Elena McPhee

The University of Otago has received its best research results for four years, its three-year external funding average increased to $112.3 million, a greater output of work, and more postgraduate research students are attending.

A Dunedin teen whose great-uncle presented him with a row of World War 2 medals hopes other families will make similar gestures leading up to Anzac Day.

The OUSA is getting on board with a national petition encouraging the Government to urgently bring back promised postgraduate allowances.

More than 80 people have taken voluntary redundancies at Otago University since a review of student support services began. The union representing tertiary staff says stress and uncertainty are factors.