Image of the week: 23 November

Apirana Taylor, 2024 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry recipient, launches 'in the cracks of light' with Canterbury University Press.

Congratulations to the 2025 University of Canterbury (UC) Young New Zealander of the Year (YNZOTY) Te Mātātahi o te Tau Award semi-finalists.

Eye-tracking technology will be used in new University of Canterbury research, comparing the skills of forensic scientists with ‘super-matcher’ novices.

Of 1,751 tertiary institutions UC has ranked second in Aotearoa New Zealand and 78 globally in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025. 

A galactic mystery could soon be solved if University of Canterbury researchers are able to pinpoint the source of lightning-fast cosmic rays.

The University of Canterbury’s annual ‘Redesign with Waste Challenge’ inspires students to transform waste into innovative opportunities. 

Acclaimed international author Sarah Quigley is returning to her alma mater next year as an Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence.

An innovative project to help UC Faculty of Law staff boost their bicultural competency has won the 2024 UC Hapori Community of Practice Award. 

A Master of Business Administration (MBA) scholarship offering like no other in New Zealand has been awarded to three emerging Canterbury business leaders.