Aidan O’Malley
Theatre Studies
What learning environment do you thrive in? For Aidan, who studied for a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Theatre Studies, practical experiences helped him learn in a way no textbook could.
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What learning environment do you thrive in? For Aidan, who studied for a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Theatre Studies, practical experiences helped him learn in a way no textbook could.
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What if your career goals change? Ariana initially studied Anatomy at Otago. While she loved learning about the human body through hands-on lab work, she realised her future career lay in the health sector.
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A strong foundation for a career with impact. Studying for a Master of Sustainable Business was a transformative experience for Anuraag.
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Prepare to unlock unlimited possibilities! For Magdeline, adding a minor in Entrepreneurship to her Computer Science major allowed her to build a unique skill set.
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Otago’s diverse study options appealed to Rosie, who studied for a Bachelor of Commerce.
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With his Science degrees from Otago, Taylor turned a passion for nature into a meaningful career.
My storyMāori Health, Medicine and Surgery
For Te Reimana, Health Sciences First Year at Otago opened up pathways towards a variety of healthcare professions.
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Explore our research18 October 2024
The National Bowel Screening Programme is failing to deliver screening equitably to Pacific New Zealanders, but there are ways to improve it, research led by the University of Otago, Wellington has found.
18 October 2024
Two articles by University of Otago, Christchurch, researchers in this week’s New Zealand Medical Journal (NZMJ) raise concerns about global and local readiness to deal with a future pandemic – with one saying we risk falling into “a cycle of panic and neglect” and the other exposing self-reported gaps in health worker preparedness.
17 October 2024
A poignant poem which takes the reader through the residential Red Zone after the Christchurch earthquakes has won the student poetry section of Writer 2024, the University of Otago’s annual creative writing competition.
17 October 2024
Transporting visitors to Rēkohu (Chatham Islands) and the culture of the indigenous Moriori people, the exhibition Hou Rongo: Moriori, Music and Manawa – A Multisensory Experience is currently on display at Tūhuru Otago Museum through 27 October.
14 September – 27 October 2024
Various times
Hou Rongo offers an immersive look at the culture of New Zealand's indigenous Moriori people, blending tradition with innovative technology to evoke the feeling of being on Rēkohu/ Rangihaute (the Cha...
Tūhura Otago Museum Beautiful Science Gallery, 419 Great King Street, Dunedin
12 October – 07 December 2024
Various times
Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist | He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa brings together over 20 selected works by one of New Zealand’s most iconic 20th century artists, Rita Angus (1908–1970). It includes impo...
Hocken Library, 90 Anzac Avenue, Dunedin