Suspect spending by schools has been uncovered - including one that gave thousands of dollars in gift vouchers to staff, bought from a company owned by the principal.

Students' needs increasingly met online but printed books still seen as key

A top principal has pleaded not guilty to assaulting his ex-wife in a private prosecution she has launched against him.

Several years ago I was given the opportunity to introduce a course in financial literacy for my senior students, writes Peter Lyons.

Learning English was just a dream for Ye Tun Oo, let alone being able to start a degree in an English-speaking country.

An activist in Chile has burnt documents representing NZ$580 million worth of student debt during a protest at Universidad del Mar.

A ''feral'' student party in Stafford St in Dunedin yesterday was shut down by police, amid concerns for the safety of intoxicated people climbing on the outside of a three-storey flat.

Calls are being made to remove dissections from first-year courses as the killing of animals at universities comes under fresh scrutiny.

Government will slash tertiary tuition fees for science, agriculture, and some health science courses, Budget 2014 shows.

Join us for a live video stream from Parliament as Finance Minister Bill English delivers the 2014 Budget from 2pm.

An Auckland couple convicted over their daughter's prolonged absences from primary school have been told their actions verged on negligence.

We face an interesting irony when it comes to applied tertiary education.

A top principal will face court before starting a new job at a prestigious English school, after his ex-wife launched a private prosecution against him.

Rose Toki should be getting a few cups of tea in bed tomorrow - the mum-of-10's brave step into adult education will be felt by her family for generations to come.

Parents are raising more than $357 million a year in donations and fundraising to support the "free" schooling system.

An Auckland school has started a simple but unique fundraising plan it hopes will bring in tens of thousands of dollars to help provide classroom equipment.

It's hoped asbestos-contaminated demolition material that kept an Auckland primary school closed today will be cleared by Monday.

The Tertiary Education Commission has today revealed the six Centres of Research Excellence (CoRES) which will get access to millions of dollars in funding.

The board of trustees has decided to shut an Auckland primary school because it's concerned about the risk of asbestos dust from a nearby building site.

A fixation on global school tests has led to scripted "vendor"-made lessons that harm rather than help children, a coalition of leading academics has warned.

Armed men in Nigeria have abducted eight girls, as the government continued to struggle to find 276 schoolgirls kidnapped three weeks ago in the same region.

The chairman of a school board has accused victims of historic sex crimes of exploiting their abuse as an 'excuse' for difficulties in later life.

A principal and her husband who admitted siphoning more than $30,000 from a decile one school in South Auckland have been sentenced to home detention.