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University staff welcome extra funds, more needed
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 5:05 pm | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has welcomed the announcement today by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Dr Pete Hodgson, that the tertiary education sector will receive $900 million in additional funding over the next four years. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 8:49 am | Association of University Staff
Concealed TEC report adds little to debate The Association of University Staff has expressed disappointment that the Tertiary Education Commission did not provide it with a major report on the future of New Zealand universities at the same time as ... More >>
Protest planned: teacher ed cuts threaten quality
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 9:54 am | Association of University Staff
Staff and students at Victoria University’s College of Education say proposed cuts to staff numbers and resources at the college pose a serious threat to the future quality of teacher education in Wellington. They are holding a protest at the main ... More >>
More investment needed for universities
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 12:28 am | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) is calling for greater investment in New Zealand universities in the 2008 Budget to ensure that they are sufficiently funded to meet the country’s research and education challenges of the twenty-first century. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 9:31 am | Association of University Staff
Lincoln fails in bid to shift hearing Lincoln University management has failed in its bid to stop the employment court deciding whether or not the university was justified in sacking one of its senior staff members, Associate Professor Glenn Stewart, last ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 8 May 2008, 9:08 am | Association of University Staff
New TEC chief executive named The Tertiary Education Commission has announced the appointment of Professor Roy Sharp, currently vice-chancellor of the University of Canterbury, as its new chief executive, commencing on 4 August. Professor Sharp, ... More >>
Staff union welcomes TEC appointment
Friday, 2 May 2008, 11:10 am | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has welcomed the appointment of Professor Roy Sharp as the new Chief Executive of the Tertiary Education Commission. More >>
Come to Massey and you, too, can become eye candy
Thursday, 1 May 2008, 9:42 am | Association of University Staff
In what must be one the most banal news features emanating from a university this year, Massey has trumpeted the success of one of its students in finishing third in the Miss Universe New Zealand beauty pageant this month after being first runner-up ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 1 May 2008, 9:33 am | Association of University Staff
Auckland vice-chancellor breaches good faith, natural justice In a further blow to the credibility of the University of Auckland’s human-relations practices, its vice-chancellor has been ordered by the Employment Relations Authority to reinstate ... More >>
Hour of the dead protest continues against cuts
Monday, 28 April 2008, 2:00 pm | Association of University Staff
Ceremonial executions and amputations will be held at the University of Canterbury this week to symbolise the impending death of arts as the university moves ahead with plans to restructure its College of Arts with the loss of thirteen jobs, and ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 8:43 am | Association of University Staff
“Retrograde” film change proposal rejected Victoria University’s proposal to disestablish its film programme has been decisively rejected in the report of the decision panel appointed to consider the proposed changes and submissions on them. ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 9:17 am | Association of University Staff
Canterbury management confused Proposals released on Tuesday to cut thirteen jobs from the University of Canterbury’s college of arts show just how confused management is when it comes to running a university, according to the Association of University ... More >>
Green light for salary bargaining in universities
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 9:30 am | Association of University Staff
Members of the major unions representing staff in New Zealand’s universities have voted overwhelmingly to support the negotiation of national collective employment agreements in the next bargaining round. A ballot, conducted on a university-by-university ... More >>
University confused, says staff
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 9:22 am | Association of University Staff
Proposals released today to cut thirteen jobs from the University of Canterbury’s College of Arts shows just how confused management is when it comes to running a university, according to the Association of University Staff (AUS). More >>
Increasing salaries should be election focus
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 9:25 am | Association of University Staff
Increasing wages and salaries in New Zealand should be a major focus of debate in election year rather than lowering taxes and cutting government spending, according to the Association of University Staff (AUS). It says that the current debate on ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 8:59 am | Association of University Staff
Increasing salaries should be election focus: Increasing wages and salaries in New Zealand should be a major focus of debate in election year rather than lowering taxes and cutting government spending, according to the Association of University Staff. ... More >>
Buchanan to appeal ruling on reinstatement
Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 2:08 pm | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has confirmed that an appeal will be filed in the Employment Court on behalf of Dr Paul Buchanan, claming that he should be reinstated to his position as a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 3 April 2008, 9:17 am | Association of University Staff
Universities of technology unnecessary, confusing Parliament’s education and science select committee has been warned that any move to establish a new category of university, a university of technology, will further confuse an already highly differentiated ... More >>
Progress of women to senior positions glacial
Monday, 31 March 2008, 10:52 am | Association of University Staff
Although the number of women holding senior academic positions in New Zealand universities has increased in the last year, progress toward equity is still glacial according to the Association of University Staff (AUS). More >>
Buchanan dismissal unjustified, says ERA
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 9:13 am | Association of University Staff
The Employment Relations Authority has ruled that the dismissal of Dr Paul Buchanan from the University of Auckland was unjustified and it has awarded him more than $65,000 in lost wages and compensation. More >>
