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School of Educational Studies and Leadership

Te Kura Ārahi Ako

04 October 2023

UC's School of Educational Studies and Leadership offers programmes and research to meet the needs of a wide range of interdisciplinary fields. Our research and teaching addresses early childhood, primary, and secondary school, tertiary education, adult, and community learning. Learn more about the School of Educational Studies and Leadership.

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Te Kura Ārahi Ako | The School of Educational Studies and Leadership is led by a Head of School who works closely with senior academics across the University and the College management team. The School staff includes academics ranging from Distinguished Professor to Lecturer level, and administrators. The School is located on Levels 4 and 5 of Rehua.

The School offers programmes and research designed to meet the needs of a wide range of interdisciplinary fields. The School’s research and teaching concerns early childhood, primary and secondary school, tertiary education, adult and community learning. Our academics draw on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives including psychology, leadership, history, philosophy, sociology, organisational theory, policy studies and critical theory; our research perspectives are broad and engage with contemporary theories.

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Tackling knock-on effects of concussion – can we make rugby safer?

05 July 2021

University of Canterbury (UC) researchers are tackling the knock-on effects of playing rugby by engineering a better way to protect young players’ brains from concussion.

Tackling knock-on effects of concussion – can we make rugby safer?

University of Canterbury (UC) researchers are tackling the knock-on effects of playing rugby by engineering a better way to protect young players’ brains from concussion.

Tackling knock-on effects of concussion – can we make rugby safer?

Culturally responsive teaching resource launched at UC

21 June 2021

A new guide will help empower Aotearoa New Zealand's secondary teachers to engage students and facilitate culturally sensitive and inclusive learning settings, at their own pace and to suit their teaching needs.