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Student debt bomb a threat to national security
Friday, 19 July 2002, 6:25 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students’ Association (ATSA) President Julie Pettett delivered a three foot debt bomb to Parliament today to highlight the message that solving the problem of student debt rests in the hands of politicians. The debt bomb was ... More >>
Maharey's Promise to UCOL Students
Friday, 19 July 2002, 6:19 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
Steve Maharey visited the Universal College of Learning (UCOL) today to speak to students about Labour's education platform for the election. When asked what input students would have into the changes that Labour is planning for student loans and ... More >>
Extreme Caution at Labour's Tertiary Partnership
Thursday, 18 July 2002, 1:27 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students' Association (ATSA) is calling for extreme caution in assessing the worth of the 'public-private' Tertiary Education Partnership proposed by Labour. More >>
Tertiary Education 'Issues & Solutions' Paper
Thursday, 18 July 2002, 1:21 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students' Association (ATSA) confirmed today that all parties contesting this month's General Election have received copies of the ATSA Position Paper 'Tertiary Education in Aotearoa: Issues and Solutions'. More >>
24 Years Old and No Rights
Tuesday, 16 July 2002, 9:54 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
An 18 year old New Zealander can move out of home, vote, drink and die for their country. However, their eligibility to receive a student allowance will be means tested on their parents' income until they are 25. The Aotearoa Tertiary Students' ... More >>
How big is student debt really?
Thursday, 11 July 2002, 5:30 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Student Association (ATSA) today said it had serious concerns that the real size of student debt was not publicly known. "Early this year total student debt hit the five billion dollar mark, but the real dilemma is trying ... More >>
Labour Needs To Come Clean On Student Allowances
Thursday, 11 July 2002, 3:56 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students' Association (ATSA) is concerned that, despite repeated requests, the Labour Party still refuses to give students real detail on their promise to raise the parental income thresholds allowing access to Student Allowances. More >>
Labour & Nats Both Half Right on Tertiary Policy
Monday, 8 July 2002, 2:27 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students' Association (ATSA) said today that both National and Labour have their tertiary policies half right, but that Labour's is too little and National's too late. More >>
National Student Representatives Gather for Conf.
Wednesday, 3 July 2002, 3:52 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
Members of the Aotearoa Tertiary Students' Association (ATSA) will gather in Palmerston North this weekend to work through issues facing students over the coming twelve months. More >>
Labour Promise on Student Allowances Still Short
Wednesday, 3 July 2002, 2:03 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students' Association (ATSA) is pleased to see Labour's commitment to increasing eligibility to Student Allowances by raising the parental income thresholds, as announced in its Education Policy today. "Although positive, these proposed ... More >>
Maharey Promises Fee Maxima
Wednesday, 3 July 2002, 2:01 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
Students were pleased to hear Labour's election commitment that tertiary fees will be lowered to an affordable level if Labour is re-elected. Labour's "commitment to a policy to issue a tuition fee maxima" is supported by the Aotearoa Tertiary ... More >>
Student Debt Bomb Campaign Launch
Tuesday, 2 July 2002, 3:08 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
Julie Pettett, President of the Aotearoa Tertiary Students' Association (ATSA), will launch ATSA's "Student Debt Bomb Campaign" at ATSA's National Conference in Palmerston North this Friday. More >>
Overseas Kiwis Need to Think Very Carefully
Thursday, 27 June 2002, 11:36 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students’ Association (ATSA) today cautioned New Zealanders living overseas to think very carefully about how they vote in the coming election. Some political parties have made much of their international outlook by targeting ... More >>
Tertiary Teachers Awards Good For Students
Tuesday, 25 June 2002, 4:45 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) would like to extend its congratulations to the recipients of the Tertiary Teacher Awards held last night. More >>
Student Debt Warning Set To Arrive 16 Years Early
Friday, 21 June 2002, 2:01 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
Two years ago, the Auditor-General noted that “by 2024 approximately 17.5% of the working age population will be repaying a student loan.” (Report of the Controller and Auditor-General on the Student Loan Scheme, 2000). More >>
Alliance Education Policies On Right Track
Friday, 21 June 2002, 9:52 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) believes that the Alliance has the right ideas to stop the time Bomb tertiary education has become. More >>
Pay Equity Cannot Be Left To Slide
Friday, 21 June 2002, 9:47 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) supports the issue of pay equity being back on the cabinet agenda. Past and current research by ATSA shows alarming disparities between the incomes of men and women, by qualification. This is a real ... More >>
MMP Best Hope For Students
Thursday, 20 June 2002, 11:56 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The education system has its only real chance of improving if the next government remains a coalition partnership. New Zealanders need smaller political parties to continue developing and pushing education policies that address the huge liability ... More >>
10% Of The Population Has A Student Loan Debt
Wednesday, 19 June 2002, 2:57 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
A Student Loan debt exceeding $5 billion now rests on the shoulders of more than 300,000 people. This is equal to about one in every ten New Zealanders being directly affected by past and current government under funding of public tertiary education. ... More >>
Education Is A Poor Investment
Tuesday, 18 June 2002, 2:37 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
What is the good in getting an education that incurs a debt you may never pay back? More >>
