"Discount to rule them all" now permanent

Posted 5:12pm Sunday 20th July 2014

The Otago Regional Council has announced that the 25 per cent tertiary discount on bus fares will become permanent. The trial period for the discount ran from 17 February to 30 April 2014 and was negotiated by OUSA as part of their plan to get more students to use the bus service. OUSA President Read more...

High performing polytech wins popularity contest

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014

Otago Polytechnic is showing an outstanding level of performance. As discussed at an Otago Polytechnic Council meeting on 4 July, the Polytechnic recently received three national teaching awards and the student roll has been rising rapidly, with a predicted increase of 10 per cent this year. Read more...

University to fork out $650m for upgrades

Posted 6:52pm Sunday 13th July 2014

The University of Otago is set to spend $650 million on campus upgrades over the next 15 years. The new Priority Development Plan (PDP), recently approved by the University Council, includes over 20 upgrades. These include major changes to seven faculties, a number of health and safety Read more...

DCC to trial pedestrian precint

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 25th May 2014

Two Otago post-graduate students are working to transform the lower Octagon into a pedestrian precinct with their submission to the DCC’s Annual Plan gaining momentum and support from councillors. Georgina Hampton, a PhD student in Genetics, and Alexis Belton, an honours student in Geology, Read more...

PhD students lured by free flights and accommodation

Posted 4:32pm Sunday 18th May 2014

The University is offering free flights and accommodation to domestic PhD candidates considering studying toward a doctorate at Otago. The recruitment campaign is designed to allow doctoral students to “seriously consider Otago as an option,” Head of Marketing Services, Lindy Wilson, said in a press Read more...

University hosts one and a half CoREs

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th May 2014

The University of Otago has been selected to host one of six national Centres of Research Excellence (CoRE) and will co-host a second CoRE with the University of Auckland, following a Government announcement. Both the Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies (Otago) and Brain Research Read more...

They walked the streets that we do

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014

Dunedin has been impacted by its writers, but how have the writers been impacted by Dunedin? Nina Harrap examines the lives of Janet Frame, James K. Baxter and Charles Brasch, the city’s instrumental place in their writing, and the legacy they’ve left behind. It wasn’t until halfway through Read more...

Uni pays $5.5 million to "improve quality of service"

Posted 4:20pm Sunday 4th May 2014

The University of Otago has spent more than $5.5 million on staff redundancies over the past four years, but has still been ranked as the 13th best place to work in the country. Figures released under the Official Information Act by the University show that 121.88 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Read more...

Synthetic zoning causes users to lapp around

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014

The Dunedin City Council is currently drafting legislation that may stop some retailers from selling legal highs. The Psychoactive Substances Act, which was passed by Parliament last year, gives local government bodies the ability to pass a Locally Approved Product Policy (LAPP), meaning councils Read more...

$1 million dollar microscope first in New Zealand

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014

The University of Otago has recently paid one million dollars for a state-of-the-art microscope that will allow researchers to study the development of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. For the first time, Otago medical scientists will be able to view and analyse living Read more...