Hayward College, Otago
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Hayward College is one of 13 residential college
s in Dunedin
, New Zealand
.
Hayward College was developed from the former Queen Mary Maternity Hospital in 1992. It was named after brother and sister Jock and Vera Hayward, who had long associations with the University and the Hospital respectively.
Hayward is now a modern 5-storey 162-bedroom residential college boasting the biggest and brightest rooms on campus.
The College is administered by the University of Otago
.
Although a relatively new college at Otago, Hayward College has created some of its own traditions, including the annual floor shield competition, colour wars, mission unsockable and many others.
Residential college
A residential college is an organisational pattern for a division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals, the college having a degree of autonomy and a federated relationship with the overall...
s in Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Hayward College was developed from the former Queen Mary Maternity Hospital in 1992. It was named after brother and sister Jock and Vera Hayward, who had long associations with the University and the Hospital respectively.
Hayward is now a modern 5-storey 162-bedroom residential college boasting the biggest and brightest rooms on campus.
The College is administered by the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
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Although a relatively new college at Otago, Hayward College has created some of its own traditions, including the annual floor shield competition, colour wars, mission unsockable and many others.