There was a large police presence and a number of arrests made.

COMMENT: Sharing a room was possibly the best thing that ever happened to me. So give your room-mate a chance. You never know, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Nearly 7000 aspiring artists packed into a convention centre to fight for a place at a Chinese art university.

Feel-good soap can't fix back-to-school challenges, so it's up to us now, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

A Kiwi living overseas who ignored requests to repay his student loan has been arrested at the New Zealand border after returning home for a visit. Should overseas student loan dodgers be arrested on return?

With the beginning of the school year just weeks away the cost and quality of school uniforms will be a hot topic with parents.

Defaulted on your student loan before heading overseas? Then the Inland Revenue has a Christmas message for you.

Some teens know exactly what they want to do with their lives. For others, it can be difficult to decide which career path to follow, writes Louise Richardson

Ant poisoning, mindless retail jobs, summer school - Julie Cleaver says spare a thought for the hard-working students this summer, because they probably won't post about it on Instagram.

It's exam season and time to employ old student standbys - procrastination and distraction, writes an expert in the subject, Julie Cleaver.

"Bro culture" in many workplaces that pay men more than women means that one law student is entering the workforce with apprehension.

Evidence has emerged showing the grades of boys are finally catching up with girls' since a radical overhaul of the secondary school exam system.

Designated staff members should be specially trained to restrain violent and unruly pupils, a leading secondary school principal says.

Little Devon Roke was turned down by three early childhood education centres before BestStart's ABC Waterview agreed to enrol him.

It was announced on the Capone's and Boogie Nites Facebook pages that the bars were closed yesterday morning.

A Cambodian girl who grew up in an orphanage supported by a NZ school is now spending a year at the college that helped give her a home.

A controversial loyalty card that offers to pay a chunk of a student's bar tab off their student loan has been launched.

By contacting their stolen mobile phone, a group of Auckland students have sweet-talked their possessions back from a remorseful robber.

Students beginning university this week are most likely to take a degree focused on human society or culture, despite the ongoing push towards science and technology.

Teachers showering Kiwi kids with praise - and never allowing them to fail - are threatening to do more harm than good, a leading educationist says.

A large student population surrounds Otago University creating an intense, rich, youthful culture. Great ideas spew out of those messy flats. So does spew, writes Matt Heath.

Students planning to become engineers, scientists, IT professionals or psychologists have the best chance of securing a job, a new Government report shows.

A group of British teenagers will be taught by Chinese teachers in a unique experiment for a BBC documentary.

A new, generic school uniform range is being touted as a way to help parents reduce the cost of kids going back to class.

Students are borrowing more than ever as tertiary fees rise - and those who head overseas after study are likely to take much longer to repay their loan.

Students are now less likely to have a male teacher, with many going through their early education years without ever encountering a male role model.