Students at Otago University have requested an urgent meeting with the Vice Chancellor and senior leadership over a controversial proposal to cap medical admission pathways.
The university's proposal to limit Māori entrants to 56 and Pacific and other groups to 20 through preferential entry pathways has been heavily criticised.
The university admits the suggestion was a response to a legal challenge to their admissions scheme, and now says it will strenuously defend the preferential pathways in court.
But the president of the Medical Students Association, Anu Kaw, told Te Aniwa Hurihanganui the university has dealt with the situation appallingly, and students' well-being has suffered.
