Some first year University of Canterbury (UC) students are so famished they are resorting to purchasing takeaways after meals, despite paying annual residence hall fees of about $20,000.

The phone ban was meant to improve learning by reducing distractions. But students report feeling left out of decisions, and some have found ways around the rules.

The government is spending $2.7 billion on tertiary courses this year, but there are early signs it will not be enough to cover all the enrolments.

A site to the north of the university’s Canterbury campus has been earmarked for a large estate in the city council’s new draft Local Plan, a blueprint for building in the district until 2040.

Thirteen indicators were used to calculate University of Canterbury's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other schools for each ...