Dita De Boni: Learning from trip to la-la land
It's time to realign our educational aspirations with economic reality.
It's time to realign our educational aspirations with economic reality.
Editorial: Steven Joyce is not the first Tertiary Education Minister to be frustrated by the discrepancy between the courses offered by universities and what the country needs.
It is the consequence of decades of government indifference to education and will take at least a generation to fix, writes Peter Fenwick.
Auckland University and the Government appear headed for a showdown over what courses the university is offering.
The charter schools advisory group wants those who have no teaching qualifications to be given official registration - a call at odds with Govt policy.
The Cambridge exam system is under spotlight as prestigious schools are called to meeting with the country's largest university.
A man caught posing as a medical student at Auckland University is said to be so distressed there are concerns for his health.
A man caught posing as a medical student for two years went to "great lengths" to hide what he was doing from his classmates, staff and his family.
Would-be trainee doctor attended lectures, talked to patients and could access dissection labs - for two years.
The University of Auckland has gained ground in a table ranking universities from around the world.
An OECD report has revealed that tertiary study adds little to New Zealanders' earning power.
Current and former students have thrown their support in behind a Northland Catholic school teacher who was fired after he supported a gay rights protest.
Varsity is quite a different kettle of kai moana these days, at least if you are studying the social sciences. It's like a cult.