Critic reads University’s emails…legally.

Posted 4:47am Monday 2nd August 2010

A Critic investigation has revealed that the University of Otago purchased Gardies with no clear plan of how to use the property. A Capital Expenditure Evaluation and related emails obtained under the Official Information Act make it clear that the University bought Gardies without a clear Read more...

Neurosurgery Cuts

Posted 4:39am Monday 2nd August 2010

he Dean of the University of Otago School of Medicine, Dr. John Adams, has spoken out against the potential cuts to Dunedin Hospital neurosurgery services, telling the Otago Daily Times that any such action risked becoming the "death of tertiary services by a thousand cuts.” The review of the Read more...

Whoops, how ‘bout another Semester then?

Posted 4:03am Tuesday 20th July 2010

The University of Otago has been caught in an embarrassing situation after it incorrectly calculated the points a student required to graduate. Fifth-year BCom/BSc student Oscar Harvey was told by an Advisor of Studies at the start of the year that he needed to take four papers to graduate, Read more...

Otago Gains $3.2 Million in Grants

Posted 3:47am Tuesday 20th July 2010

As expected, the University Council has voted to go ahead with two departmental mergers. The two departments within the College of Education will merge as well as two departments in the Commerce division to form a new Department of Accountancy and Finance. The University has previously said the Read more...

The Circus Comes to Town.

Posted 10:24pm Sunday 11th July 2010

The Education and Science Select Committee lands in Dunedin tomorrow to hear oral submissions regarding the Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill. The committee is expected to hear from a sizeable list of submitters, overwhelmingly consisting of those in opposition to the bill. Read more...

Council decision all but ensures carnage, makes Gardies closure a way bigger deal.

Posted 10:22pm Sunday 11th July 2010

The Dunedin City Council has done its best to ensure trouble on the night of June 19 by passing a temporary liquor ban to cover much of North Dunedin, timed to coincide with the last night of the Gardies Tavern and the All Blacks vs. Wales test match at Carisbrook. In specifically Read more...

University Stonewall.

Posted 8:21pm Sunday 11th July 2010

The University is refusing to give any details about how much it has spent on the Campus Master Plan so far. Architects and planners have been bought in from overseas, weeks of consultation have taken place, and a glossy 196-page report has been produced for the media and interested parties. Read more...

Restaurant Bookings Possible Again.

Posted 8:13pm Sunday 11th July 2010

Graduation season has rolled to an end for another May and bookings are once again possible in restaurants classier than Blue Sky. This year’s three graduation weekends saw almost thirteen hundred graduates make the trek to the Town Hall to cross stage in person. Each graduation ceremony Read more...

OUSA Elections

Posted 4:16pm Sunday 11th July 2010

Elections for the vacant positions on the OUSA Executive will be held from midnight Wednesday May 26 to 4pm Thursday May 27.  The vacant positions are Health Sciences Divisional Representative, and Postgraduate Representative. If you want to know more about the candidates you can head Read more...

BUDGET 2010 : Few surprises for the tertiary sector.

Posted 4:12pm Sunday 11th July 2010

Students were not lead to expect much from last week’s Budget announcement and it turned out to be as boring and lacklustre as expected with all the main points signalled ahead of time.   The big news for students was a raft of changes to the student loans and allowances programmes, Read more...