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University threatens action against union
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 5:16 pm | Association of University Staff
The University of Canterbury has threatened action against the Association of University Staff (AUS), following an email petition launched by AUS support of workers locked out by Progressive Enterprises in their current industrial dispute. More >>
AUS Condemns University Ban on S'market Petition
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 3:45 pm | Association of University Staff
The Canterbury Branch of the Association of University Staff has condemned an order from university management to remove an online petition supporting locked-out supermarket workers. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 1:17 pm | Association of University Staff
Polytechnics face record losses Polytechnics and wananga are reported to be facing their worst-ever year financially, with suggestions that nine of the country’s twenty-three institutions will record deficits ranging between $0.5 million and $13 ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 7 September 2006, 12:49 am | Association of University Staff
College merger to cost jobs As many as thirty more jobs will be lost when the merger between the Christchurch College of Education and the University of Canterbury takes effect from 1 January next year. On Monday this week, staff at the College and in ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 12:56 am | Association of University Staff
Collective agreements ratified New collective employment agreements have been ratified for academic and general staff at seven New Zealand universities, with the result that the salary increases negotiated as a result of the tripartite discussions among ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 12:03 am | Association of University Staff
Boost to international education In an address to the annual Education New Zealand International Education Conference this morning, the Minister for Tertiary Education, Dr Michael Cullen, has outlined a new direction and additional promotional spending ... More >>
University Staff mourn death of Maori Queen
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 2:25 pm | Association of University Staff
E tangi nei te uniana mo ngā kaimahi ki roto i ngā Whare Wānanga, te roopū hoki o Te Kahurangi Whāiti. Kua ngaro atu nei a Te Arikinui Te Atairangi Kahu ki te tirohanga kanohi. E Ata, kua tīwahatia mai koe e tō nui, me pēhea hoki a muri nei te tāea, ... More >>
University staff mourn death of Maori Queen
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 2:16 pm | Association of University Staff
Ka whakatau hā ki te rangi e tu nei Ka whakatau hā ki te papa e takoto nei Tau noa te whakaaro nui ki a rātou kua whakatairangahia atu ki tua, ki nehe nui Mauri ora ki te whai ao kit e ao marama More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 10 August 2006, 11:33 am | Association of University Staff
Building a voice for general staff A series of meetings will begin next week to enable general (non-academic) staff to discuss the key issues they face when working in universities. The meetings, to be held over the next fortnight, are the first part ... More >>
Proposals for second language learning welcomed
Thursday, 3 August 2006, 1:05 pm | Association of University Staff
The emphasis placed on the teaching of languages in the draft curriculum for primary and secondary schools has been cautiously welcomed by the Association of University Staff (AUS). Unveiled this week by Education Minister Steve Maharey, the proposed ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 3 August 2006, 11:50 am | Association of University Staff
Auckland, Otago take lion’s share of PBRF funding Between them, the Universities of Auckland and Otago will receive more than 50 percent of the total Performance-Based Research Fund this year, according to the 2005 PBRF Annual Report recently released ... More >>
New funding arrangements welcome, say staff
Thursday, 27 July 2006, 12:54 am | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has welcomed the announcement of a new funding system for tertiary education, saying differentiation between the types of tertiary education organisations will allow the high overhead costs faced by research-based ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 9:16 am | Association of University Staff
University pay deal to go to ratification Union members at New Zealand universities have voted to send proposed new pay deals to ratification which, if accepted, will see salary increases of between 4 and 5.5 percent for general staff and between 6 ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 13 July 2006, 12:56 am | Association of University Staff
Mixed financial bag for tertiary institutions The financial performance of public tertiary-education institutions varied widely in 2005, ranging from the profitable to the “downright disastrous”, according to an analysis of annual reports published ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 6 July 2006, 11:52 am | Association of University Staff
Union members consider pay deal Union members are being balloted over the next fortnight to determine whether or not to commence bargaining to renew enterprise-based collective employment agreements. If a proposed pay deal is accepted, staff at the seven universities ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 29 June 2006, 11:43 am | Association of University Staff
New funding welcomed by university staff The announcement yesterday by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Dr Michael Cullen, that universities will receive a funding boost of $26 million over the coming year has been welcomed by the Association of ... More >>
Unions, universities welcome extra funding
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 2:50 pm | Association of University Staff
Unions, universities welcome extra funding The combined university unions and vice-chancellors have welcomed the announcement today by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Dr Michael Cullen, that university funding will be boosted by $26 million per annum. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 12:43 am | Association of University Staff
Funding needed for ailing salaries Medical and dental academic staff salaries must be increased to match those of clinical specialists employed by district health boards if New Zealand is to maintain the standards of its teaching programmes in the schools ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 11:56 am | Association of University Staff
AUS calls for clearer differentiation The Association of University Staff (AUS) is calling for clearer differentiation among the different types of tertiary-education providers and for more national planning among universities as a way of increasing ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 11:17 am | Association of University Staff
Former AUS President appointed to TEC A former Association of University Staff National President, Dr Bill Rosenberg, has been appointed a commissioner to the Tertiary Education Commission for a two-year term. Dr Rosenberg has been employed in tertiary education ... More >>
