Education

Getting the strap at school - a harmless rite of passage or an awful abuse of power? Produced by Justin Gregory. Audio

Westlake Girls High School has a population of 2200 and just 1 percent of them are Tongan. But the students have rallied to celebrate Tongan language week and promote their culture, keen to do their… Video, Audio

Universities are blocking the release of survey results about the usefulness of hundreds of courses. The survey asked recent graduates to rate how their qualification prepared them work and if they… Audio

A survey by the New Zealand Educational Institute shows just over half of kiwi primary schools believe they do not have all the teachers they need, and 30 percent of principles say they are no… Audio

The Tertiary Education Commission says it will publish controversial survey results evaluating university qualifications, despite criticism from Universities and tertiary staff that the results are… Audio

Universities are blocking the publication of survey results that rate the usefulness of hundreds of their courses. The eight universities say there is a high risk results from the Tertiary Education… Audio

Universities are blocking the publication of survey results that rate the usefulness of hundreds of their courses. The Tertiary Education Commission has enough responses to its MyQ survey of recent… Audio

The head of the School of Music at the University of Auckland is maintaining that he’s “caught up” in the recent restructure just as much as all the other staff. Audio

Auckland University’s head of Music Martin Rummel discusses the future of the music school and violinist Joshua Bell performs Saint-Saëns’s Third Violin Concerto as part of the BBC Proms.

IHC is joining a chorus of voices calling for more rapid specialist support for young children with disabilities. Preschoolers with special needs are having to wait an average of three months for… Audio

Staff at Unitec in Auckland are facing huge job losses. Almost 20 courses will be suspended by 2019, including the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Osteopathy and Bachelor of Sport. Dr Wei Loo is the… Audio

Delays in specialist support for children with disabilities under five in the Wellington region are "ridiculous", parents and teachers say.. Audio

Unitec is to lay off somewhere in excess of 100 staff, possibly more than double that number, using money borrowed from the Government as it suspends 19 full courses and parts of three others. Video, Audio

Preschoolers with disabilities are waiting on average three months for specialist help and in the Wellington region the delay has blown out to more than six months. The Education Ministry says waiting… Audio