Retaining place reflects uni staff’s ‘dedication and quality’
The University of Otago has retained its place within the top 200 universities in the world in the latest QS rankings.
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Rules-based order focus of policy school
Rules-based order focus of policy school
Some of the world’s top foreign policy specialists will be in Dunedin next week to discuss New Zealand’s position amid the faltering international rules-based order.
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Design student gives new meaning to kiwi ingenuity
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Design student gives new meaning to kiwi ingenuity
They used to prop up stools and pieces of furniture.
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Otago loses territory to Waikato med school
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Otago loses territory to Waikato med school
The University of Otago will keep the same number of medical placements out of its school, but lose several locations it could send them to.
Fewer regions for Otago medical school placements
Fewer regions for Otago medical school placements
Otago medical students will have three fewer regions to choose from when it comes to their placements from 2029.
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Rewarding to watch gardeners grow
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Rewarding to watch gardeners grow
As groceries become increasingly expensive in New Zealand, Otago Polytechnic is helping Dunedin Kāinga Ora tenants to put food on the table by showing them how to grow it.
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Law faculty exam errors disappoint
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Law faculty exam errors disappoint
A University of Otago student has told the Otago Daily Times he is losing faith in the law faculty after yet another exam blunder.
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Patent pending for biotech tool
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Patent pending for biotech tool
As the effects of global warming increase, Otago researchers have come up with a biotech ‘‘tool’’ that will help certain plants survive harsh environmental conditions.
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‘Powerhouse’ as old friends to star
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‘Powerhouse’ as old friends to star
In a ‘‘powerhouse reunion’’, three University of Otago music graduates have hooked themselves leads in Opera New Zealand’s upcoming performance of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro.
Mould, broken windows: Dunedin flats still not up to standard
Mould, broken windows: Dunedin flats still not up to standard
Living in poor quality housing shouldn't be part of Dunedin student life, the Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team says.
Polytech campuses set to reopen after bomb threat
Polytech campuses set to reopen after bomb threat
Dunedin’s Otago Polytechnic plans to reopen on Tuesday after being forced to evacuate all staff and students and close due to a bomb threat.
Opening date for uni building
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.
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.