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University Working with OUSA To Address Sexual Harm

Posted 10:41am Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Joel MacManus

The University of Otago has taken a major step to address the issue of sexual harm among students, establishing the working group called Sexual Harm and Assault Response and Evaluation (SHARE). The aim of the group is to “investigate a co-ordinated response to any future reports of sexualised Read more...

OUSA to Provide Flu Vaccinations to 2,500 Students After Success of Pilot Scheme

Posted 10:37am Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Joe Higham

OUSA will build upon the success of their 2016 flu vaccination pilot scheme to provide free vaccinations to roughly 2,500 students at a cost to the association of approximately $50,000.  The 2016 pilot scheme provided 150 free flu jabs to students in late May, and was part of former Read more...

Flaws in Funding Model Incentivises Research Over Teaching, Report Claims

Posted 10:35am Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Anna Linton

A report published by the Productivity Commission on tertiary education last week has highlighted that the current funding model incentivises research over teaching.  It claims that both the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) and international rankings systems encourage tertiary Read more...

Keeping tabs on the Exec

Posted 10:31am Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Joe Higham

The executive began by formally disaffiliated the Otago University Dive Club and proposed giving the entirety of their diving gear to the Otago University Spearfishing Club. Education Officer Bryn Jenkins reminded the group that doing that doing so could create difficulty in future if the Dive Club Read more...

Union Negotiations with New World Reach Standstill but Members Pledge to Continue Protesting

Posted 11:05am Sunday 26th March 2017 by Joe Higham

First Union has reached a standstill in its negotiations with New World Centre City’s franchise owners for a collective agreement for store members but they have pledged to continue to protest in the hope that it will bring about substantive improvement to both pay and working Read more...

PE Alumni Raise Concerns over Falling Enrolments and Departmental Changes

Posted 10:48am Sunday 26th March 2017 by Joel MacManus

Physical Education (PE) Students have raised serious concerns about the future of the PE department after reports of dwindling enrolments and budget cuts risk changes to the curriculum and degree structure. The organisation Phedders United, which formed in 2015 to represent the interests of alumni Read more...

Keeping tabs on the Exec

Posted 10:42am Sunday 26th March 2017 by Joe Higham

The meeting began with a warm welcome to Te Roopu Maori President, Eli Toeke, who was elected during the Te Roopu Maori Annual General Meeting that was held on 14th March.  After a thoroughly captivating discussion about health and safety, Recreation Officer Caitlin Barlow-Groome presented Read more...

Otago University Physicists Make Substantial Breakthrough

Posted 10:49am Sunday 19th March 2017 by Joe Higham

A team of six University of Otago physicists have managed to control individual atoms, causing them to appear wherever they want them to. The success was down to seven lasers, with components from compact disc players, and precision mirrors.  Lead Otago researcher Dr Mikkel Andersen says Read more...

Movement for Gender-Neutral Bathrooms on Campus Growing

Posted 10:45am Sunday 19th March 2017 by Joel MacManus

The Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has reassigned 165 on-campus gender-neutral bathrooms in an effort to provide more comfortable arrangements for gender diverse students. According to AUT Rainbow Community manager Audrey Hutcheson, the change was made to ensure students safety on campus, Read more...

Executive Pledge to be Apolitical in Election Year

Posted 10:27am Sunday 19th March 2017 by Joe Higham

Recreation Officer Caitlin Barlow-Groome began with the affiliation of the ‘ACT On Campus’ group, which drew immediate discussion from the executive about former OUSA President Logan Edgar’s colourful relationship with the group (well worth a read if you are unaware of what Read more...