Opening date for uni building
The troubled and long-delayed building for the University of Otago’s Christchurch campus finally has an opening date, as the university looks to grow student numbers across the board.
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College of Education campus relocating
College of Education campus relocating
Invercargill’s University of Otago College of Education campus is to be relocated under a statement of intent (SOI) signed by the university and the Southland Institute of Technology (SIT).
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Brewery takes aim at Dunedin student group
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Brewery takes aim at Dunedin student group
New Zealand’s biggest alcohol company says the actions of a small, student-led Dunedin group were why liquor laws needed to change.
Imagine food, glorious food
Imagine food, glorious food
Do you fill up more at the supermarket when you’re hungry? Scientific research might confirm why.
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Core may hold sea level rise answers
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Core may hold sea level rise answers
An Antarctic sediment core, providing an environmental record stretching back about 17 million years, may hold answers to how long we have before coastal areas become inundated by rising sea levels.
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Archers hit fundraising target for wall repairs
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Archers hit fundraising target for wall repairs
Sitting on the toilet and hearing a thud on the wall next to their head was becoming ‘‘a little disconcerting’’ for women in the changing rooms at the University of Otago’s Clubs and Societies Centre.
Purpose of English Language Bill questioned
Purpose of English Language Bill questioned
A researcher and linguist based at Otago University says the govt's push to make English an official language raises a question of "what exactly is English being protected from?".
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Archway Theatres campaign gets merch
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Archway Theatres campaign gets merch
A campaign to save the University of Otago’s brutalist Archway Lecture Theatres has expanded into physical merchandise.
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Architecture students win big at Australasian awards
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Architecture students win big at Australasian awards
A "quietly powerful synthesis of landscape, colour and environmental stewardship" has won an Otago Polytechnic architecture student a major award.
Māori-led disorder care ‘underused’
Māori-led disorder care ‘underused’
Despite Māori experiencing eating disorders, Māori-led approaches to treatment pathways and national policy-making are being "significantly underused", new Otago-led research shows.
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'Excessive and unconvincing': Otago blocks OIA requests over Israel-linked tech firm
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'Excessive and unconvincing': Otago blocks OIA requests over Israel-linked tech firm
A critic of Otago University’s proposed arrangement with tech giant Palo Alto has called out the institution’s use of ‘‘commercial sensitivity’’ to block official information requests.
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Fossils to be reunited in US
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Fossils to be reunited in US
For decades, a fossilised whale has been sitting in the basement of the University of Otago’s geology department — minus its head.
Nursing students help Welsh seaside town up sun smarts
Nursing students help Welsh seaside town up sun smarts
A group of Otago Polytechnic nursing students has been instrumental in helping a tiny coastal town in northern Wales start to tackle its rising skin cancer rates.
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Research in space physics recognised by world body
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Research in space physics recognised by world body
A University of Otago physicist has become just the second New Zealander in nearly 60 years to win a prestigious international science award for his work in space physics.
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Uni mulls ties to 'IDF-linked' firm, plans ethical policy
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Uni mulls ties to 'IDF-linked' firm, plans ethical policy
The University of Otago is developing an ‘‘ethical investment policy’’ as it grapples with whether to continue its partnership with tech giant Palo Alto.
Sextet keeps it clean for graduation
Sextet keeps it clean for graduation
The thing about the University of Otago Capping Sextet is that they have quite the reputation for being crude and even a little bit lewd.
Graduands parade before ceremonies
Graduands parade before ceremonies
University of Otago graduands march along George St on Saturday ahead of their graduation ceremony in the Dunedin Town Hall.
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Double graduation, twice the celebration for family
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Double graduation, twice the celebration for family
Apart from the occasional birthday party, today’s University of Otago graduation ceremony may be one of the last milestones fraternal twins Catrin and Alex Ogilvie get to experience together.
Foreign master's student numbers soar
Foreign master's student numbers soar
Education Ministry figures showed more full-time international students enrolled for degrees last year than domestic students.
Sliding into a musical month
Sliding into a musical month
University of Otago student Ben Walker plays the trombone during the ‘‘Music in May’’ concert at First Church yesterday.