Forestry Degree Course Delayed

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31205, 1 November 1966, Page 18

Forestry Degree Course Delayed

The degree course in forestry at the University of Canterbury will not now begin until 1970, but students for preliminary science courses will still be accepted before then.

The year’s delay had been agreed on for academic and administrative reasons, the Vice-Chancellor (Professor N. C. Phillips) said yesterday. “It is important that the School of Forestry should not open prematurely and that it have a flying start,” he said. The decision had been made after consultations with the Forest Service, which would supply many students. Professor Phillips said it was usual for forestry trainees to take an approved bachelor of science course before going overseas to take a degree in forestry.

The first Canterbury intake would come from two sources: those who would begin B.Sc. courses next year and complete them in 1969; and those who would begin the two-year science intermediate course in 1968. Research Grant

Meanwhile there had been another important development in forest work. The Tasman Pulp and Paper Company, Ltd, which had been notably generous to the university previously, would provide £lOOO a year for some years to support Miss Judith Mac Duff in doctoral research in the botany department on dothistroma pini, a disease of pines. Combatting this was of great importance in forestry generally, Professor Phillips said.