Allison Rudd

The Government is contributing almost $600,000 to establish a science academy at the University of Otago.

Saddle Hill quarry owner Calvin Fisher has been asked by the Dunedin City Council to provide evidence to support his belief he can continue quarrying in the protected landscape conservation area.

Otago Polytechnic is expecting to have to turn some students away next year after being told it will not get all the Government-funded places it had hoped for.

Almost 10 jobs are likely to be axed when two departments at the University of Otago's School of Business are merged, a draft merger proposal says.

Otago Polytechnic wants to join Dunedin businessman Ian Taylor in his quest to harness the technological, intellectual and practical skills of local businesses and educational institutions and create a world-class sports analysis centre based at the Forsyth Barr Stadium.

Young people unable to find a job and unable to get into Otago Polytechnic because of a roll cap next year "will be on the street", an angry Otago Polytechnic council member said yesterday.

Hahna Briggs did not realise she was a pioneer when she enrolled in the master of dance studies programme at the University of Otago two years ago.

The man responsible for activities at the Saddle Hill quarry says he will respond to the Dunedin City Council's request for documentation outlining why he believes can continue quarrying.

Just over a quarter of the staff in the University of Otago's design department will lose their jobs, the university says.

A University of Otago senior researcher will keep his job, despite a professional misconduct finding against him.

The 400 baby Atlantic salmon which have lived happily in a large viewing tank at the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre aquarium for almost three months have provided an ever-changing display for visitors and staff.

The watchers became the watched during the University of Otago's Three Minute Thesis competition finals this week.

Dunedin student leader Harriet Geoghegan seems almost certain to become the first person in 30 years to win a second full-year term as Otago University Students Association (OUSA) president, despite the returning officer stripping her of 264 votes for breaking election rules.

Student political leader Harriet Geoghegan has enlisted the help of University of Otago students to create an art installation with a political message.

A new national heritage advocacy network to replace Historic Places Trust (HPT) local branch committees is a necessity, HPT board member Anna Crighton says.

It might look like a bread maker or computer printer, but the benchtop DNA sequencing machine just installed at the University of Otago has Dr Jo-Ann Stanton excited.