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Uni wants to be involved in analysis

The Otago Medical School building in Great King St. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Uni wants to be involved in analysis

The University of Otago is pleased government coalition negotiations mean there will now be a "cost-benefit analysis" for any future medical school and wants to be involved in it.

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Te Pukenga plans satisfy tertiary union

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Te Pukenga plans satisfy tertiary union

Te Pūkenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology staff have a "lot to unpack", but the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) says it is much more satisfied with the final outcome of a wide...

‘Delighted’: decades of work wins highest research honour

Philippa Howden-Chapman. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

‘Delighted’: decades of work wins highest research honour

Decades of research into New Zealand’s housing and health has earned Prof Philippa Howden-Chapman the University of Otago’s highest research honour.

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Link found between mental health, NCEA pass rate

University of Otago researcher Dr Nick Bowden was a part of nationwide research on outcomes for...

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Link found between mental health, NCEA pass rate

A nationwide study has found that pupils entering secondary school with prior mental health conditions were less likely to pass NCEA level 1 and more likely to be stood down or suspended.

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German department to be cut, uni confirms

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German department to be cut, uni confirms

It is "auf wiedersehen" to the German department, as the University of Otago confirms cuts to the languages programme.

New principal wants more help for others in the role

Green Island School principal Aaron Warrington spoke about some of the challenges new principals...

New principal wants more help for others in the role

Aaron Warrington considers himself one of the lucky ones.

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Otago, Victoria consider collaborating

The university clock, as tinny as ever it was, Peter Matheson says. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Otago, Victoria universities consider collaborating

The University of Otago is investigating teaming up with another financially struggling university as both investigate cutting courses.

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Policy has ‘not helped’ uni's woes

The University of Otago’s financial situation is far from rosy. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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Policy has ‘not helped’ university's woes

Failure to apply a policy aimed at keeping the ballooning number of low-enrolment papers in check has "not helped" the University of Otago’s financial woes.

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University defends staff ratios

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University defends staff ratios

The University of Otago is defending staff ratios as figures show academic staff numbers have barely increased over the last dozen years, while non-academic staff have leapt by more than 15%.

Tertiary education ‘a public good’ — Shaw

Protect Otago Action Group (POAG) member Tyler West (left) leads a discussion panel of (from left...

Tertiary education ‘a public good’ — Shaw

Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw attended a meeting to save tertiary education in Dunedin on Saturday and said they wanted to "listen" to a crowd of university staff, students and community members.

Pupils reimagine Shakespeare for theatre festival

Queen’s High School pupils Kit Speigel (left) and Lucy Grant perform a scene from A Midsummer...

Pupils reimagine Shakespeare for theatre festival

The Bard of Avon was alive and well in South Dunedin yesterday.

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Passion for job being crushed: young teacher

Teachers strike for better work conditions and pay in the Octagon yesterday. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Poor conditions affecting mental health: young teacher

A Dunedin primary school teacher says her passion for the job has been crushed by the working conditions she faces every day.

Teachers take protest to streets

Otago and Southland teachers met in various towns and cities across the region yesterday to...

Teachers take protest to streets

Car horns tooted while parents and children carried signs as Central Otago teachers joined with tens of thousands of their peers protesting throughout the country.

Helicopter hoist design workshop offers pupils engineering experience

King’s High School pupils (from left) Gabe Asuncion, Josh Caldwell and Zach Schwenke (all 17)...

Helicopter hoist design workshop offers pupils engineering experience

Pupils' spirits are flying high after they attended a workshop in which they designed their own rescue helicopter hoist system.

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School reaping benefits of going solar

Sawyers Bay principal Gareth Swete shows off the app tracking how much power the school's solar...

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School reaping benefits of going solar

A Dunedin school has saved thousands of dollars in power this year after a grant allowed it to move away from coal in favour of solar panels.

City’s study options on display

All sorts of options have been put in front of prospective Otago students, ranging from architectural studies to pharmaceutical science.

Te Pukenga will get Otago’s help: CEO

Te Pukenga will get Otago’s help: CEO

Otago Polytechnic has vowed to maximise its revenue, find ways to reduce its spending and focus on filling its education programmes for the year ahead as a way of helping the beleaguered Te Pukenga...

Dealing with school life during the pandemic

Logan Park High School pupil Emma Mitchell says her school hasn’t been too badly hit by Covid...

Dealing with school life during the pandemic

After two years of pandemic mayhem, 2022 has continued to pose challenges for this year’s year 13 pupils. Southern Issues reporter Daisy Hudson caught up with two Otago teens in the second...

Research work of a lifetime honoured

University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry deputy dean Prof Richard Cannon has received an...

Research work of a lifetime honoured

When Richard Cannon became a member of the University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry more than three decades ago, he had no dental background other than what he had learned from visits to his dentist.

Dunedin school plans campus by Lake Te Anau

The Fiordland National Park Lodge near Te Anau, recently bought by John McGlashan College in...

Dunedin school plans campus by Lake Te Anau

A Dunedin secondary school has bought a lakeside lodge near Te Anau to help provide pupils with more opportunities.

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