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No bones about it, there are some top supervisors

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014 by Emily Draper

The Supervisors’ Awards, instituted by the OUSA and the Graduate Research School, aim to recognise and celebrate excellence in PhD, thesis or dissertation supervision. This year, Associate Professor Ruth Fitzgerald of the Anthropology & Archaeology Department was awarded the grand prize of 2014’s Read more...

AUSA Dismisses General Manager

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014 by Anna Whyte

The Employment Authority and Employment Court have deemed the 2012 dismissal of former Auckland University Student Association General Manager Tom O'Connor justified. O'Connor brought the case to court after he was dismissed by AUSA due to the mismanagement of AUSA finances. However, O'Connor Read more...

Top Lecturer Of The Year wants “no part of UCSA”

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014 by Laura Munro

The University of Canterbury Student’s Association (UCSA) has come under scrutiny recently by staff member Dr Ekant Veer. The popular lecturer of the marketing department wrote a blog post on 7 October declaring that he would hand back his Lecturer of the Year award, as well as the $50 prize. Read more...

Final figures for OUSA’s General Election drive

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014 by Bella Macdonald

As final figures come in, Dunedin North booth votes show an overall boost in votes by 11 per cent for the 2014 General Election versus the 2011 General Election. This follows a $28,000 budgeted spend by OUSA towards an enrolment and voting campaign this year. OUSA spent $20,127 more on Read more...

Craft Beer Festival Is a Hit For Dunedin

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014 by Josie Cochrane

This year’s Craft Beer and Food festival took place on Saturday 4 October. The event has been hailed as a success by organisers and attendees alike. The Critic team thoroughly enjoyed themselves, finding some new favourite brews, including Garage Project’s Tournesol and Green Man Brewery’s Read more...

Sickness at Student Health an extra $10

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014 by Laura Munro

As of 1 October 2014, Student Health have begun their trial period for the updated Health Declaration process during the exam period. Students will now be charged a non-refundable $10 on top of their consultation fee if they would like to be considered for the declaration. This means those with a Read more...

Dunedin students’ private photos exploited online

Posted 6:08pm Wednesday 8th October 2014 by Josie Cochrane

On Tuesday 7 October 2014, a group called “Rack Appreciation Society Awareness” was created on Facebook. 24 hours later, over 2,000 women were members of the page. The group was formed out of disgust at the “Rack Appreciation Society” – a Facebook group formed two weeks ago, with over 4,000 Read more...

Kia ora nga Tauira Maori o Te Whare Wananga

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Mariana Te Pou

YAY. It is that time when we’re nearing the end of lectures and the beginning of EXAMS! Yahooooo. This will be our last column for the year in the awesome Critic magazine. I would like to thank everyone who has been involved with TRM this year: no matter how small or how big your contribution, it Read more...

Exams are just two weeks away

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Staff Reporter

The time is near, the assignments are (mostly) over and now it’s time to put all that information into your brain. You probably should have started studying for exams a while ago, but realistically this guide has just got you thinking, “Ah, I should go and pick up my course reader/ open that Read more...

Greatest hits / Greatest shits | Issue 26

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Greatest HitThis week we’re going international for the Greatest Hit: to Hong Kong. After a change to Hong Kong elections that would mean only “China-approved” candidates would be able to be elected, students began an intense protest for democracy, storming Hong Kong’s Civic Square. Sometimes it’s Read more...

Critic just isn't going to stop tackling election year

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Carys Goodwin

At the time of writing, Labour is in turmoil. Once again, they are undergoing a leader selection process that is bitter and catty. The accusations of being “beltway politicians” are coming thick and fast and the spectre of election failure isn’t going away. Even New Zealand’s mainstream media sunk Read more...

We are the champions, again. *Yawns*

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Daniel Lormans

Back to the shiny, black and trophy-laden rugby desk this week where we are wrapping up our code coverage for this year with a little review of the recent Rugby Championship and some very early and unnecessary World Cup hype. As is old news by now, the mighty All Blacks have won yet another Read more...

New Zealand universities have work to do

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Emily Draper

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings have ranked the University of Otago in the 251–275 bracket. The score continues Otago’s steady decline in the rankings over the last few years. Last year, the university was placed in the 226–250 position. In 2011, it was in the 201–225 lot. Read more...

Brit takes over Critic but everything is hunky dory

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by The Critic Ghost

The new Editor of Critic for 2015 was announced last week. Josie Cochrane is “well chuffed” to be handling the reigns next year. She’s a blonde British case, both literally and metaphorically, and resides in the yonder hills of Dunedin. Floppy Jockles, Joppy Flockles and Flippy Whipples are just Read more...

Bodgies and wodgies take the stage in Dunedin

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Laura Munro

Moon at the Bottom of the Garden, brainchild of playwright Sarah McDougall, began as McDougall’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) work piece at the University of Otago. Now, with a few adaptations, it will be performed at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery from 10 – 19 October 2014 as part of Arts Festival Read more...

Election of students to University Council

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Critic

Voting for the two student representatives on the 2015 University of Otago Council runs from this Wednesday 8 October through to Friday 10 October. Voting will be conducted via an online voting site, with students notified on their student email addresses. The candidates standing are OUSA Read more...

Letter to the Shredditor?

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Laura Munro

University of Canterbury students have complained that their resident student magazine Canta has failed to print letters, suggesting Canta has a bias towards certain student associations. Complaints come from the coverage, or lack thereof, of the University of Canterbury Students’ Association’s Read more...

City council efforts to recover its vehicles elusive

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Emily Draper

Controversy continues over the Dunedin City Council’s $1.5 million Citifleet fraud case, with the DCC saying that it will be difficult to recover any of the vehicles sold to individual buyers, as most buyers seemed to have purchased the vehicles in good faith. The DCC found themselves in the Read more...

Electoral Commission pays for enrolments

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Anna Whyte

The recent 2014 New Zealand General Election involved enrolment drives from both OUSA and the Electoral Commission. Those hired by the Electoral Commission are paid depending on how many people they enrol, whereas other parties, such as OUSA, receive no payment. Murray Wicks, the Electoral Read more...

National media: Halls want porn

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Josie Cochrane

Last week, 19-year-old University of Otago student Anton Hovius attracted nationwide attention after accusing the University of “draconian” alcohol and Internet usage policies at the Halls of Residence. His comments on the strict alcohol rules and blockage of various file sharing and pornography Read more...