Allison Rudd

One of the University of Otago's most hotly opposed proposals of recent times has not been revived in the campus master plan.

The most run-down student flats might be bought by the University of Otago and restored, or bowled in an attempt to upgrade what the university says is a "ghetto" at its front door.

The Water of Leith has the potential to become a major landscape feature of the University of Otago and an important recreational amenity for all Dunedin residents, the university's campus master plan says.

A retired University of Otago professor and the university have received apologies and payment of their legal costs after complaining about an error in an Auckland academic's book.

The University of Otago has recorded a strong financial start to the year, gaining more income and spending less than than expected over the first three months.

When former Dunedin woman Rebecca Marks joined the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, she did not anticipate an encounter with a whale, assisting at a dramatic dawn rescue or bobbing around in giant seas in a yacht minus its mast and rigging.

A third major restructuring within the University of Otago - and the possibility of a fourth - has staff in affected departments concerned for their jobs and has impacted staff morale across the institution, a union leader says.

The proposed merger of two departments within the University of Otago School of Business is necessary to improve their research output and financial performances, the proposal document shows.

About 20 students watched from the public gallery yesterday as the University of Otago council voted to disestablish the department of design studies.

Enrolling at the University of Otago has just become more difficult.

People who have finished their tertiary studies but are still paying off student loans are likely to be hit with an annual administration fee.

For more than a decade, Dunedin-trained surgeon John McCall was one of this country's leading liver transplant specialists. Now he has accepted a new role teaching surgery at the Dunedin School of Medicine and performing surgery at Dunedin Hospital.

Ranfurly 3-year-old Hamish Crossan is fit and well - above average height and weight for his age and a happy soul.

Dunedin film-maker Scott Mouat has received two pieces of good news in recent weeks.

The University of Otago is advertising widely for a replacement senior executive after a resignation.

It may not have been love at first sight, but when 18-year-old Cecil Turner spotted 15-year-old Dawn Fullerton he thought she was "a bit of all right".