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The Otago University Students' Association has joined the other ''big three'' students' associations in calling for reforms to the national association.

The Otago Regional Council is set to trial discounted bus fares for students in an effort to get more scarfies using public transport.

University of Otago student politicians could be paid up to a third more if performance-based pay is approved.

The Otago University Students' Association has set aside more than $6 million to fund future projects and provide insurance in case it cannot reach a funding agreement with the university.

A Dunedin communicator has beaten McDonald's to a national public relations award.

A decision by the Otago University Students Association to give more than $45,000 to Radio One is a ''vote of confidence'' in the station that only two years ago was under threat of sale, president Francisco Hernandez says.

The Otago University Students' Association has settled on a range of measures to make this year's Hyde St keg party safer, including a ''one-way'' policy from as early as 2pm.

Stand-by fares - which were first introduced for Otago students four years ago and then expanded - will be permanently grounded, Air New Zealand has announced.

Twenty people, including the main student organiser of the event, Jordan Taylor, recently took HIV tests at the University of Otago campus during an awareness-raising Sexual Health Week.

Hyde St tenants will meet other keg party stakeholders today to further discuss plans for this year's party.

Otago tertiary students collectively earned more than $8 million last year through Student Job Search, the organisation says.