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The student was found dead in her dorm room at Lincoln University on Monday.
Influx of winter illness with second Covid-19 wave on the horizon
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Canterbury offers 300 university scholarships to students from poorer schools
The initiative was unveiled as part of the university's 150-year birthday celebration.
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Removing GST on some types of food makes that system more complex and costly.
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Justice William Young retires from Supreme Court
Justice William Young is retiring from the Supreme Court today.
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University staff face redundancies as fewer students enrol
Domestic university enrolments are down 10 per cent across the board.
Are students safe? Sexual violence, bullying and harassment at top unis
Sexual harassment agencies have called for an independent body to be created.
Police break up out of control party of more than 100 people in Christchurch
Police were called to the party on Rattray St after reports of a rubbish fire at 10.20pm.
Surgeries cut back; South Island case numbers should level off next week
The total number of Covid-related deaths in the pandemic is 113.
Hundreds of anti-mandate protesters gather at University of Canterbury
It is one of a number of protests in Christchurch today.
Students likely to bring Omicron south, say experts
Students likely to bring Omicron with them when they move South over coming weeks.
'There's always a way': Students with lower grades urged to apply for university
Universities say they're doing everything they can to help new students.
Covid 'all over the country over summer' - Canterbury Uni professor
Auckland boundary was always a stop-gap measure to delay the spread of Covid-19.
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NZ scientists are venturing to a remote part of Antarctica to gain crucial new insights.
Wellington's Victoria University first to mandate vaccines for students in halls of residence
Covid-19 jabs will be mandatory in Victoria University's halls of residence from 2022.
Experts warn Kiwis to be ready for encounter with Covid before Xmas
Epidemiologists warns all Kiwis to be prepared to encounter the virus.
Canterbury student parties cancelled due to Covid-19
They are the city's biggest student parties of the year.
Opinion | Treaty-based universities flog a dead horse
OPINION: Hemopereki Simon challenges universities to go beyond token Treaty signalling.
90% for Canterbury: Hundreds turn up for free burger and vaccine at uni clinic
Drop-in clinics are being held at the university today and tomorrow.
Student's dorm-room death: Coroner's final report into tragedy of teen who wasn't found for weeks
Coroner's final ruling on death of a Canterbury Uni student in his dorm room released.
Burgers and music at uni vaccine clinics to create 'festival-like' atmosphere
The two-day drop in clinics are open to the wider community as well as students.
Jarrod Gilbert: Prison doesn't usually offer hope. Why this unit is different
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New Zealand universities climb in world rankings
The Times Higher Education rankings look at more than 1600 institutions.
Lack of fee waiver information disappoints students stuck in halls of residence
Students feel frustrated they weren't told about their accommodation payments.
Mandatory recordkeeping poses questions of public trust, digital divide
By some estimates, 20 per cent of the adult population do not have a smartphone.
National's new tough on crime campaign uses bad data, attacks scheme Collins helped set up
Judith Collins was Minister of Police in 2010 and Minister of Justice in 2014.
