More than 20 per cent of students who applied but failed last year to enter university have managed to fight their way back in.

More Kiwis have formal qualifications, according to new census figures released today.

The national student union is hosting a series of conferences on tertiary education issues with students and staff.

The Australian doctor who fled to Syria to join ISIS has hit out at claims he was brainwashed into making the move in an open letter.

World university rankings show Auckland is the best place to study in NZ if you want to be an accountant, lawyer, geographer, teacher, architect or a chemist.

Otago University's Dental School has been recognised as among the top 10 in the world.

An Australian doctor branded the "new face" of Isis tried to get into medical school in New Zealand, but failed after a year and left the country.

Police fear a missing University of Otago student may have been swept away in a flooded river during a tramp in Mt Aspiring National Park at the weekend.

Frustrated by the glacial pace of academic research, Daniel Johnston and Andrew Preston decided to propel scientific publishing into the 21st century.

Principals at poorer schools have defended the huge drop-off in the number of students gaining UE, rejecting accusations they push students into "soft" subjects.

NCEA: Who wins, who loses? Our interactive will show you how your child's school has fared.

Deep in the statistics (see our interactive) shines something bright. It is the long-maligned, low-decile schools fighting back.

Our poorest students have been hit the hardest by changes to University Entrance, with up to 50 per cent fewer pupils making it over the new threshold.

Health officials are yet to determine what caused a stomach bug that left 168 University of Auckland students severely ill.

However, borrower who is running a business is not precluded from obtaining interest-free student loan.

The case of the St Bede's College students who breached Civil Aviation rules while on a school rowing trip raises some big questions. Lawyer Mai Chen looks at them.

The lesson seems to be, today more than ever, when considering university education: choose carefully if employment is your objective.

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.

The lack of students leaving secondary school with Information and Communications Technology qualifications has been a concern for several years, however the Auckland Business Leaders Group says fixing it more urgent than ever.

In November last year Datacom attended the New Zealand Job Fair in Sydney, organised by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Students who missed out on University Entrance should know their aspirations for higher education, and a great career, are still alive and well, says Rcik Ede.

Coverage of the Fijian elections by three New Zealand postgraduate student journalists has been awarded a top prize at the annual Ossie Awards.

From the moment today's school examination system was conceived in the 1980s there were fears that standards would be "dumbed down".

A big drop in the number of students able to study at tertiary level has prompted calls for the NZQA to review new University Entrance requirements.

Auckland is a great place - but it can be even better. In the second of our five-part Future Auckland series we aim to stimulate debate. Teuila Fuatai reports.

The rising cost of tertiary fees is reflected in the latest student loan borrowings figures released yesterday by Statistics New Zealand.

Word-lovers are being encouraged to ditch new coinages for long-lost words that may have fallen out of favour.