Meritocracy. Merit-o-cracy. Cool word. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary says it is a system in which the talented are moved ahead on the basis of their ... more

Perhaps understandably, the National Party chose to campaign with a policy of retaining the fee maxima cap, which places a maximum on what universities can ... more

The heads of New Zealand's universities say the Government is unfairly doling out money to students and forgetting the universities themselves. They also want the ... more