Grant Guilford

Security guards are escorting children to schools near Parliament this morning; and one primary school says it is planning on practising lockdown drills this week.

Victoria University of Wellington… Audio

A growing number of workplaces are considering bringing in Covid vaccine mandates. The Warehouse Group has begun consulting with staff about a directive for staff to be vaccinated.

Victoria… Video, Audio

Half the country's universities are reporting a big jump in enrolments from local New Zealanders.

Canterbury, Victoria, Lincoln and Otago universities are all starting the year with more students… Audio

Hard financial decisions are facing universities trying to balance the books and deliver full student services next year - this after each 2020 semester has been affected with Covid disruptions… Audio

Angry staff at Victoria University are hoping to see the end of a controversial restructuring proposal at a university council meeting this morning.

The vice-chancellor Grant Guilford has told RNZ he… Audio

The borders will still remain closed under Level 2 - and that is keeping international university students out.

The Education Minister, Chris Hipkins, has challenged universities and polytechnics to… Audio

New figures show the number of international students in the country is even lower than first thought.

Immigration New Zealand says there are just 51,500 people with valid study visas in the country… Audio

Universities are warning staff cuts could be on the horizon as they grapple with the financial losses from the Covid-19 travel ban.

Thousands of students due to begin their studies are still stuck in… Audio

Back home, the government's being slammed for ruling out a travel ban exemption for Chinese students due to start study at New Zealand universities. The Univeristy of Auckland last week announced a… Audio

The Government says there will be no exemption to Covid travel restrictions for Chinese students coming to university here - Victoria Unviersity's vice-chancellor Grant Guilford joins The Panel to… Audio

The country's biggest university has imposed a hiring freeze, Air New Zealand has asked staff to take voluntary leave without pay and small tourism operators are struggling to cope as the impact from… Audio

One of China's biggest education agencies, JJL, wants the government to urgently let Chinese students travel to New Zealand.

A director of the company, Kevin Zheng, says it has hundreds of students… Audio

Universities are scrambling to convince officials they can safely manage an influx of students from China if the coronavirus travel ban is relaxed.

New Zealand's borders are currently closed to all… Audio

Victoria University is one step closer to becoming the University of Wellington. The name change has been recommended by vice-chancellor Grant Guilford to the university's council, which will make the… Audio

The deans of the country's law schools plan to meet Russell McVeagh staff next month to discuss the firm's response to the scathing external review of its culture. The review, led by Dame Margaret… Audio

Groping, excessive drinking, sexual misconduct, bullying - a catalogue of "disgraceful incidents". That's from Dame Margaret Bazley and her scathing review of the law firm Russel McVeagh - published… Audio

Victoria University has taken a swipe at the reputation of its Australian namesake as it argues in favour of a name change. It says there are too many other Victoria colleges and universities around… Audio

Victoria University of Wellington is looking to shorten its name to University of Wellington, but some argue this is a chance to better incorporate te reo into the name. Victoria does currently have a… Audio

Victoria University says there are too many institutions with a similar name, and it is often being confused with Melbourne's Victoria University. Audio