Many of our young graduates shoulder huge loans that they will pay off for some years, or head off overseas to pay off, writes Rachel Smalley.

The first task when AUT moved into its new premises in Manukau, South Auckland, was to pull down a wire barrier surrounding the site.

Exclusive: Massey health and safety investigation at Albany campus reveals chemical incident just days earlier, reports Anna Leask.

Do we need more university degrees? Josh Williams says 'no', while Derek McCormack says universities are producing more than degrees.

Urgently, we need to increase the availability and scope of apprenticeships to meet the changing demands of our economy.

A commercial tax law paper has drawn inspiration from a popular TV series posing an entertaining question about tax and illegal profit-making.

Lincoln University in Canterbury is known for its stubby-wearing students and land-based prospectus. For the first time in the university's history, females outnumber males.

Each year a handful of our high school students gain entry to some of the world’s top universities. It’s an exclusive, mysterious process - but should it be?

A university has been accused of buying influence after giving an honorary doctorate to the Chinese President's wife.

We don't talk enough about how fantastic mature-aged university students are, thinks Verity Johnson.

A reduction in the fee increases tertiary institutions can charge is likely to save the average student $60 a year, but student unions say this is unlikely to help solve student debt.

University fee hikes are to be reined in by the Government - but a student union has dismissed any savings as paltry.

Otago University researchers have come out on top in health awards scooping up more than $1.8 million in funding for research.

Two of New Zealand’s top scientists have watched their daughters graduate on the same stage they were seated this week.

More than 20 per cent of students who applied but failed last year to enter university have managed to fight their way back in.

More Kiwis have formal qualifications, according to new census figures released today.

The national student union is hosting a series of conferences on tertiary education issues with students and staff.

The Australian doctor who fled to Syria to join ISIS has hit out at claims he was brainwashed into making the move in an open letter.

Otago University's Dental School has been recognised as among the top 10 in the world.

An Australian doctor branded the "new face" of Isis tried to get into medical school in New Zealand, but failed after a year and left the country.

Police fear a missing University of Otago student may have been swept away in a flooded river during a tramp in Mt Aspiring National Park at the weekend.

Bachelor of Law students are looking at the love life of New Zealand's most famous bachelor to help shape their legal minds.

Frustrated by the glacial pace of academic research, Daniel Johnston and Andrew Preston decided to propel scientific publishing into the 21st century.

Principals at poorer schools have defended the huge drop-off in the number of students gaining UE, rejecting accusations they push students into "soft" subjects.

NCEA: Who wins, who loses? Our interactive will show you how your child's school has fared.

Deep in the statistics (see our interactive) shines something bright. It is the long-maligned, low-decile schools fighting back.

Our poorest students have been hit the hardest by changes to University Entrance, with up to 50 per cent fewer pupils making it over the new threshold.

Health officials are yet to determine what caused a stomach bug that left 168 University of Auckland students severely ill.

However, borrower who is running a business is not precluded from obtaining interest-free student loan.