Failure to apply a policy aimed at keeping the ballooning number of low-enrolment papers in check has "not helped" the University of Otago's financial woes. The university, which has more than 500 papers below its own enrolment threshold, attributed the omission to the disruption of Covid-19. A spokeswoman said university leaders had not wanted to burden busy staff with the audits required by its papers, enrolments and the use of resources policy — but a working group was now reviewing the situation.

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