Healthy Active Learning Advisor

'It will be very disruptive': Grant Robertson on scrapping of fees-free policy

The former Labour finance minister says students and parents have been budgeting with fees-free in mind.

PM Christopher Luxon 'very relaxed' about Winston Peters' fees-free Budget 'leak'

The Prime Minister says he got 'Heathered' on the radio.

RNZ Education·higher-ed

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa formalises partnership with Oxford University

The partnership will create curatorial residences for Māori at the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford later this year.

Employers' groups and unions divided over the merits of scrapping third-year fees-free

The government's proposal to scrap the third-year fees-free tertiary scheme and redirect some of the funds towards trades training is being welcomed by business leaders.

Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be 'lost forever'

About 8000 Rotumans live in New Zealand, one community leader says.

Mother fears disabled son's new transport provider isn't up to the job

An Auckland mother says changes to ministry-funded school transport for disabled students are putting vulnerable children at risk.

Help! My child only reads graphic novels

Rather than hindering or holding back reading skills, reading graphic novels can actually help develop them.

Green Party criticises govt's 'outrageous' decision to scrap fees-free tertiary education

Finance Minister Nicola Willis confirmed the scheme would be ditched in the upcoming budget.

RNZ Education·higher-ed

Fees-free university scheme to be scrapped in upcoming Budget, Nicola Willis confirms

Finance minister Nicola Willis said students completing study this year remain eligible.

Women in Trades expo in Inglewood opening unexpected career opportunities

Haweka teenager Tiama Hill compared handling a digger to working a gaming console.

RNZ Education·higher-ed

University of Auckland's online learning system hit by hackers

Names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages between users could all be affected by the breach.

Ministry of Education approves total $1.4 million to remove absestos-contaminated sand

The ministry says it approved one-off grants for 65 schools to cover the bill for last year's clean up of absestos-contaminated sand.

Ministry letters to Gloriavale Christian School reveal 'multiple concerns'

The school exists to indoctrinate children, maintain a caste system and grow a workforce, new documents show.

Education Minister Erica Stanford responds to criticism of curriculum rewrite

The Education Minister told RNZ changes would be made to six draft curriculums - but there wouldn't be any complete rewrites.

Teachers blast draft curriculums, shortage of Waitangi Treaty influence

Teachers in music, physical education, science, technology and history have slammed the curriculums.

Education Ministry underfire for changes to rural Hawke's Bay school bus

Nine-year-old Ted Newall has epilepsy and other medical needs, but must now travel 3km to the nearest transport.

Changes to school transport for children with safety, mobility needs

Uzabus will use a range of dedicated vehicles tailored to the students' specific requirements.

Police 'appalled' by motorists speeding through school zones

Two South Auckland checkpoints dished out 70 infringement notices in two hours this week.

Union wants one employment agreement for polytechs despite dissolution of national institute

The Tertiary Education Union said the different institutes had a single collective agreement under the now-dissolved national institute Te Pūkenga.

Fuel crisis a potential risk to foreign student enrolments, Education NZ tells MPs

Nearly 84,000 international students contributed $4.6 billion in direct spending to New Zealand's economy during the last financial year.