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Top brains only - varsities cut class sizes
Places at many popular universities will be restricted next year to students who gain top marks at high school.

Schools to get guidance on searches
Education officials are working to clarify a "grey area" for school staff around their powers to search students suspected of carrying weapons and drugs.

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.

Teachers 'unprepared' for national standards
Three-quarters of teachers are feeling unprepared and rushed as they work to implement national standards, a survey has found.

Stress 'excuse to quit Army early'
One of Britain's best-known soldiers has mocked claims of post-traumatic stress disorder among the armed forces.

South Africa: Going home
Jane Phare talks to a South African living in New Zealand who is returning to Cape Town armed with lessons learned from Kiwis.

Teachers in sex and porn shame
Five teachers disciplined for offences ranging from sex with students to watching porn in a classroom have had their identities protected.

Cut-price degrees proposed to stem university costs
A radical plan for cut-price degrees has been outlined in the UK as a means of solving higher education's economic woes.

Lecturer relents on students' use of Wikipedia for research
A university lecturer has embraced Wikipedia as part of her teaching after initially shunning the online encyclopedia.

King's party axed after failure to secure bar
Plans have been scrapped for a King's College after-ball where parents were going to buy their children alcohol.

Knife pulled in school altercation
Quick-thinking staff are being praised after a knife was pulled during an altercation at a Hamilton school this morning.