Overseas student loan holders have been rushing to get in touch with the Inland Revenue Department and restart their loan payments.

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.

A website alleged to have helped tertiary students to cheat on assignments has been shut down.

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 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.

The Government's tough new student loan rules are an attempt to claw back more than $427 million of debt in default from overseas-based borrowers.

Sibling rivalry took a back seat to family pride in the Dunedin courthouse yesterday when sisters Emma and Alice O'Connell were admitted to the bar and became lawyers.

Identical twins Grace and Olivia Francis have always been close, often sharing the same classes at university.

Maori Television has announced its chief executive Jim Mather is leaving the station for a new role at Te Wananga o Aotearoa.

Former Air New Zealand boss Rob Fyfe says university business students don't understand leadership in the real world.

Young people are overlooking the agricultural technology sector as a viable, well-paid career option, says Gallagher.

New graduates are currently in demand in the nursing industry, but they must be eager and enthusiastic, and should never say "no" to anything.

Student loan holders will pay $11 more a week from today as the Government ramps up its repayment scheme.

Puti Crawford is one of 1100 students graduating from Hamilton's Wintec tomorrow, but none of the others had to overcome such exceptional personal circumstances.

More than 350 young people have signed on as building apprentices since a $2000 bonus became available last Wednesday for the first 10,000 apprentices who sign up.

All eight of New Zealand's universities are being taken to the New Zealand Copyright Tribunal for refusing to agree to an increased annual licence fee which allows lecturers to copy authors' work for students.

Regional polytechnics are important to their communities, and the National-led government is underfunding them, two Labour politicians say.

In a positive development for Dunedin's tertiary education industry, Otago Polytechnic predicts higher student numbers later this year.

Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders will be hit in the pocket by sweeping changes to student loan repayments on April 1.

Orthopaedic house surgeon David Choi, 24, works more than 12 hours a day tending to trauma patients with broken bones at Auckland City Hospital, but is also

The country's medical schools are lending support to a music teacher who has sounded an alarm over talented students ditching arts to pursue science studies.