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Students' long wait for visas appals minister

Jonathan Coleman is demanding his officials come up with a plan to speed up the time it takes to process student permits.

<i>Deborah Coddington</i>: University doesn't have a monopoly on achievers

New school shrouded in secrecy

With its locked gates and sentry post, a Waihi academy looks like a low-security prison than a language school - and that may be intentional.

Report slams drug testing

School bans jobs for foreign students

International students at a top Auckland boys school are falling asleep at their desks - and it has nothing to do with the Fifa World Cup.

APPA tells members to boycott national standards training

Pre-schools pass Budget bill to parents

NZ students study - and party - more than Aussies

New research has found Kiwi university students party more than their Aussie counterparts, but they also manage to fit in more study.

Squeeze on university places to continue

Disgraced teachers still allowed to work in classroom

Teachers who were sacked or quit over alarming conduct remained registered to teach on the official database that is supposed to warn parents and schools.

Mum blasts bus drivers

Doomed pub closes doors a day early

A notorious student pub in Dunedin closed to avoid riotous farewell celebrations at tonight's All Blacks test match.

<i>Editorial</i>: Tougher uni entry makes perfect sense

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.

Ex-student sues school