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Polytech's new chief executive 'honoured and humbled'
Staff at the embattled Otago Polytechnic are hoping the appointment of a new chief executive will lead to a more settled 2026.
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Theatre career to take centre stage
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Theatre career to take centre stage after winning $10k award
Ella Court’s student flat was a bit like an Academy Awards ceremony when she discovered she had won a prestigious $10,000 national performing arts award.
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Fear Dunedin school lunch waste increasing with external suppliers
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Fear Dunedin school lunch waste increasing with external suppliers
A University of Otago researcher, who found about a third of food from the healthy lunches programme was going to the landfill, is fearful the situation has become worse
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Otago uni to make recordings of all lectures
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Otago uni to make recordings of all lectures
All lectures at the University of Otago will be available in recorded form from next year amid concern that fewer students are showing up to lectures.
Search for antibiotic receives $1.16m
Search for antibiotic receives $1.16m
A search for an antibiotic for multi-drug resistant and hypervirulent strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, has received a $1.16 million fellowship to support the research.
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Never too old to learn
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Ex-teacher university’s oldest PhD graduate
Peter Duncan is living proof that there is no age limit on curiosity and that the mind never really retires.
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Decision to restrict kava use riles
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Decision to restrict kava use riles
A decision to temporarily restrict the use of kava on the University of Otago’s Dunedin campus has drawn the ire of some staff.
University announces professorial promotions
University announces professorial promotions
The University of Otago has promoted 26 of its academics to the position of professor, and a further six have been promoted to the positions of research professor and clinical research professor.
Castration and sterilisation key to long life: study
Castration and sterilisation key to long life: study
Want your life to be 20% longer?
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Govt funding for university ‘declining’
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Govt funding for university ‘declining’
A "mismatch" between government funding and other revenue streams has put the University of Otago in a tricky position, a union leader says.
Donning caps of success
Donning caps of success
University of Otago graduands Xavier Ennals-Pellett and Sophie McMillan-Sinclair, both 21, prepare to graduate with bachelor of science degrees.
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Otago expecting to post $9m deficit in 2026
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Otago University expecting to post $9m deficit in 2026
A $9 million deficit is expected by the University of Otago in the coming year, documents show.
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Student masterclass reveals history of carbon
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Student masterclass reveals history of carbon
To the untrained eye, it looks just like a tube of mud.
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Awareness of starvation, malnutrition spurred interest in agriculture
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Awareness of starvation, malnutrition spurred interest in agriculture
Choose to grow and your life will bloom.
University of Otago graduands, 1pm ceremony
University of Otago graduands, 1pm ceremony
In a ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall at 1pm today, 355 people will graduate in person from the University of Otago
University of Otago graduands, 4pm ceremony
University of Otago graduands, 4pm ceremony
In a ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall at 4pm today, 376 people will graduate in person from the University of Otago with qualifications in sciences.
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Polytechnic’s new council ‘pleased’ to get started
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Polytechnic’s new council ‘pleased’ to get started
Otago Polytechnic’s new council is ready to get stuck in as the institute takes another step towards independence.
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Ready to graduate suitably attired
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Ready to graduate suitably attired
Grayson Westgate’s mother has promised to go "berserk" if he crosses the graduation stage today wearing running shoes with his academic regalia.
University of Otago graduands, 1pm ceremony
University of Otago graduands, 1pm ceremony
In a ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall at 1pm today, 347 people will graduate in person from the University of Otago
University of Otago graduands, 4pm ceremony
University of Otago graduands, 4pm ceremony
In a ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall at 4pm today, 376 people will graduate in person from the University of Otago