Scientific researchers get backing of fellowships
Academics Jemma Geoghegan and Nathan Kenny have been awarded $800,000 Rutherford Discovery Fellowships to pursue scientific research in Dunedin.
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Agency aims to keep overseas pupils in region
Agency aims to keep overseas pupils in region
An agency that promotes international education in Otago is working out how high school pupils from overseas can be encouraged to stay in the region to take up tertiary study.
University of Otago fellowships named
University of Otago fellowships named
Award-winning novelist and West Coast newspaper reporter Becky Manawatu has been named as next year’s University of Otago Burns Fellow.
OUSA makes moves to manage deficit
OUSA makes moves to manage deficit
The Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) will bank on improved commercial fortunes to end a series of deficits.
Polytech offered no guarantees on staffing
Polytech offered no guarantees on staffing
The spectre of sector-wide job cuts was raised at Otago Polytechnic during a visit by the man in charge of New Zealand’s new national vocational education institute.
University complainant speaks out
University complainant speaks out
A man who dropped a high-profile court case against the University of Otago has broken his silence, but the university will not follow suit.
Hayne sends sympathies after Perth campus death
Hayne sends sympathies after Perth campus death
Outgoing University of Otago vice chancellor Harlene Hayne has expressed her sympathies the death of a man when a roof collapsed at Curtin University this week.
Ballantyne chosen for leading uni role
Ballantyne chosen for leading uni role
Distinguished historian Prof Tony Ballantyne will be Otago University's new head of external engagement.
Medical School admission challenge unsound
Medical School admission challenge unsound
A Victoria University law lecturer is not surprised a legal challenge against Otago’s medical school admissions process was dropped, saying it had no chance of winning in court.
Third of sex assaults on uni students go unreported - Otago study
Third of sex assaults on uni students go unreported - Otago study
A third of sexual assaults on New Zealand university students go unreported, according to new research published in The New Zealand Medical Journal.
Med school entry case settled
Med school entry case settled
A legal challenge to the way students are selected for Otago’s medical school will not go ahead.
Legal challenge over medical school entry dropped
Legal challenge over medical school entry dropped
A legal challenge to the way students are selected for Otago's medical school will not go ahead.
‘Critic’ retains title of best publication
‘Critic’ retains title of best publication
Dunedin's student publication Critic Te Arohi has retained its title as New Zealand’s best for the fourth year in a row.
Otago research centres get $69m between them
Otago research centres get $69m between them
The University of Otago has been given a $69 million boost that will help researchers working on cutting-edge quantum technology and on coastal ecosystems.
Departing Hayne 'in awe' of university
Departing Hayne 'in awe' of university
Departing University of Otago vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne, who takes up a new job in Australia next year, says restructuring has set up the Dunedin institution well for the future.
Students part of sustainable flatting neighbourhood research
Students part of sustainable flatting neighbourhood research
The garden at the University of Otago’s "sustainable neighbourhood" does not yet exist, but Jessie Barron is looking forward to making it happen.
Academic hopes lockdown exercise changes stick
Academic hopes lockdown exercise changes stick
Please keep walking.
Harlene Hayne to leave University of Otago
Harlene Hayne to leave University of Otago
University of Otago vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne will leave the university to take up a role in Australia.
Lack of dental service funds 'could lead to deaths'
Lack of dental service funds 'could lead to deaths'
A Dunedin professor warns that a "serious conversation" is needed over a lack of funds to support life-saving cancer tests at the country’s only dedicated oral pathology dental service.
Significant university projects to be reviewed
Significant university projects to be reviewed
The University of Otago has some big decisions to make about some big projects.