Editorial: Steven Joyce is not the first Tertiary Education Minister to be frustrated by the discrepancy between the courses offered by universities and what the country needs.

It is the consequence of decades of government indifference to education and will take at least a generation to fix, writes Peter Fenwick.

A Pacific community leader has warned of a "Pasifika uprising" if the Government forces Auckland University to take more engineering students.

The charter schools advisory group wants those who have no teaching qualifications to be given official registration - a call at odds with Govt policy.

The Cambridge exam system is under spotlight as prestigious schools are called to meeting with the country's largest university.

A man caught posing as a medical student at Auckland University is said to be so distressed there are concerns for his health.

A man caught posing as a medical student for two years went to "great lengths" to hide what he was doing from his classmates, staff and his family.

Would-be trainee doctor attended lectures, talked to patients and could access dissection labs - for two years.

Not every Tom, Dick or Harry's views deserve to be treated as expert and aired in public discourse, writes Patrick Stokes.

An OECD report has revealed that tertiary study adds little to New Zealanders' earning power.

Current and former students have thrown their support in behind a Northland Catholic school teacher who was fired after he supported a gay rights protest.

Varsity is quite a different kettle of kai moana these days, at least if you are studying the social sciences. It's like a cult.