When Labour announced its new free tertiary education policy in January, the nation split in two. Student Julie Cleaver wades into the debate

Danielle Wright finds out why a degree is still a smart investment

The University of Otago has announced plans for a new $50 million, five-storey animal research facility to be built at an undisclosed location.

Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee announced the creation of the New Zealand Excellence Awards at Auckland University of Technology.

COMMENT: Are our universities out of control? Have they lost sight of their core missions? Do they know what they are doing?

An Australian university rejected claims it's trying to rewrite the nation's colonial history after encouraging students to use the term "invaded."

New data shows big bucks for the right graduates

The editor of Massive is standing by his controversial cover, while Massey Student Association is disavowing it.

Nina Jeffs, 17, scooped the Girdlers' Scholarship to the University of Cambridge - the only New Zealander to do so, as only one is granted per year.

Fee-free education policy takes aim at major cause of life-long debt, Dr Alistair Shaw writes.

Peter Lyons writes about one of his favourite teaching experience, where he helped a group of students make an investment.

About 3000 chanting students survived an attack by slingshot-wielding young men who pelted them with eggs and water balloons as they lined up for the annual Otago University Students' Association toga party last night.

There is plenty of evidence that not only shows the value Indian students place on receiving a NZ education, but also the value Indian international students are adding to NZ, writes Darryn Melrose.

The case for sparing the taxpayer the cost of tertiary education by applying a "user pays" principle looks pretty shaky when the user and the taxpayer are the same people, writes Bryan Gould.

Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says Labour's new no-fees policy will take from the poor to give to those studying for lucrative jobs.

Auckland moved up four places from last year and is the only New Zealand city to make the top 20.

Search and rescue volunteers say they completed a five-month taxpayer-funded training course at a polytechnic in one week.

Academic staff at AUT have ended a strike that caused a delay in the release of students' final grades.

Immigration officials are warning New Zealand's reputation as a destination for international students is at risk from Indian student exploitation.

A multitude of scholarships are available for tertiary students but you've got to be in to win.

A negative experience can stimulate enlightenment; it can reveal the best way forward and motivate you towards it

Not so long ago, parents of a teenager wanting to be an artist or a musician would tell them to get a real job but that perception has changed

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.

COMMENT: NZ children will continue to live unequal lives until such time as an education minister has the full support of colleagues, writes John Clark.

Investigations into six tertiary institutions, from Southland to the Bay of Plenty, have identified more than $25 million in misappropriation. One of them, we reported this week, has been stripped of its registration.

A Kiwi whizz-kid has bought up another tertiary tutoring business and drawn the attention of NY billionaires as he cast his eyes further afield.

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