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'We want to conquer the world with this'

Creators of a controversial loyalty card that offers to pay part of a drinker's bar tab off their student loan are planning to go global.

Cambodian girl studies under Kiwi ‘mums’

A Cambodian girl who grew up in an orphanage supported by a NZ school is now spending a year at the college that helped give her a home.

Unhappy hour for bar tab deal

A controversial loyalty card that offers to pay a chunk of a student's bar tab off their student loan has been launched.

Phone thief's text change of heart

By contacting their stolen mobile phone, a group of Auckland students have sweet-talked their possessions back from a remorseful robber.

Students study culture over science

Students beginning university this week are most likely to take a degree focused on human society or culture, despite the ongoing push towards science and technology.

Forget top marks, just toughen up

Teachers showering Kiwi kids with praise - and never allowing them to fail - are threatening to do more harm than good, a leading educationist says.

Matt Heath: Barfing Scarfies all part of the fun

A large student population surrounds Otago University creating an intense, rich, youthful culture. Great ideas spew out of those messy flats. So does spew, writes Matt Heath.

Kerre McIvor: The big lesson - losing happens

Computer study given $870,000

Two University of Canterbury researchers have received $870,000 in Marsden funding over three years to research how engineering and psychology could combine to make wearable computer systems easier....

Remorse over hazing ritual

Seven suspended senior King's College students will have to do voluntary community service and go through anti-bullying programmes before being allowed back in class.

The great school zone shift

Thousands of students are travelling long distances across Auckland to avoid their local schools - and there's concern about the flow-on effects.

Fall in reading standards in many regions

The number of young school children achieving or bettering the national standard in reading has fallen or flat-lined in half of the country's regions.

Cracking the cute code

Children as young as 3 recognise "cute" features that encourage caregiving in adults, a study has found.

Living with 1000 distractions

Kiwi families reveal their stories of living life with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Educators confront online challenge

Teaching methods will need to change if tertiary institutions expect to keep charging thousands for learning that is available free on the web, says an expert.

Principal's claims infuriate parents

Parents of a schoolgirl psychologically abused by her headmistress are furious she has denied targeting their daughter.