Academics

By nurturing a spirit of enquiry, we challenge our students to explore their chosen academic landscape and venture into unfamiliar fields of knowledge and learning. Learn more about the graduate profile and incorporating it into your teaching.

Constructive alignment informs how we teach graduate attributes, as well as our chosen disciplines. It provides a framework and a way of thinking about our teaching which helps us develop curriculum areas now and in the future (Biggs & Tang, 2007). Learn more about constructive alignment.

We aim to give our students practical experience so they can apply their skills and ideas to a wide variety of situations. Learn more about providing employable, innovative, and enterprising kaupapa to support our students.

New Zealand has two distinct cultures. UC aims to prepare our students to work alongside both cultures with confidence and understand how it's relevant to their study and career. Find out how to equip students with bicultural confidence and competence.

Community engagement provides a good way to understand how diverse society is. Much like a workplace setting, working within the community shows our students how to cooperate with different processes, resources, and values. Learn how to help our students be engaged with the community.

With international views in mind, our students can learn new ideas and possibilities that also appeal to a broader audience, which means it will reach and benefit more people. Find out how to help our students be globally aware.