When was otago founded

When it was first established its members held office for life. Its constitution was progressively amended in , and to provide for the representation of certain local bodies and educational groups, the graduates, the student body and non-professorial staff. The present structure of the Council was laid down in the Education Amendment Act The Council is advised on academic matters by the Senate, the membership of which is drawn mainly from the Heads of academic Departments, but with representatives of other teaching staff and students.

The Vice-Chancellor, who was designated as Chief Executive of the University by the Education Amendment Act , convenes the Senate, which, in turn, is advised by the Divisional Boards and other Committees and Boards on matters which fall within their particular terms of reference.

In the internal governance of the University was reformed by grouping the existing departments, faculties, and schools into four academic Divisions Commerce, Health Sciences, Humanities, and Sciences.

Each academic Division is headed by a Pro-Vice-Chancellor. Its design is based on that of the unauthorised arms which appeared on the University's seal in use by September Azure, on a saltire cantoned between four mullets of six points Or, a book, gilt-edged and bound in a cover Gules charged with a mullet of six points of the second [i. Or] and a book-marker of the third [i. Gules] issuant from the page-foot, and in an Escrol under the same this Motto "Sapere Aude".

Lyon Register vol. In ordinary language, the shield is blue, with a gold saltire Saint Andrew's cross between four gold six-pointed stars.

On the centre of the saltire there is a closed red book, gilt-edged and with a red book-marker protruding, bearing another gold six-pointed star on its cover.

COVID information. Find out more Future student? Current Students Close. For Otago Staff Close. About University of Otago Close. Research and Enterprise at Otago Close. Learning and teaching Close. In , a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the four local Ngai Tahu rununga. As a result, the Otago Polytechnic Council developed a Kaitohutohu and two rununga representatives positions. Read more about our Kaitohutohu Office here. Otago Polytechnic started running courses in Central Otago in as a response to high demand for education in relation to the Clyde Dam being built.

Scottish art teacher, David Hutton, arrived at Port Chalmers in It offered evening classes to the locals, and subjects in demand included shorthand, arithmetic, English literature, English, chemistry, mathematics, Latin and carpentry.

By , King Edward Technical College was comprised of a technical high school with 1, day students and a tertiary division with more than 2, school leavers and adults attending full-time, part-time, block and day release or evening classes. Initially, we shared this space with the technical high school. This was supposed to be a temporary arrangement, until both institutions would be located to new sites — however, it would be many years before we were able to relocate to a new campus.

Otago Polytechnic began with 40 full-time tutors and quickly built upon the courses we had inherited from the technical college. We introduced our first block courses in basic cookery in During the s, we added apprenticeship training courses in drain-laying, panel-beating, sheet metal engineering and welding, as well as physiotherapy in The Institution was growing, but we needed more space….

We began our move to the current campus in However, the shift to our new campus was a slow one. It took nearly a decade to buy more than 20 houses, replace them with the necessary Polytechnic buildings and transfer most of the Polytechnic to the new site.

By the end of the s, Otago Polytechnic had grown considerably, with more than courses on offer. We had a total of 6, students enrolled, and full-time tutors — nearly five times the number we had in The last twenty five years has been a time of growth. The education reforms gave Otago Polytechnic the same degree of autonomy as universities. We also established a new Polytechnic Council in , which has helped to guide the Institution forward over the past two and a half decades.

Government funding increased, and student numbers rose dramatically. At the beginning of the s, we began to see a significant increase in international student numbers, and by , we had equivalent full-time international students. During this period, the Tennyson Street Campus closed, and our Forth Street campus was extended to accommodate the fashion and design, hospitality and language courses.

However, one of the most significant changes in this period, was the introduction of degree programmes.