Briefs

Toastmasters

Posted 4:45am Monday 28th February 2011 by Aimee Gulliver

The Scarfies Speechcraft Club is offering students the opportunity to improve their speaking skills and develop their leadership experience in 2011, for periods of ten weeks each semester. A demonstration meeting is being held in Room 101, 665 Cumberland St on March 8 from 5-7 p.m., and the Read more...

New Vice-Chancellor Announced

Posted 4:44am Monday 28th February 2011 by Gregor Whyte

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne is to replace Sir Professor David Skegg as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago. Professor Hayne, a noted psychology researcher, will become the first female Vice-Chancellor of a New Zealand university when she takes over the role in July. Read more...

Former Critic Editor to stand for Parliament

Posted 10:55pm Sunday 17th October 2010 by Staff Reporter

Former Editor of Critic Holly Walker is to be the Green Party Candidate for Hutt South in the 2011 General election. Walker won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford in 2007, and since returning to New Zealand has worked as a Green Party Advisor in Parliament.    "I am thrilled to stand Read more...

Duke Sex List

Posted 10:52pm Sunday 17th October 2010 by Julia Hollingsworth

Scandal has descended on the prestigious Duke University of North Carolina, in the USA, after a ‘sex thesis’ complied by a senior student of the University went viral on the internet.  The 43-page list, which included the names and photographs of 13 of student Karen Owen’s sexual Read more...

Otago Likely to Benefit from Funding Increase

Posted 10:39pm Sunday 17th October 2010 by Gregor Whyte

The University of Otago is likely to gain about $5.4 milllion and around 280 domestic Equivalent Full Time Student places, after the Government announced increased funding for university places, the Otago Daily Times reports. The fresh funding is intended to cover a ‘blip’ in the Read more...

Otago Researcher Appointed Royal Fellow

Posted 1:08am Tuesday 12th October 2010 by Staff Reporter

University of Otago Professor Richie Poulton, who heads the internationally recognised Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, was last week elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. The Chair of the Academy, Otago’s Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Science Read more...

Blood Donations This Week

Posted 1:06am Tuesday 12th October 2010 by Anthony Riseley

New Zealand’s aging population and busier lifestyles may lead to a deficiency in blood supplies in the future, making current recruitment of younger donors particularly important. Leita Mackay of the New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) says people lead busier lives these days, and that there are Read more...

Soz

Posted 9:55pm Monday 11th October 2010 by Staff Reporter

A story in the Briefs section last week about Exec resignations was, well, completely wrong. Critic reported that Education Officer Stephanie Reader resigned from the OUSA Executive for reasons connected to a job in Auckland. That information was incorrect and we apologise for the error. Read more...

University of Otago Top Dog

Posted 9:54pm Monday 11th October 2010 by Gregor Whyte

The University of Otago recorded the highest surplus of any university in New Zealand last year, posting a healthy $31.1 million surplus when figures were released by the Tertiary Education Commission. The University of Auckland was second, posting an operating surplus of $28.5 million. Read more...

Postgraduate Representative Candidates Announced

Posted 9:52pm Monday 11th October 2010 by Staff Reporter

The candidates for the General Executive Post-graduate Portfolio position have been announced. The two people standing for the position are Stacey Lauren Bloom and Stephanie Ruddock. The election takes place online from 9.00am 11 October 2010 until 4pm 14 October 2010.  Read more...