British student Richard Turner is so impressed with Maori TV he's travelled to NZ to find out why it's so successful - especially with Pakeha viewers.

Teachers who were sacked or quit over alarming conduct remained registered to teach on the official database that is supposed to warn parents and schools.

Places at many popular universities will be restricted next year to students who gain top marks at high school.

Education officials are working to clarify a "grey area" for school staff around their powers to search students suspected of carrying weapons and drugs.

Dunedin student pub The Garden Tavern, known as Gardies, will close its doors for the final time this weekend after being sold to Otago University this year.

Three-quarters of teachers are feeling unprepared and rushed as they work to implement national standards, a survey has found.

Five teachers disciplined for offences ranging from sex with students to watching porn in a classroom have had their identities protected.

A radical plan for cut-price degrees has been outlined in the UK as a means of solving higher education's economic woes.

A university lecturer has embraced Wikipedia as part of her teaching after initially shunning the online encyclopedia.