UC students get puppies to play with
Your move ANU. Puppies are helping University of Canberra students to unwind ahead of exams as part of Stress Less Week.
View ArticleFire at University of Canberra
Firefighters have extinguished a fire discovered burning on the ground floor of Building Three at University of Canberra in Bruce this afternoon. The fire was quickly contained to the room it started...
View ArticlePaid parking at UC and Groovin the Moo
In March, the University of Canberra started charging for parking. It has caused a fair amount of anger and outrage, not to mention a few heated discussions in class. It hasn’t bothered me that much as...
View ArticlePolice issue safety warning to women
ACT Policing is issuing a safety warning to women following a number of incidents relating to a man groping and exposing himself to women in the north side of Canberra. Over the weekend (April 26-27),...
View ArticlePuppy play day de-stressing Uni students
Throughout my career I have heard many a manager lament the challenges of motivating and engaging someone of the younger generation in the workforce. I have generally stood up for the newbies as I...
View ArticleJoe Roff to be named the CEO of the newly formed University of Canberra Capitals
Basketball ACT (BACT) and the University of Canberra Union (UCU) are delighted to formally announce the transfer of the Canberra Capitals to the University of Canberra as of Today. The change means...
View ArticleConfessions of a Topless Man Painterer
You may think that slopping paint on a half-naked university student’s torso is a questionable Saturday evening activity, but as card-carrying member of the rUCkus crew, I take this responsibility...
View ArticleUniversity of Canberra the rich kid on the block?
Is it just me or do others get the impression UC is the rich kid on the block? For example this week was one of the few weeks they didn’t buy a Canberra sporting team but instead they opened a $16...
View ArticleUniversity of Canberra new front of shirt sponsor for Canberra United
Canberra United will sport a new front of shirt sponsor for Westfield W-League Season 7 with the University of Canberra taking the prominent position for the new campaign. “We are delighted to have the...
View Article360 to bring Utopia to Canberra
[ 3 September 2014; 7:00 pm; ] Hip Hop sensation 360 is gearing up to take his new album on tour, stopping off to play the University of Canberra on Wednesday 3 September. I caught up with him to talk...
View ArticleParking at University of Canberra
My grandson has enrolled at the University of Canberra (UCAN) for 2015. He’ll be driving from Conder each day and isn’t sure about parking. He’s looked at the parking options on the UCAN website but...
View ArticleTwo women assaulted, police seeking witnesses
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses who can assist in the investigation of an indecent assault which took place on campus at the University of Canberra last week. On Wednesday 18 March, a woman was...
View ArticleHow UC plans to become a world-ranked university by 2018
If the University of Canberra is to become a world-ranked university, we need to improve infrastructure in Belconnen. I attended a public meeting late last month in which UC Vice-Chancellor Professor...
View ArticleResearch project: Greater ease with dental treatment
Feel nervous when due to see the dentist? Or “just hate going”? Tempted to put it off…and off again? Participate in a trial of therapeutic self-help technique shown to be helpful for many fears and...
View ArticleFirst look – The Well
The University of Canberra has a new go-to watering hole, and its name is The Well. The student-built, student-run bar popped up during the winter term, and welcomed the start of O week with a bang...
View ArticleCheap eats – Oscar’s Bakery Cafe, University of Canberra
I’ve spent a bit of time at the University of Canberra over the past few weeks. I was a student at UC a few years ago, and it’s interesting to see what’s changed since I left. There is student...
View ArticlePolice charge ex-UC lecturer with sex offences
UPDATE: The academic has now appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court. He is Arthur Marshall Hoyle, a former law lecturer at the university. He pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of committing an act of...
View ArticleUC ranks in top 100 unis under 50
The University of Canberra is celebrating reaching one of its strategic plan’s goals two years early today after squeezing into the top 100 universities in the world under the age of 50. The...
View ArticleBuilding underway for new hospital at Bruce
Construction officially began today on the $139 million University of Canberra Public Hospital at Bruce. The hospital will be the ACT’s first specialist sub-acute hospital, focusing entirely on...
View ArticleCanberra is truly a liveable city
No matter which way you look at it, Canberra has had a coming of age in the past decade. Shortly before his retirement in 2011, in an interview for Inside Story Jon Stanhope said: I think [the ACT] is...
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