A new Ministry of Education-commissioned report has detailed the gender split in 63 fields of study at bachelor level or higher.

Lincoln University has been dealt another blow with the resignation of the remaining deputy vice chancellor, who lasted only five months in the role.

More than 20,000 students are missing out on student allowances because of tighter eligibility rules since 2010, a new report says.

Drug testing comes in - student enrolments drop.

More than 80 tertiary students were caught cheating last year, with some busted for writing cheat notes on their bodies and calculators.

Free tertiary education used to be possible here. What would you sacrifice to make it the case again?

"Entrepreneurial Universities" initiative is designed to attract world-leading entrepreneurial researchers to NZ.

Two huge wind tunnels and Australasia's biggest strong wall are being used in experiments, research and tests.

Tour of the University of Auckland's Newmarket campus. We take a look at the Wind Tunnel hall and the engineering departments "strong wall"?.

Prepare to embark on a quest of your own to discover the incredible world of "the Hobbit" as modern archaeological science uncovers perplexing secrets hidden in time.

School principals uncertain about their right to discipline international students have asked the Ministry of Education to clear up confusion.

Universities to set up three Asia-Pacific centres of excellence.

COMMENT: With the loan mountain now hovering around sixteen billion dollars there's little any Government can now do but collect it, writes Barry Soper.

COMMENT: Does tertiary education needs a new approach?

COMMENT: Last week's Budget had some wins for our kind of education - that is on-the-job training for skills and qualifications.

Exclusive: The woman was arrested at Auckland Airport as she tried to board a flight to Australia on Tuesday, the Herald understands.

NZ's skills shortage was highlighted in the Budget yesterday with the Govt allocating $256.5m to promote tertiary education and apprenticeships.

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.

Sir Neville Jordan asked salient to apologize for their satirical article on him, now Massey's mag is saying he died from a lack of humour.

Employers are among the stakeholders the Productivity Commission wants to hear from as it sets about a wide-ranging inquiry into tertiary education.

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.