Changes mean no final year loans for some students
Some students won't get student loans for their final years under the changed student loan scheme.
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Top brains only - varsities cut class sizes
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Last weekend for Dunedin pub Gardies
Dunedin student pub The Garden Tavern, known as Gardies, will close its doors for the final time this weekend after being sold to Otago University this year.
Cut-price degrees proposed to stem university costs
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Budget 2010: $1bn of education funding reprioritised
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Rise in number of young without income
The number of young people aged 20 to 24 with no income almost trebled between 1996 and 2006, according to new figures.