Woodhead new ORC chairman
Woodhead new ORC chairman
Last week it seemed two Otago regional councillors both wanted to become chairman and a voting battle was looming.
Allison Rudd
Master plan waits a while
Master plan waits a while
It could be several months yet before the University of Otago considers implementing its campus master plan.
Virtual conference has participants worldwide
Virtual conference has participants worldwide
It's the conference you have without hiring a venue, flying in speakers or even having to provide refreshments.
Capable NZ takes work-based path
Capable NZ takes work-based path
Otago Polytechnic is drawing inspiration from the United Kingdom for an expansion of its Capable New Zealand department.
Honours for the teachers
Honours for the teachers
University of Otago biochemistry lecturer Tony Zaharic is so popular with his health sciences students that one of them has created a Facebook fan page with 341 members.
Dancer makes clever move
Dancer makes clever move
Georgia Balloch has the world at her feet.
Family's second UK scholarship
Family's second UK scholarship
For one member of a family to be awarded a scholarship to a top United Kingdom university is significant enough, but the Haines brothers, of Mosgiel, have gone one better and secured one each.
Collaboration achieves NZ music first
Collaboration achieves NZ music first
Collaboration and goodwill among Dunedin companies has led to what is believed to be a New Zealand first - recording a live performance in one venue and instantaneously mixing the sound in another.
Two men in a boat aim high
Two men in a boat aim high
Aaron Price laughs when asked if anyone has told him his plan to circumnavigate Britain in a tandem sea kayak with a friend in winter is a foolish idea.
Ring ring, wing wing
Ring ring, wing wing
With five felines living on the family's Abbotsford farmlet, Ulli Graham is used to seeing the result of their hunting expeditions - mice, rats, lizards, baby rabbits, birds and weta.
Karts ready to race
Karts ready to race
They are big and fast and their construction has been an eight-month labour of love for a group of Otago Polytechnic Youth Guarantee students.
Funding for extra domestic students
Funding for extra domestic students
The University of Otago is likely to be allowed to enrol more domestic students than it had anticipated over the next two years.
Infotech upgrade on grand scale
Infotech upgrade on grand scale
University of Otago information technology services director Mike Harte is a happy man.
Funding shock awaits students
Funding shock awaits students
Thousands of tertiary students could find themselves without student loans and allowances next year, and Otago Polytechnic chief executive Phil Ker says most of them are oblivious of the fact.
Airport profitability shows improvement
Airport profitability shows improvement
Dunedin International Airport Ltd has recorded a small deficit for the year to the end of June, but chairman Richard Walls says the result is a "positive turnaround" from the previous 12 months.
Obama's spiritual adviser to speak in Dunedin
Obama's spiritual adviser to speak in Dunedin
Jim Wallis lives and works in Washington DC, the political heart of the United States.
OPSA head's challenge
OPSA head's challenge
Newly-elected Otago Polytechnic Students Association (OPSA) 2011 president Michelle Fidow agrees she might have chosen a challenging year to become a student leader.
Polytech project to begin
Polytech project to begin
Work is due to begin this week on the first of the new buildings in the Otago Polytechnic's ambitious "creative precinct" development.
Polytech favours move to stadium
Polytech favours move to stadium
Otago Polytechnic would still like to move its Institute of Sport and Adventure to the Forsyth Barr Stadium, providing relocation costs can be reduced.
Tighter student loans defended
Tighter student loans defended
Tertiary education minister Steven Joyce says he is "comfortable" thousands of tertiary students will not get student loans to continue their studies next year.