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Changes freeze out older jobless
Older long-term unemployed people look set to lose out in a radical reshuffle of foundation education which will give higher priority to young people.
Ivy League recruits Downunder
Leading universities from the United States are launching an unprecedented bid to attract Kiwi students.
Wide open university
Thanks to the internet, everyone can now get a free education at the world's top tertiary institutions. Does this mean the end for higher learning or a new beginning?
Soon: e-tests for uni students
University students will start to sit exams online from their own home or office under a remote monitoring system being tested this year by Massey University.
Damien Grant: Canoe paddling puts us in a backwater
According to the OECD, New Zealanders waste a lot of time and money on tertiary education.
Universities dangling cash carrots
School leavers are being urged to take advantage of competition between universities as one offers up to $3000 cash for those with high marks in NCEA.
Swallow spew? 'It's your call' - uni
An Otago student who nearly died after swallowing his own vomit during a drinking game is among examples being used to put students off such practices.
Hospitality opens doors to travel
While commerce and accounting graduates may have trouble finding entry jobs in their field, AUT University graduates in hospitality have a number of options.
AUT's Manukau campus to be expanded
Auckland University of Technology's Manukau campus will be expanded to allow the number of students to more than quadruple by 2020, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce announced today.
Maori academics get a helping hand
Promising Maori academics are being given a hand to study in some of the world's leading universities - with a dash of magic thrown in.
Employers taking skills over grades, says expert
More New Zealand employers are ignoring candidates with the best university grades in favour of those who clearly demonstrate skills, a conference has heard.
TEC criticised for 'tawdry' performance
'I think they thought they could just rock up and have a yarn.' Tertiary Education Commission fails to impress Maori Affairs committee members.
Student loan arrest plan polls well
A hardline Government policy to recoup student loan debt by arresting serious defaulters at the border has proved popular in a Herald-DigiPoll survey.
Uni to keep places for poorer students
Students from poor backgrounds could have places reserved for them at the country's largest university in a shake-up of admissions currently targeted according to ethnicity.
Child health expert to be new Dunedin dean
The man chosen as dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine says he will be leaving the job he loves so he can help others fulfil their potential.
NZ unis in top 100 newcomers
Two New Zealand universities have been named in the top 100 tertiary institutions younger than 50-years-old.
University of Otago international student numbers in decline
The University of Otago needs to target international students more "aggressively" after having the largest decline in international numbers of any New Zealand university this year, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says.
Student loan reprieve for Kiwis in Oz
Australia has made a concession in its hardline policies denying expatriate New Zealanders access to government support and welfare programmes.
Kiwis rushing to repay student loans
Overseas student loan holders have been rushing to get in touch with the Inland Revenue Department and restart their loan payments.
University building plan 'positive' for Dunedin economy
A University of Otago building programme to the tune of more than $350 million will be "massively positive" for the Dunedin economy, Otago Chamber of Commerce president Peter McIntyre says.
Website shut down after cheating claims
A website alleged to have helped tertiary students to cheat on assignments has been shut down.
Students still fleeing quake campus
More Canterbury high school leavers are moving south to the University of Otago, with the fallout from the earthquakes continuing to play a part in where people choose to study.
Students struggle with 'right to success'
Students who have an exaggerated belief they have "a right to success" are more likely to struggle come exam time, a University of Otago study shows.