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Hundreds of academic jobs at risk if NZ border stays closed.
Fees-free lures students as unis plead for cash
First-year tertiary students give the government an A; unis reach for the red pen.
Otago University pulls back on minority selection changes
Medical school withdraws planned changes on Māori, Pasifika and refugee applicants.
Vice-chancellor Neil Quigley revals findings from Gardiner-Parata report
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Ngāti Porou hikoi on Waikato Uni in support of Māori academics
Review into allegations of institutional, structural racism at Waikato Uni still underway.
University of Auckland backtracks on plan to resume campus classes
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Professor Dawn Freshwater welcomes new students for 2020
Vice-Chancellor Professor Dawn Freshwater welcomes new students arriving in Semester 2 under Covid restrictions. Video / University of Auckland
Uni students want masks and distancing before return to lectures
Lectures with 300 people without mandatory masks should not go ahead, say students.
Student targeted in virtual kidnapping fraud scam
Police asking community to be warned and be vigilant to this kind of scam.
Labour's $600m for childcare teachers' pay, replace decile system
Labour promises $600m for ECE teachers' pay, but no expansion of fees-free study.
Support for academics over allegations of racism at Waikato University
But two professors admit it is still frightening to be Māori at the institution.
Education sector facing widespread job losses
The downturn has already cost more than 250 jobs at private tertiary institutions.
Top uni scholar 'seriously considering' leaving over racism
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Editorial: Student loans, overseas graduates and the Covid recovery
Editorial: We need our overseas grads and they want our refuge from a Covid-ravaged world.
Universities open door to students without UE
Universities relax the rules due to Covid-19 disruption.
University of Auckland leaps back into world's top 150
The University of Auckland has jumped 32 places to its best world ranking since 2011.
Funding row: 'You can't say to people, go to Methven or Timaru'
New $10m fund for private training providers favours regional schools.
Concerns over proposed med school quotas
Caps on Maori and Pasifika admissions could have negative implications for decades.
Lori Loughlin sentenced to two months' jail
The former Full House star and her husband faked their daughters' way into college.
Australia opens doors to students, NZ stays closed
NZ quarantine hotels are full, but South Australia has room for 300 students.
Fewer than 50,000 foreign students left in NZ
The figures show the impact of Covid-19 border restrictions.
AUT student tests positive for Covid-19
The student started experiencing symptoms yesterday.
Pot paper's popularity takes NZ university by surprise
Pharmacists, other healthcare professions line up for $1200 postgrad course.
Auckland University alumni and donors information stolen by hackers
A ransom was paid for the information's return.
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Nikki Kaye will leave 'deep hole' in education
Kaye reached across the party divide to push educational modernisation.
Tertiary students to benefit from free mental health services
$25 million is to be invested to boost mental health support for tertiary students.