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Tertiary education funding to be performance linked
Tertiary education providers will lose some funding if their students suffer high failure and drop out rates, Steven Joyce says.
India leads boom in overseas study applications
Despite the recession, export education is set for another boom year - thanks largely to India.
University denies author's PhD claim
An American author who claims to have earned a doctorate at Victoria University has no such qualification, the university says.
Students who fail could lose their loans
Tertiary students who fail more than half their courses may lose their student loans as the Government moves to crack down on abuse.
Key promises shake-up to weed out 'lazy' students
The Government is taking aim at lazy students and courses with high dropout or failure rates in looming reforms in tertiary education.
Course offers stepping stone into police
Unitec training first set up for Maori and Pasifika.
Gender gap widens among university graduates
Two-thirds of bachelor degrees last year went to women, the highest figure on record in New Zealand.
Economy reality kicks in for new graduates
Double accounting major forced to go on the dole after job-seeking desperation.