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<i>Vicki Carpenter:</i> Our children deserve nothing but the best from teachers

Teaching is a privilege, but proposed changes require careful consideration, says an education lecturer.

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.

New qualifications framework launched

A unified qualifications framework will make life easier for employers and people who want to study, Steven Joyce says.

Teach kids to keep career doors open

Learn from the real world

Army puts blowtorch on driver training

One sales degree, please

Dropout wins scholarship to Harvard

Distance learning on the rise

College opens door to cellphone learning

Back to finance school

Virtually every financial adviser in the country will be back at school in the next few months studying for a qualification in order to stay in business.

Work permit rules block extra study

Podiatry degree offers the chance to go out on a limb

Help others put their best face forward

US boy genius sues for spot on uni field trip

Market for floristry students blooming

Migrant rewarded for her disciplined learning path

When 13-year-old Rennie Qin arrived from China four years ago she couldn't speak English and her parents couldn't afford to send her to the "good schools" - but that wasn't enough to stop her from striving for the top.

Suspended doctor says house-call unit at risk