University of Otago

The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university. It is the South Island's largest employer and claims to have the world's 2nd longest continuously running annual student revue (the Capping Show) and New Zealand's oldest ballet company (the Selwyn Ballet).

Possible Merger with Dunedin College of Education

Currently, the university and the Dunedin College of Education (a specialist teacher training institution) are working toward a merger, with a bilateral working group declaring a merger "both desireable and feasible". A new entity merging the College and the university's Faculty of Education would be based on the College site, and include the College's campuses in Invercargill and Alexandra. It is intended that the merger take effect in 2007. A merger has been considered before, however the present talks have progressed further, and more amicably, than previously.

Related Topics:
Dunedin College of Education - Invercargill - Alexandra

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