Prime Minister, Rt Hon Bill English, officially opened Ara Institute of Canterbury’s $34m Kahukura Engineering and Architectural Studies building at their City Campus on August 10.

There’s an election coming up in NZ on 23 September, but the very people most affected by this election will actually have the least to do with it. We’re talking about us.

Haircuts. Not too long ago these were resisted with all the strength men and boys could muster. Today this has all changed and barber shops are among the coolest places in town.

Living around Auckland and looking for a pathway into the booming construction industry and related trades? Aspire2 Trades could be a great place to start.

Open Days give you a taste of student life and can help make your tertiary study decisions. These SchoolLeaver tips can help make Open Days (or any institution visits) really work for you.  

The University of Auckland’s state-of-the-art science building, incorporating leading-edge design in teaching and learning facilities, was officially opened on 27 July.

Tourism is New Zealand’s second largest business (after agriculture), with more than 3.6 million visitors heading here in the last year from all around the world, spending almost $15 billion while they’re here.

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While Peter Burling, Glen Ashby and Blair Tuke were the public stars of the recent America’s Cup, the real heroes of the win were the team in the shed who put the boat back together after it nosedived in Bermuda.

Living in South Canterbury and interested in a career in health? Ara Institute of Canterbury could potentially make it easier for you with more programmes and more pathways in health being offered at a health training hub in Timaru.

A team of Agribusiness students from St Paul’s Collegiate School in Hamilton have taken out the ‘Young Inventor of the Year’ prize at Fieldays 2017, pocketing $1000 for their efforts.

Getting into a university can be very competitive, and getting a job when you graduate is way harder now that it ever has been.  

If rankings are an important factor in helping you work out which university you want to go to, the latest rankings will have you smiling, but maybe a little nonplussed too. 

The cost of going to university can be massive and for some potential students it can be the biggest deciding factor. 

If you are thinking about rocking off to study at a university in Australia, start saving now.  Your costs look likely to rocket.

Studying in Christchurch is becoming even more attractive with new accommodation options opened this year by Canterbury’s three big tertiary institutions. 

One thing there is no getting away from is that studying at university or one of the country’s ITPs – Institute of Technology and Polytechnics – can be really expensive. Full-time course fees can cost anywhere from $3,000 - $10,000+ each year, and ...

Future engineers or furniture craftsmen get moving – you only have until Wednesday April 12 to get your entries in for the nationwide 2017 Toolbox Challenge.

Cybercrime is a huge problem facing businesses locally and all over the world, but on the other side of the hard drive, it can be a huge opportunity for students like you. 

Recently the University of Waikato tossed a stink bomb into the heart of the country’s academic establishment when it proposed the setting up of a third medical school in New Zealand.