Education
Cone of silence around Otago student party
The president of the University of Otago Students' Association Hugh Baird ungags himself to tell us why students are being asked to not talk to media about the famous Hyde St Party. Audio
Tertiary staff under pressure to pass students - survey
Lecturers and tutors are under increasing pressure to pass students who should be failed, the Tertiary Education Union says. Audio
'You're a smart girl, why don't you get out?'
Far north youth campaigner Nina Griffiths tells Kathryn Ryan what its like being a young person in Kaitaia. She says there's little to do, few jobs, high levels of anxiety and depression, and no where… Audio
Lecturers say govt targets forcing them to pass students
The tertiary education union which represents academics & university lecturers says its members are increasingly feeling pressure to pass incompetent students. A survey of just over 1000 of its… Audio
Tertiary staff stressed, overworked
The Tertiary Education Union is warning of a crisis in universities and polytechnics, as our education correspondent John Gerritsen explains. Audio
Worries over international testing of NZ 5 year olds
Educators and researchers are worried an OECD plan to test New Zealand 5 year olds against children of other countries could narrow Early Childhood Education curricula.
International test of 5-year-olds raises fears
The International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study will assess children's emerging literacy and numeracy, and their social and emotional skills, as our education correspondent John Gerritsen… Audio
Trades, education and women
Rene Davies joins us to talk about joining a trade versus getting a university education, and ponders the question: Is the increase in women in the trade industry a passing fad? Audio
The problem of how to replace school deciles
The school decile is not yet dead, but researchers are already thinking about how they will replace it with a new way of comparing schools and students from different backgrounds.
Researchers want replacement for deciles
Education researchers are worried replacing the decile system will make it harder to monitor the impact of disadvantage on children, as our education correspondent John Gerritsen reports. Audio
Indian graduates had 'poor knowledge' of courses
Some Indian students have graduated from sophisticated courses in New Zealand taught in English without being able to understand the language, government documents have revealed.
Charter school getting bigger slice of funding pie - PPTA
A new Hawke's Bay charter school is being paid for three times as many students as it has enrolled.
Charter school receiving 300% funding
Te Aratika Academy charter school has 22 students but is being funded as if it has 67. But ACT Party leader and under-secretary for education, David Seymour, says that's normal. Audio
Stoush over rural health school idea
Universities are at loggerheads over how to address the rural doctor shortage.
Whānau both help and hinder Māori students - study
Māori students credit whānau support for their success but say family commitments also made studying more difficult.
Whanau help and hinder Maori Uni students, study shows
Otago University study finds whanau support is a key factor in Maori students success, but whanau commitments are a key hindrance. Audio
Schools ask parents to pay to apply to enrol
Parents could increasingly find themselves being asked to pay just to apply to enrol their children at school.
High schoolers victims in mass brawl - principal
A South Auckland high school says its students were the victims in a brawl involving 15 to 20 people fighting with sticks, bats and knives.
No criminal charges for Southland school over alleged seclusion room
No evidence to support charges against anyone at Ruru Specialist School in Invercargill, police say.
'Our sort of indoor life has been incredibly recent'
Poets have been writing about it for centuries and now science is starting to understand the power of a breath of fresh air and a good look around. Audio
