Otago University's Dental School has been recognised as among the top 10 in the world.The QS World University Rankings by Subject have been released and Otago University was the only New Zealand university to have a subject feature...

An Australian doctor branded the "new face" of the Islamic State (Isis) tried to get into medical school in New Zealand, but failed after a year and left the country.Tareq Kamleh was well involved in student drinking culture and...

Nearly half of Kiwis who want schoolchildren to learn a foreign language pick Chinese as the language to learn, according to a survey.Eight in 10 New Zealanders told researchers for an Asia New Zealand Foundation study that schoolchildren...

Confucius is being credited for the growth in popularity of Mandarin learning at a top Auckland Catholic boys' school.With more than 500 of the 1200 students enrolled to learn Mandarin, St Peter's College has the highest number...

The percentage of students learning a second language in New Zealand secondary schools has dropped to its lowest in over 80 years.Last year, just one in five students, or 20.3 per cent, were enrolled to study a second language -...

Our investigation of early childhood education last week found a problem that invites an obvious solution. A frazzled teacher told us she was ready to quit over working conditions so intense she felt she could not give the children...

A Cambodian girl who grew up in an orphanage supported by a New Zealand school is now spending a year at the college that helped give her a home.Sreychom Sorn, an 18-year-old orphan from Phnom Penh, has left her sisters and flown...

There has been a lot of debate about how good New Zealand's early childhood education is in these pages this week. That's a good thing. You are entitled to hear every side of the story when it comes to the care of your kids. But not...

Thousands of students in Auckland suburbs including Ellerslie, Lynfield and Te Atatu will be part of a radical education reform that aims to spread the best teaching and leadership.Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced another...

Steven Joyce has begun a 10-day visit to South America to try to drum up more interest in New Zealand as a study destination.He will be visiting Colombia, Brazil and Chile and is accompanied by a group of university representatives.Mr...