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.

A Pacific community leader has warned of a "Pasifika uprising" if the Government forces Auckland University to take more engineering students.

Auckland University and the Government appear headed for a showdown over what courses the university is offering.

As students look to next year, the Herald begins a week-long investigation into why so many are leaving school without the skills they need.

The charter schools advisory group wants those who have no teaching qualifications to be given official registration - a call at odds with Govt policy.

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.

Not every Tom, Dick or Harry's views deserve to be treated as expert and aired in public discourse, writes Patrick Stokes.

After chasing government money for the past decade, Otago University now accepts it'll have to fund any expansion to its dental school by itself.

The University of Auckland has gained ground in a table ranking universities from around the world.

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.