Interest in the Lean philosophy of how to plan, organise and run an organisation is increasing around the world.

Lincoln University is 100% committed to transforming land, people and economies. The many research programmes we undertake, on campus and beyond, span our key disciplines, contributing thought-provoking insights and far-reaching benefits not just for our teaching programmes but also for industry, the country and the wider academic and research communities.

Peter Wardell has been elected by the Court of Convocation election of one member of Council for a term of 4 years, commencing 1 January 2011

Prominent publisher, author and journalist Mr Kunda Dixit from Kathmandu, Nepal, is visiting Christchurch and presents two seminars at Lincoln University  -  Monday 29 November and Tuesday 30 November. Both start at 11.30am and are in the C2 Lecture Theatre, Commerce Building.

An election is required for one member of the Lincoln University Council by the Court of Convocation.  An election will be held on Tuesday, 30 November 2010, with the poll closing at 12.00 noon.  The term of office for the elected member will be four years, and will commence on 1 January 2011.

A merger between Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic has today been given the green light to proceed.

Recently there has been a strong growth in demand from the agricultural sector in New Zealand to use fresh water for commercial uses such as irrigation.

The final round of the 2010 Lincoln University Foundation’s South Island Farmer of the Year competition takes place at Lincoln University today.

The University of Canterbury and Lincoln University are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Bryan Jenkins as the inaugural Professorial Research Fellow at the Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management, a joint venture between the two Universities, funded principally by the Tertiary Education Commission. The Fellowship is being funded by ECAN for a period of up to two years starting 1 March 2011.

New Zealand’s top conservation award for services to the protection of native plant species, the Loder Cup, is being presented to Christchurch botanist Dr Colin Burrows at Lincoln University on Friday 22 October.

The patron of Christchurch’s Festival of Japan and the first Japanese student to study at Lincoln University, the late Dr Isamu Kawase, will have his life and work commemorated  with the unveiling of a plaque on his old campus tomorrow (Wednesday 20th October).

Yep, it’s the real McCoy!  Scientists at Lincoln University put rugby’s Ranfurly Shield under the microscope yesterday to make sure Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt and Southland coach Leicester Rutledge hadn’t worked a sneaky replacement move with New Zealand rugby’s holy grail when Rob Penney’s Canterbury team broke the Southerners’ hearts the previous weekend.

Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce and Selwyn MP Amy Adams visited Lincoln University today (7 Oct.) to  view earthquake damage and recovery processes.

New Zealand grassland farmers, agribusiness professionals and researchers will this year be joined by their Australian “cousins” for the first time ever at a New Zealand Grassland Association (NZGA) annual conference.

A plant scientist, economist and environmental management specialist are Lincoln University’s top teachers for 2010, as nominated by students.

A miniature subterranean visitor has popped to the surface of Lincoln village’s Liffey Stream following the 4 September earthquake.

In one of the worst storms Palmerston North has seen in a while the Lincoln AG XV took on their Massey counterparts on the 18th of September. The teams play for the LA Brooks and the MOG trophies which Massey Ag XV hold after winning them for the second time on home soil in 2008. In 2009 they retained it with a convincing win over Lincoln at Lincoln University.

Information for students and staff on opening hours, construction work, building updates, food services locations and the Earthquake information centre.

Summary of information relating to the Canterbury earthquake at Lincoln University as a whole. Staff and Student summaries also exist for information specific to those groups.

Links to pages which provide information about the Canterbury earthquake or services available to those who are suffering as a result.

Updated at 4pm, 13 September 2010. Congratulations to all staff and students for your positive approach to returning to the university and ensuring that Lincoln University is largely back to normal today. There are still some minor issues that we are dealing with, but we are very happy with our progress.

summary of information about Lincoln University facilities and their current state of recovery.

Photos from Lincoln University and Lincoln Township 10 September 2010

Updated at 3:30pm, 10th September. The Halls of Residence and Campus Flats on campus are open and the accommodation office will be open 2-7pm on Sunday the 12th of September

Updated at 12:30pm September 10th. For those staff unable to attend the Friday induction due to family commitments, there are additional staff inductions

Postgraduate students, if possible to attend campus for an induction on Monday 13th September 9am. After the induction you'll be able to go to your personal spaces and labs.

Updated at 6pm, 9th September. Student health is now open - please ring 03 325 3835 and a student health triage nurse will direct you on to the best method of care. ‎8:30 - 4:30 the phone is answered by staff on campus after that and on weekends the phone diverts to the triage service (registered nurses) who can advise over the phone. This phone number is answered 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

We are pleased to advise that structural engineers have been on campus and have signed off on the safety of all essential operational buildings. Power and water are fully functional. Water has been tested and is safe to drink.  Sewerage is also fully functional.

Staff should not return to campus until instructed by their manager. Further breeches of this instruction could result in disciplinary action.

Information on staff support services leave and pay implications as a result of the earthquake.

We continue to work with the engineers to clarify the status of buildings for re-occupation. The progress has been hampered a little by the magnitude of the aftershocks last night. We are still hopeful that the cleanup of buildings can commence tomorrow or Thursday once we have received the written clearances.

Some of the many undamaged campus buildings and teaching spaces, photos were taken on the 7th of September.

Updated at 4pm, 6th September

Lincoln University was the focus yesterday (2 Sept.) of on-going work by Environment Canterbury’s team of Government appointed Commissioners to “gain knowledge” and “establish the facts” on regional land and water use.

Public feedback is being sought on a proposal by Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic to merge.

Sir Ron Trotter, who died at his home near Wellington on 11 August aged 82, had a long association with Lincoln University.

Rowing has joined Lincoln University’s list of Sports Scholarships, adding a seventh option to the unique programme which has been running successfully for 11 years.

DairyNZ Principal Scientist – Animals Dr John Roche has been appointed an Adjunct Professor at Lincoln University.

New forward steps have been taken at Lincoln University contributing to the mutually beneficial  relationship emerging between New Zealand and China  since the Free Trade Agreement and other recent initiatives.

Closer links between New Zealand and China have the support of both governments  and against this background the head of China’s top rank Zhejiang University has visited New Zealand’s specialist land-based university, Lincoln University.

Graduates of Lincoln University, New Zealand’s specialist land-based university, are establishing a monopoly on the top three places in the National Bank Young Farmer Contest. In the Grand Final at Gore on Saturday night (10 July), Lincoln alumni finished first, second and third for the second year in a row.

Graduates of New Zealand’s specialist land-based university, Lincoln University, numerically dominate the Grand Final of the 2010 National Bank Young Farmer Contest, in Gore, with six of the seven finalists holding Lincoln qualifications.

New Zealand’s specialist land based university, Lincoln University; signed a significant three-way agreement for research collaboration with two Chinese Universities.

Lincoln University student Sam Whitelock has been selected for the All Blacks test team to play Wales at Carisbrook, Dunedin, on Saturday night.

Lincoln University records with regret the death in Christchurch on Friday 11 June of Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Science Cliff Irvine, aged 90.

Research showing the beneficial contribution native plants and biodiversity can make to New Zealand grape and wine production has won Lincoln University doctoral student Jean-Marie Tompkins the inaugural David Jackson Prize.

As part of government-funded research on water management in New Zealand, researchers from Lincoln University and Lincoln Ventures Ltd have just completed a report titled The Canterbury Water Management Strategy as a Collaborative Planning Initiative: a preliminary assessment.

Similarities and differences in Western and Eastern culture come under the microscope in a public lecture at Lincoln University on Friday 7 May presented by the Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand, His Excellency Mr Zhang Limin.

A New Zealand scientist is one of five experts chosen from around the world for membership of an international panel to carry out evaluation work for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)/International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna.

The Landscape Architecture building at Lincoln University has been recognised in New Zealand’s premier competition for design and architecture.

Students from the Recreation Management Event Planning course at New Zealand’s specialist land-based university, Lincoln University, are once again helping with Sport Canterbury’s annual KiwiSport Challenge.

Lincoln University soil scientist Professor Keith Cameron and new Crusaders prop, Canterbury representative, Lincoln University graduate and Ravensdown account manager Andrew Olorenshaw  have gone the ‘hole’ nine yards to prepare for an open day at the Lincoln University Dairy Farm on Sunday 28 March.

Students and graduates from Lincoln University’s Landscape Architecture degree programme have done themselves proud by collectively scooping up an astounding seven awards at this year’s Ellerslie Flower Show.

The Councils of Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic are exploring a future relationship that includes a proposal to merge the two institutions next year.

At Lincoln University it’s the start of the academic year and the students haven’t been the only ones enjoying festivities. This year staff members brought a touch of heady splendour to the campus with a decorated hat competition, held at an after-work garden party on the Hudson Hall lawn.

Lincoln University had a prominent presence at the launching by the Prime Minister this week of the New Zealand Greenhouse Gas Research Centre in Palmerston North.

Maree Calder has spent 12 weeks on the inaugural internship at the International Antarctic Centre, at the halfway point in her Sport and Recreation Management degree studies at New Zealand’s specialist land-based university, Lincoln University.

The doyen of farm management education and research in New Zealand, Sir James Douglas Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Farm Management at Lincoln University,  died in Christchurch on Friday 19 February aged 84.

AgResearch has joined the South Island Dairying Development Centre (SIDDC) partnership.

Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand, speaking at Lincoln University today (8 February), said he was happy to “pick up the trail” left by previous Governors-General who had visited the campus, and he gave the University a characteristically Kiwi “Good on you” for the work it was doing in the interests of New Zealand’s future.

The Governor-General of New Zealand, Sir Anand Satyanand, will visit New Zealand’s specialist land-based university, Lincoln University, on Monday 8 February 2010 between 2.00 - 3.30pm.

Trial dates for membership of Lincoln University Netball Club’s A and B teams for the 2010 season have been set.

A feast of international cricket has come to New Zealand’s specialist land-based university, Lincoln University, and specifically the Bert Sutcliffe Oval and associated cricket grounds on the park-like campus.