University of Canterbury (UC) maths Professor Michael Plank , who has co-led essential Covid-19 modelling work in New Zealand, has won an Australasian award for outstanding research, expertise and distinguished service in the field of Applied Mathematics. .
Press Release – University of Canterbury University of Canterbury (UC) maths Professor Michael Plank , who has co-led essential Covid-19 modelling work in New Zealand, has won an Australasian award for outstanding research, expertise and distinguished service in the field of Applied Mathematics. …
University of Canterbury (UC) maths Professor Michael Plank, who has co-led essential Covid-19 modelling work in New Zealand, has won an Australasian award for outstanding research, expertise and distinguished service in the field of Applied Mathematics.
Professor Plank, of UC’s School of Mathematics and Statistics, was awarded the Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) EO Tuck Medal for 2021.
UC’s
Te Pūrongo ā-Tau | Annual Report for the year
ending 31 December 2020 was published this week.
Tumu
Whakarae | Vice-Chancellor Professor Cheryl de la Rey says
last year the University, like the rest of Aotearoa New
Zealand, had to swiftly adapt to the impact of the Covid-19
pandemic, managing the consequences of closed borders and
fluctuating alert levels.
“Our Covid-19 response has
reinforced the University as a place where we stand by our
community in times of need and rally together to provide
solutions. It also emphasised that our top priority must
always be our people, both students and
staff.”
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This was most acute among Pasifika students, with 40 per cent of students in the first year of any university course or degree leaving their studies, compared to 24 per cent in 2019. The retention rate of non-Māori and non-Pasifika students in the same group also declined from 78.1 per cent in 2019 to 71.1 per cent in 2020. However, the 2020 retention rate for students in the first year of their undergraduate degree remained similar to 2019. UC was able to launch new programmes to boost student wellbeing and success, such as the Takere scholarship programme for first-year Māori and Pacific students and the Analytics for Course Engagement (ACE) system to identify and assist first-year students needing extra help.