New Zealand will open its doors to 200 education scholarships for Pacific people, as well as commit $4.8 million towards the policing of Pacific fisheries, Prime Minister John Key announcement today.

Syria has forbidden the country's students and teachers from wearing the niqab - the full Islamic veil.

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

Some students won't get student loans for their final years under the changed student loan scheme.

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

British student Richard Turner is so impressed with Maori TV he's travelled to NZ to find out why it's so successful - especially with Pakeha viewers.

Places at many popular universities will be restricted next year to students who gain top marks at high school.

Dunedin student pub The Garden Tavern, known as Gardies, will close its doors for the final time this weekend after being sold to Otago University this year.

A radical plan for cut-price degrees has been outlined in the UK as a means of solving higher education's economic woes.

A university lecturer has embraced Wikipedia as part of her teaching after initially shunning the online encyclopedia.