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.
The Government has dropped a strong hint that it is set to announce changes to give more medical students access to student loans in their final years of study.
In 1995, a year after my return to New Zealand to take up the Vice-Chancellorship of Waikato University, I was invited to lead a delegation to visit universities in China - the first such invitation....
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.
"Bro culture" in many workplaces that pay men more than women means that one law student is entering the workforce with apprehension.
A former army major will graduate tomorrow for the third time as the oldest of a record number of University of Auckland students.
What we need to be talking about is the kind of learning that we think is appropriate before we get to assessment, writes Steve Maharey. Good learning begins with the curriculum.
Auckland's best and brightest are being schmoozed with $5000 sweeteners, rugby tickets and ski trips in a bid to boost student numbers in Christchurch.
Auckland University was the only local university in the top 100 in the latest QS rankings increasing gap between the country's top-rated institutes.
A lecturer who's a self-confessed circus aficionado has more than a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to keeping students from nodding off.
Back-to-back meetings throughout the week can often mean no time to exercise for those in the corporate world.
With three Universities in the all-important world rankings and a burgeoning international student market, Auckland has an excellent reputation for higher education.
More than one-third of Kiwi university students believe student loans will affect their decision to have children, a report reveals.
Many of our young graduates shoulder huge loans that they will pay off for some years, or head off overseas to pay off, writes Rachel Smalley.
The first task when AUT moved into its new premises in Manukau, South Auckland, was to pull down a wire barrier surrounding the site.
Exclusive: Massey health and safety investigation at Albany campus reveals chemical incident just days earlier, reports Anna Leask.
Do we need more university degrees? Josh Williams says 'no', while Derek McCormack says universities are producing more than degrees.