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UC survey reveals high levels of fulltime employment for graduates (12 December 2011)
The University of Canterbury's recent survey of its 2010 graduates has revealed that more than 95 per cent of respondents are either working fulltime or part-time and/or undertaking further study.

Christmas graduation for more than 1400 UC students (9 December 2011)
More than 1400 students will graduate from the University of Canterbury next week in three ceremonies which, for the first time, will be held in the CBS Canterbury Arena in Addington.

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Features

Applications are now open for the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarships for 2012 for Japanese Studies students. The guidelines and application forms are available
on the Study In Japan website.

School staff feature prominently in the 2011 College of Arts Teaching and Research Awards Congratulations!
• Winner of the Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Ms Maki Tokumoto, Japanese Programme
• Winner of the Award for Excellence in Research:
Professor Henrietta Mondry, Russian Programme

Prize for Chinese Language
Congratulations to Josh Longley Toohey, a stage 1 student of Chinese, who has been awarded a prize for Chinese language by the Christchurch branch of the NZ China Friendship Society which presents these annual awards to the best first year students of Chinese in local schools and tertiary institutions.

Japanese Consul's Prize
The inaugural Japanese Consul's Prize, an award for excellence in Japanese presented to the top undergraduate student at stage 3, was recently awarded by the Consul, Mr Shoichi Kawai, to BA(Hons) student Sacha Winfield, for her academic achievements in Japanese last year. Congratulations Sacha, well done!

Prestigious Japanese Scholarship
Congratulations to Chloe Song, a stage 2 Japanese language student who has been awarded the prestigious Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho, Mext) Japanese Studies Student Scholarship. It is two years since this award has been made to a New Zealand student. The Scholarship will enable Chloe to commence one year of study in October at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

Recently published books
by staff of the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. Read more >>

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