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School and director lose secrecy fight over unapproved enrolments, false claims

The school was taken to court over the unapproved enrolment of international students.

NZ unis mostly up in world rankings, but teacher cuts biting

Kiwi graduates highly desirable, but teacher cuts holding local unis back, report says.

17-year-old maths whiz among country's youngest uni graduates

From solving Sudoku puzzles at age 2 and starting uni at 13 - Tristan Pang moves fast.

Long career in education ending for Whanganui woman

Diane Glennie was an early school dropout but went back to study and began teaching at 43.

Embattled Wintec boss Mark Flowers retires

Mark Flowers says the last few years have been "challenging".

False representations: School director escapes conviction

NZQA prosecuted a school and its director over falsely representing its courses.

Good things come in threes for Community Education Whanganui

New manager Mel Shaw is preparing to launch new courses and received $10,000 from UCOL.

Worries loom over Pasifika youth at risk of gambling

Consequences for wider Pacific community could be enormous, says researcher.

UCOL Whanganui student finds his feet in fitness

Wade Callum could barely run 100m without having a break when he started the course.

Opinion: Why spelling still matters

Even a few errors can hurt a student's marks or sink a job application, says Tom Nicholson

Fighting crime with education

Prisoners at Rimutaka Prison today received certificates for improving their reading and writing.

Canterbury Uni reveals new campus design

The University of Canterbury has revealed its new post-earthquake design.

'Women the solution to trades shortage'

Women are being branded an untapped resource in filling the national trades shortage, as a new company seeks to get women into the construction industry.

Perils of porn: Parents return to school

Kiwi students and their parents are set to be taught about the perils of porn in a new education programme.

A stitch in time saves nine

They say a stitch in time saves nine - that's the hope for a group of Auckland prisoners.

Massey Uni lowers requirements on vets

Concerns that students who could potentially be quality vets are being turned away has prompted Massey Uni to give the qualification a major overhaul.

Kiwi writes paper using autocomplete

A Kiwi academic who jokingly wrote a research paper written by Apple's iOS autocomplete has been accepted to present his findings at a nuclear physics conference.

Raymond Huo: Census 2013 flawed on Chinese

Dr Robert Sanders's view in his opinion article "What is Chinese?" is correct but only in a limited sense, writes Raymond Huo.