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AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 9:09 am | Association of University Staff
Buchanan dismissal unjustified, says Authority 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 >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 20 March 2008, 9:35 am | Association of University Staff
PM not well informed, says Canterbury VC University of Canterbury vice-chancellor, Professor Roy Sharp, has dismissed the prime minister’s suggestion that the university rethink its proposal to cut existing programmes and staff numbers in its college ... More >>
AUS appointment to PBRF reference group
Friday, 14 March 2008, 3:49 pm | Association of University Staff
The appointment today of Dr Grant Duncan, Association of University Staff Academic Vice-President, was announced today as one of a fifteen-strong Sector Reference Group created to provide advice to the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) on the design, ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 9:03 am | Association of University Staff
Criticism of research funding “absurd” University staff have condemned as absurd National Party leader John Key’s criticism of Tuesday’s announcement by the government of $7 More >>
AUS: Criticism of research funding absurd
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 11:30 am | Association of University Staff
University staff have labeled as absurd, criticism of yesterday's announcement by the government of $700 million in new research funding for research, development and innovation for pastoral and food production. More >>
UK visa restrictions counterproductive
Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 9:26 am | Association of University Staff
Moves to reduce the free movement of academics into Britain have been labeled as counterproductive and unnecessarily restrictive, according to the Association of University Staff (AUS). More >>
Time to review funding arrangements
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 10:34 am | Association of University Staff
The inadequate level of Marsden research funding in New Zealand highlights the need for major new investment in publicly funded research, according to the Association of University Staff (AUS). More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 10:05 am | Association of University Staff
Decision-making under way on two fronts Starting on Monday, AUS members throughout the country will enter the decision-making process on two of their major issues for 2008: MECA (multi-employer collective agreement) bargaining and amalgamation. For ... More >>
PBRF review provides opportunity to fix problems
Monday, 3 March 2008, 10:07 am | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has welcomed a review of the Performance-Based Research Fund, currently being undertaken by international expert and involving extensive consultation across the tertiary education sector, saying that it is an excellent ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 28 February 2008, 10:28 am | Association of University Staff
Culture clash at Victoria Victoria University’s change proposal to disestablish its film programme and create a new visual culture “cluster”, tying a truncated cinema studies programme to the university’s art history and museum and heritage ... More >>
Plan to disestablish Film Studies retrograde
Friday, 22 February 2008, 4:46 pm | Association of University Staff
Victoria University’s proposal to disestablish its Film Programme and create a new Visual Culture “cluster” – tying a truncated Cinema Studies programme to the University’s Art History and Museum and Heritage programme its Adam Art Gallery ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 11:24 am | Association of University Staff
Buchanan case goes into second day A personal grievance hearing, challenging the dismissal of high-profile academic, Dr Paul Buchanan, continues in the Employment Relations Authority in Auckland today. In the case, which started yesterday before ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 14 February 2008, 8:13 am | Association of University Staff
Lincoln appeals Authority decision Lincoln University has appealed a determination (or ruling) to allow a claim of unjustified dismissal to be heard in the Employment Court rather than in the lower-level Employment Relations Authority. In December, ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 7:32 am | Association of University Staff
Tertiary education, student loans take centre stage Student loans and tertiary education seem set to take centre stage in this year’s general election, with the leaders of New Zealand’s two main political parties addressing youth and education issues ... More >>
Uni job cuts a return to “bums on seats” model
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 1:56 pm | Association of University Staff
A proposal to cut more than twenty jobs from the University of Canterbury’s College of Arts have been labeled by staff as disappointing and possibly damaging to the long-term viability of the College. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 6:41 am | Association of University Staff
Few surprises in funding announcement The long-awaited details of new funding arrangements for the tertiary-education sector which were released last Friday contained few surprises. Universities will receive an additional 5.4 percent, or $60 million, in funding next ... More >>
Tertiary reforms on right track, say staff
Friday, 14 December 2007, 1:31 pm | Association of University Staff
University staff have welcomed today’s announcement by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) that high-quality tertiary education is vital for New Zealand’s economic transformation and social development goals, and that universities will ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 8:23 am | Association of University Staff
University investigation a sop, says QPEC The Quality Public Education Coalition says that a decision by the University of Auckland Council to set up an investigation into the impact of its decision to restrict entry to undergraduate degree courses ... More >>
AUS member New Zealander of the Year
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 10:48 am | Association of University Staff
Professor Philip Bagshaw, from the University of Otago was today named as New Zealander of the Year by North and South Magazine. The award was announced at a breakfast in Christchurch this morning by the magazine’s editor Virginia Larsen. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 6:33 am | Association of University Staff
Natural justice not part of process, says University The Employment Relations Authority has been told that the University of Auckland disestablished this country’s only full-time lectureship specialising in Māori Art History while the lecturer concerned ... More >>
