Sociology Report: The Social Significance of UoA Canteen Life

This sociology report investigates the social aspects of canteen life at the University of Auckland, focusing on its impact on students and the broader university community. The report highlights the canteen's role in fostering social interaction, providing a space for students to build connections, and potentially influencing their academic performance. It acknowledges the canteen as a vital component of student life, offering more than just food, but also a place for relaxation, discussion, and the formation of new friendships. Furthermore, the report emphasizes the university's commitment to providing a spacious and high-quality canteen environment, recognizing the importance of social well-being alongside academic pursuits. The research draws on existing studies to support the claims, emphasizing the canteen's contribution to a positive university experience.

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Topic of Aspect – Life at canteen in the University of Auckland
The university has been planning a new and big canteen within the university campus which is
scheduled to open by the end of the ongoing year. Some of the most common social initiate at
the University of Auckland are the canteen life. The ongoing canteen that was opened back in the
year 1980 was being warmly welcomed by all the students and the faculty for good reasons.
Studies have furthermore shown that the student’s gain many of the benefits from their life of
canteen. Some of the great ideas are born from the conversation and the gossips at the canteen
(Lachat et al., 2009).
The life at canteen in the university not only benefits the students by the provision of the healthy
and the nutritious food but also for their social lives , their comfort level and ease towards
finding new friends and also towards the level of their academic achievements. The university
aims towards a spacious canteen facility with various ranges of food and snack items for the

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students and the other staff members of college with higher quality at a very affordable price
range.
Human beings, we all are social animal and hence the tenor of an individual’s life is one of the
essential aspects regarding their mental and physical health. Though the innovations of
technology has changes the way the people tend to interact with the others within the tenacity of
their daily living, the basic requirement of each and every individual towards social life has not
changed
In the context of University of Auckland, canteens are one of the essential parts playing a very
vital role in the removal of the tensions and refreshing of the students in the university. The life
at canteen has been one of the main focus for this university and it provides facility of clean,
spacious, and hygiene in the canteen (McDonald & Crandall, 2015). With the convenient
accommodation of 300 students at a time, this university gives importance to the social life of the
students. According the principal of the university, the life in canteen for the students of the
University of Auckland is equally essential as compared to the academics since it is to be
understood that the single minded focus over the academics of the university students tends to

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disrupt the essential matters of the university experience for the students and the faculty
members.
The University of Auckland recognizes the social life of the students as one of the essential
matter towards the ability to meet and interact with the people from several of the backgrounds.
Thus they have approached for an innovative and new canteen for the students of the university.

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References
Lachat, C. K., Huybregts, L. F., Roberfroid, D. A., Van Camp, J., Remaut-De Winter, A. M. E.,
Debruyne, P., & Kolsteren, P. W. (2009). Nutritional profile of foods offered and
consumed in a Belgian university canteen. Public health nutrition, 12(1), 122-128.
McDonald, R. I., & Crandall, C. S. (2015). Social norms and social influence. Current Opinion
in Behavioral Sciences, 3, 147-151.