Tertiary Education
Richard Shaw - Stop Beating Up the BA
Associate Professor Richard Shaw from Massey University says choosing a degree with a name that sounds like a job is old-fashioned thinking. Admitting to a vested interest in the topic, he reckons… Audio
Govt says too many hairdressing and theology students
Theology and hairdressing are unlikely bedfellows, but they are the first casualties of government funding cuts to subjects where it believes there are too many tertiary students. Audio
Tertiary groups joining forces to fill empty IT jobs
Three of Wellington's biggest tertiary providers want to start a joint information technology course to train hundreds of people vacancies. Audio
Does New Zealand need an elite University?
The vice-chancellor of AUT University, Derek McCormack, says allowing highly-ranked universities to charge higher fees would not work. Audio
Auckland Uni fee suggestion divides uni sector
A suggestion from the University of Auckland that highly ranked universities should charge higher fees than other institutions has polarised the sector. Audio
Steven Joyce rules out fee rises for high-ranked universities
A University of Auckland suggestion that highly ranked universities should charge higher fees than other institutions has polarised the sector. Audio
Tertiary Education Minister on university fee rises
Listening to that was the Tertiary Education Minister, Steven Joyce. Audio
Students say uni fees as high as they can go
Students are demanding universities pull back on fee hikes after ten years of rises that have taken the cost of a basic degree from a little over three thousand dollars to more than five thousand… Audio
Students say uni fees as high as they can go
The Union of Students Associations says universities will deter large numbers of students if they keep increasing their fees as much as possible. Audio
Stefan Collini: future of universities
Professor of English literature and intellectual history at the University of Cambridge, visiting New Zealand as the Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of… Audio
Waikato Uni recognises one of its first Pacific graduates
Le Mamea receives Alumni Award from Waikato University for his contribution to education in Samoa and New Zealand. Audio
A Two Way Street: Handshake2
Gut instinct, intuition, and accessing the belly of creativity may sound a bit abstract, but according to Dutch contemporary jeweller Ruudt Peters it is here that the creative process begins. He has… Audio
Claims tertiary funding damaging learning
John Gerritsen explores the system of funding tertiary education institutions and its impact Audio
Auckland University entrance prerequisites to toughen
Auckland University is doubling the English literacy entry standard for all students from 2016 because some students' written work is so poor. Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland… Audio
Insight for 27 October 2013 - Matching Education and Jobs
William Ray looks at tertiary students' job prospects and what can be done to match output of graduates with needs of industry. Audio
Ideas for 10 October 2010
This week, Ideas looks at a bill currently before Parliament that may change the climate at universities. Audio
Ideas for 9 March 2008
The Multiversity: two experts debate the past and the future of tertiary education. Audio