More University of Otago students have been dealt with by the vice-chancellor for serious disciplinary issues in the year to April than in the whole of last year, figures from the university show.
The number of University of Otago students seeking work far outweighs the number of jobs available, figures from Student Job Search (SJS) show.
University of Otago vice-chancellor Prof Harlene Hayne has hit back at a suggestion that the method used to evaluate research at New Zealand universities has meant academics no longer have the time to participate in community service.
After escaping conflict in the Republic of the Congo and shifting to New Zealand more than six years ago, Emande Mihindou Mahanga was pleased be given the "privilege of being a Kiwi" at a citizenship ceremony in the Skeggs Gallery yesterday.
Students who voted in last week's Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) referendum overwhelmingly support a more environmentally friendly university and OUSA maintaining its independence from the university.
A University of Otago politics lecturer says students in Dunedin have exchanged political activism for "hedonism".
Tom McFadden impressed pupils at Tahuna Normal Intermediate with a combination of hip-hop and science yesterday as he winds up a tour of New Zealand's schools as part of the International Science Festival.
The changes to student allowances in last week's Budget have left fifth-year University of Otago student C.J. O'Connor questioning whether she will go on to study towards a doctorate next year.
The Southern Heritage Trust revisited the "elegance and nostalgia" of yesteryear with a Victorian Steampunk twist at the first of four afternoon teas to be held at the Savoy this year.
Otago Polytechnic has begun a $1 million project to replace its "outdated" coal-burning boilers with two wood-chip boilers, which will heat three-quarters of the institution.
The University of Otago has appointed Tuari Potiki as its new director of Maori development.
With a net value of $1.4 billion, the University of Otago's assets are worth more than those of any other university in New Zealand, figures from the Tertiary Education Commission show.
The University of Otago has questioned the inclusion of $900,000 the Dunedin City Council spent on the western wall of Forsyth Barr Stadium as "unexpected costs", saying it was part of the council's budget for the project "from day 1".
Behind the scenes at every Drivesouth Rally of Otago a team of local amateur radio enthusiasts works tirelessly to keep track of every car.
Cuts to student support in yesterday's Budget will allow the Government to put more emphasis on engineering, science and research, Minister for Tertiary Education Steven Joyce says.
A lack of jobs for graduates is of more concern than the changes to student allowances and student loans included in yesterday's Budget, a group of University of Otago students flatting in North Dunedin say.
Tests on beehives since the varroa mite was first found in Dunedin last month show the devastating bee parasite has spread throughout the city.
The Otago Polytechnic recorded an operating surplus of more than $3 million last year, its highest.
A "sighting"of a ghost known as the Grey Lady has terrified residents at Cumberland College, and staff have called in the University of Otago chaplain to calm students at the hall of residence.
An Otago Polytechnic initiative to bring laptops and tablet computers into the homes of elderly people aims to help solve social isolation by introducing them to online social media, chief executive Phil Ker says.
