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.

Bachelor of Law students are looking at the love life of New Zealand's most famous bachelor to help shape their legal minds.

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.

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

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.

The dress that broke the internet is now being studied by Kiwi university students.

Students are not being taught enough "space and shape" mathematics and the "huge" learning gap is hurting achievement, the Ministry of Education says.

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.

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.

If teacher performance is to be based on student assessments it is likely to be subject to numerous rorts and manipulations, writes Peter Lyons. It is also likely to narrow the focus of teaching to ensuring assessment results rather than broader learning.

The country's largest university is bankrolling the official name change of transgender students to avoid them being accidentally outed in class.

Manukau Institute of Technology is holding a computer programming competition for schoolgirls aimed at tackling the lagging number of women working in the ICT sector.

A researcher's tireless efforts to ensure every Kiwi can have a safe, warm and dry home has been rewarded with the country's largest prize for science.