Contractors are putting in seven-day weeks to make sure the extensive earthquake strengthening and refurbishment of Selwyn College is complete before students move in next week.
Two University of Otago students who climbed on a fire engine and incited people to throw bottles were among a dwindling number dealt with for serious incidents last year.
A radio station and Dunedin property owner are in hot water over the sponsorship of a student flat.
The Government has agreed to increase the number of undergraduate domestic dentistry students at University of Otago for the first time since 1961.
A Dunedin woman has lodged a complaint with the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) over the way she was dealt with by a local pharmacy when seeking the emergency contraceptive pill.
A University of Otago plan to spend more than $600 million on infrastructure will be a ''major shot in the arm'' for the Dunedin construction industry and create hundreds of jobs.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has backed down from comments that $3400 worth of payments to former Dunedin North MP Pete Hodgson were part of a gentlemen's agreement.
Otago Polytechnic is going from strength to strength - student numbers have grown for two years running and the institution is making surpluses large enough to invest in new buildings.
O-Week organisers hope the ''good vibe'' and relatively incident-free nature of the week continues this weekend.
A Dunedin student who found out her course had been cut a week before she was due to start is happy after being offered a place in another programme.
The level of interest in the University of Otago's new volunteer centre is more evidence of a resurgence in volunteering among younger people.
Student radio station Radio One is marking 30 years on air and is keeping true to its alternative spirit by offering a range of ''countercultural'' events during O-Week.
AgResearch's chairman has been attacked for saying only a small number of scientists at Invermay are ''mission critical'' to the organisation.
Former Dunedin band Six60 is back for O-Week after travelling the world and working with a big-name record producer who has worked with the likes of Sir Paul McCartney.
A more than 20% drop in the number of Dunedin students receiving the student allowance shows Government changes to entitlements are beginning to bite, opponents of the changes say.
O-week organisers have pulled out all the stops to keep the number of noise complaints down, but that did not stop five people complaining after Tuesday night's toga party.
Tickets for O-Week are selling strongly, with all 2000 super passes taken yesterday, Otago University Students' Association events and communications manager Dan Hendra says.
A Dunedin solo mother is disappointed after Aoraki Polytechnic cut a course she was signed up to start next week, but neglected to inform her.
Dunedin students are being encouraged to make the most of a 25% bus fare discount or else risk losing the concession.
The Government's decision to shrink university councils and get rid of mandatory staff, student and union membership has been slammed as a ''power grab'' and ''an attack on democracy''.
