The Aotearoa Bike Challenge officially kicks into gear on February 1st! Boost your wellbeing (and help us climb the leaderboard!) by joining fellow UC students and staff for a gentle lunch-hour ride to celebrate the start of the challenge. Don’t forget to log your ride on the Love to Ride website or via Strava so your kms count!
🚲 Meet out front of the University Bookshop (by the new Locky Dock Stand) at 12pm on February 1st 🚲
The ride will be a gentle meander along the Uni-Cycle, which will take us through the beautiful Riccarton Bush, around part of Hagley Park, and back to campus.
All levels of riders are welcome, but you must be able to safely ride a bike in order to participate. Helmets are required.
Don’t have a bike? Borrow one for free from the UCSA!
This is the first year students are able to participate in the challenge alongside staff! Last year UC came second in Ōtautahi Christchurch and third overall in Aotearoa for our size category 🌟 With your help we can aim even higher!
It’s not too late to think about going on exchange in Semester 2 2024!
The main application round for Semester 2 2024 UC Global Exchange applications was in September 2023. However, applications are still open for some partner universities. For most of these universities you will need to apply to UC for selection no later than 18 February 2024 for a Semester 2 2024 exchange to allow time for the UC selection process prior to the partner university deadline. A few universities may have later deadlines – please check with the UC International Relationships office. Applications for exchanges in Semester 2 2024 will be actioned on a rolling basis as they come in. If there are limited places available at a particular partner university, places will be allocated to successful applicants on a “first come first served” basis. You are therefore advised to submit an application immediately for exchanges in Semester 2 2024.
Note that some of the partner universities are closed already and we have listed them on the UC Global Exchange website. As we process applications on a first-in-first-served basis, there may be other partner universities that will be closed on a rolling basis. If the universities that you are interested in are not listed on the website above, please contact us at ucmobility@canterbury.ac.nz to check on place availability and required timeframe before applying.
Note: whether we are able to accept late applications or not will be subject to availability of places and the required application timeframe or deadlines at UC and the partner universities you wish to apply for.
Image: Ellie Barrett, completed an Exchange to the University of Copenhagen.
What’s great about a UC Global Exchange?
Pay tuition fees to UC, get an international experience
Travel and see new places
Credits applied to your UC degree (subject to approvals from appropriate departments and Faculties)
Enhance your CV with demonstrable international engagement.
The great thing about UC Global Exchange is that you pay your tuition fees to UC and not the partner university, and you can choose to study at some amazing locations around the world, ranging from Denmark, France, to the UK, USA, Spain, Japan, and many more. Note: UC Global Exchange programme is subject to UC Travel Policy, risk assessments and COVID-19 restrictions.
UC Global Exchange in 2025 If you are thinking of going on exchange in 2025, now is a good time to start doing some research. Note that some universities such as (but not limited to), University of British Columbia, Queen’s University (Arts and Science) have an early application deadline of 1 February 2024 for exchange applications for Semester 1 2025.
We will be running UC Global Exchange Information Seminars and Drop-in sessions in Semester 1 2024. Please check the website above at the beginning of the 2024 academic year for the schedule of these events and the application deadlines.
We look forward to receiving your UC Global Exchange application!
International Mobility Team International Relationships Office
University of Canterbury
Homestead Lane will be closed at the Waimairi Road intersection from 8-29 January 2024 for Christchurch City Council work on a new pedestrian crossing.
Bollards will be open to allow access from Ilam Road into Homestead Lane.
