Current Academic Issues and Projects
March 2012
Common Course Sizes
Work is ongoing in preparation for the move to common course sizes. The Engineering Third Professional years will move to 15 points in 2012 completing the project. Further information may be found at: Conversion to Common Course Sizes - FAQs
Cycle 4 University Academic Audit
The 2010 NZUAAU academic audit visit has now taken place. A final report is available from the NZUAAU website: www.nzuaau.ac.nz/sites/all/files/CanterburyCycle4.pdf. Further information may be obtained from Eleri Nugent.
STAR - Secondary School students studying at UC
The 2012 brochure is now available to download - STAR at UC brochure (pdf, 2.23MB). Further information may be found at: STAR at UC, or contact Heather Dickie.
BlueBook
Updated templates are now available at https://intranet.canterbury.ac.nz/bluebook.Reviews of Courses with Low Enrolments
Work is ongoing with the annual review of courses with low enrolments. Further information may be found at: Reviews of Courses with Low Enrolments, or contact Sue Holstein.
On-going Projects
Academic Quality Assurance
Further information may be obtained from aqua@canterbury.ac.nz.
Credit Transfer
Further information may be obtained from aqua@canterbury.ac.nz.
Turnitin Originality Detection Software
Turnitin is now available for staff use. Further information may be obtained from Gregor Ronald (x6451) in the Digital Media Group.