be in to win cash prizes!

What are the prizes?

  • 1st prize – NZ$1000 (& entry into the international Visualise Your Thesis programme)
  • 2nd prize – NZ$500
  • 3rd prize – NZ$250
  • People’s Choice Award – NZ$250

This is a chance to hone in on your digital communications skills, with the support from the UC library team. Learning to explain your thesis to clearly and concisely!

Even further to that…we have an information lunch for them to pop their head in and learn more about the competition – no strings attached!

This lunch is a chance to come and meet the UC Library team and previous VYT competition winners. A free pizza lunch will be provided while we:

  • Hear from previous competition winners.
  • Present a brief rundown of the programme guidelines.
  • And share some tips and tricks for creating your submission.
  • Have some time to talk one-on-one with us and ask any questions you want.
  • As well as network with your post-graduate peers!

You can register here for the lunch, which will be on Wednesday 8th May 2024, 12.30-1.30pm in Ernest Rutherford 141.

OR

If you’re ready and rearing to go then register and learn more about Visualise Your Thesis here.

We hope to see you there!

Ngā mihi,

The 2024 Visualise Your Thesis Team

Study@UC

Wallace and Gromit come to UC!

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It’s new and it’s different to anything we’ve done before – UC are proud to announce that we’ve signed a multi-year, exclusive agreement with the Aardman Academy. 

The Academy is the training arm of Aardman Animations, the multi-Academy Award winning animation studio behind global stop-motion blockbusters Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run and Shaun the Sheep. 

Our 5-year agreement with Aardman is exclusive to Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific Territories, making us the only tertiary institution in those areas enabling students to specialise in Aardman’s award-winning stop motion expertise. 

The Aardman training programme will be available to select students under our Bachelor of Digital Screen with Honours, offering access to masterclasses, portfolio feedback sessions and more.  Masterclass options for our Animation and Game Arts academics will also be available, supporting continuous improvement and learning for our educators.   

The agreement was made possible by Kōawa, the University of Canterbury initiative formally known as Digital Screen Campus.  

The Kōawa team provide a unique opportunity for the creative technology sector, which includes film, sound production, animation, game development, virtual production and more to forge partnerships with UC and drive the convergence of world class education, projects and facilities supporting the growth of our students, as well as the creative technology sector in Waitaha Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond. 

Kōawa is a name gifted to UC by Ngāi Tahu which means “watercourse” or “channel”. It symbolises a life force, uniting people, passion, and purpose. For students and the creative industries, Kōawa employs the water analogy in representation of an eco-system within which the worlds of education, industry and innovation converge. 

Check out UC News for more on this exciting announcement. 

 

Careers, Study@UC

Career Events, Drop in sessions & Tutorials

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Welcome back! We’re thrilled to see many of you connecting with our career events and resources right from Term 1 and during the break. Here’s what’s happening in Term 2:

Drop-in Sessions: Come by UC Careers for a 10-minute chat with a consultant and get answers to your quick career questions. Monday to Friday, 10 am to 12 noon, no booking required. If you’d like more time for a career conversation, book an appointment here.

Career Tutorials: Join group tutorials to prepare with the essentials for the job market, including:

Employers on Campus. Connect with employers recruiting for summer internships, graduate programmes and job opportunities right here on campus. Register to attend here.

STEM Career Fair: If you’re a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math student, mark your calendar for the STEM Career Fair on the 7th of May at Rātā Eng Core. Meet employers from across Aotearoa eager to find candidates like you. Keep your eye out here for the list of employers attending.

NZUni Talent Jobs Board: Search and apply for graduate and internship positions, full-time, part-time, scholarship, and volunteering roles. Simply log in with your UC username and password.

Ngā mihi nui, UC Careers