A staggering 142,000 students are working towards a degree, with another 448,000 toiling away for a lesser qualification. Most of them are wasting their time, writes Damien Grant.

How much graduates in different fields of study can expect to earn has been revealed. So what should school students be choosing to study?

Students' needs increasingly met online but printed books still seen as key

Learning English was just a dream for Ye Tun Oo, let alone being able to start a degree in an English-speaking country.

A ''feral'' student party in Stafford St in Dunedin yesterday was shut down by police, amid concerns for the safety of intoxicated people climbing on the outside of a three-storey flat.

Calls are being made to remove dissections from first-year courses as the killing of animals at universities comes under fresh scrutiny.

We face an interesting irony when it comes to applied tertiary education.

The Tertiary Education Commission has today revealed the six Centres of Research Excellence (CoRES) which will get access to millions of dollars in funding.

Students buying assignments, forging signatures, and using phones in exams were among more than 540 cases of cheating dealt with by universities last year.

Universities fear upcoming reforms could force them to produce graduates to a state-controlled master plan. The Government says it's just trying to make the current system work better.

Hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into Asian universities are one reason Australasian institutions have dropped in international rankings.

New Te Wananga o Aotearoa boss Jim Mather has big plans for the tertiary organisation he took the helm of in October.

There will be less chance of dodgy teachers resurfacing at other schools under legislation to be introduced in Parliament today, Education Minister Hekia Parata says.

Steven Joyce has made himself into the Minister for All Things Large & Little. It seems that no sector of the economy is safe from his reforming zeal, writes Tim Hazledine.

Auckland Uni is at risk of slipping from a "storehouse of knowledge to a foreign warehouse" as it is increasingly catering for international students at the potential expense of NZers, says Shane Jones.

International students are paying tens of thousands of dollars to attend our state schools - funding that is crucial to lessons, teacher development and other support for locals.

Is an MBA a life-changing experience, or just a fad? Midway through her university course, Sarah Stuart discovers that whatever else it may be, it's no easy ride.

The leadership of New Zealand schools has been overhauled, with the Government creating new roles including 'executive principals' and 'expert teachers'. The change was announced today by Prime Minister John Key in a state of the nation-style speech in Auckland

One of the most prestigious universities on the planet has apologised after accidentally emailing a list of poorly performing students' marks to their peers.

Safety barriers have been installed in the Auckland University building where two people have fallen to their deaths.

Auckland Council is paying $60.7 million for Auckland University's home for cricket and rugby.

This week, Fiapaipai Tanea-Sakuma proudly graduated as the only female Samoan student in her class.

A racing car designed by New Zealand students that can accelerate from standstill to 100km/h in under four seconds has won an international engineering award.

NZ risks the loss of an "informed and thoughtful citizenry" if the benefits of an arts degree continue to be marginalised, the nation's largest arts faculty warns.

Kelsen Findlay remembers the sense of awe he and classmates had at the start of their degree that one of their peers had scored an internship at Saatchi & Saatchi, Auckland.