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AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 12:38 am | Association of University Staff
Steady progress in tripartite talks Following a meeting of the Universities Tripartite Forum late last week, union representatives are currently meeting with vice-chancellors to discuss technical details relating to funding and the negotiation of collective ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 11:18 am | Association of University Staff
Minister set to announce additional funding The Minister for Tertiary Education, Dr Michael Cullen, is expected to reveal the extent to which additional funding will be made available for universities to fund salary increases at a meeting of the Universities ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 10:03 am | Association of University Staff
More investment needed for universities Ahead of today’s Budget, the Association of University Staff (AUS) is calling for greater investment in New Zealand universities to ensure that they are sufficiently funded to meet the country’s research and education ... More >>
More investment needed for universities
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 6:04 pm | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) is calling for greater investment in New Zealand universities in the 2006 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, 11 May 2006, 11:32 am | Association of University Staff
Complaint over OI request A formal complaint is to be laid with the Attorney-General and Minister for Tertiary Education accusing the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canterbury, Professor Roy Sharp, of misleading the Ombudsman over an Official ... More >>
Uni. VC Accused Of Misleading the Ombudsman
Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 8:33 am | Association of University Staff
The Canterbury Branch of the Association of University Staff (AUS) is lodging a formal complaint with the Attorney-General and Minister of Tertiary Education, Dr Michael Cullen, accusing the University of Canterbury Vice-Chancellor, Professor Roy Sharp, ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 12:35 am | Association of University Staff
TEC starts consultation on reforms The Tertiary Education Commission has outlined more details about the proposed tertiary-education reforms recently announced by the Minister for Tertiary Education. In meetings with sector groups held this week, ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 27 April 2006, 11:07 am | Association of University Staff
Minister acknowledges salaries need to improve The Minister for Tertiary Education, Dr Michael Cullen, has sent the strongest signal yet that the Government intends to make funding available to start the process of addressing salary problems in the ... More >>
NZQA research worthless, says university staff
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 11:05 am | Association of University Staff
NZQA research worthless, says university staff The Association of University Staff (AUS) has labelled as worthless research released yesterday by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, purporting to show that New Zealanders have what is described as a “middling” ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 12:58 am | Association of University Staff
PBRF should be delayed, say staff As universities gear up for this year’s round of the Performance-Based Research Fund assessment, concerns about the fairness of the scheme have been unveiled in new research published by the Centre for Labour and ... More >>
NZQA research worthless, says university staff
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 12:13 am | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has labelled as worthless research released yesterday by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, purporting to show that New Zealanders have what is described as a “middling” level of confidence in the quality ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 12:04 am | Association of University Staff
Tertiary reforms, more in store? In a series of addresses this week, the Minister for Tertiary Education, Dr Michael Cullen, has expanded on the reasons for his moves to change the funding model for tertiary education in New Zealand. In one speech, ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 6 April 2006, 11:34 am | Association of University Staff
New funding system on the way Multi-year funding and a move away from “bums-on-seats” are the key features of proposals for a new system of resourcing tertiary education, announced on Tuesday by the Minister for Tertiary Education Dr Michael Cullen. It ... More >>
Reassessment of Arts Cuts at Canterbury Needed
Tuesday, 4 April 2006, 1:17 pm | Association of University Staff
Staff at the University of Canterbury are welcoming today’s policy announcement by the Minister of Tertiary Education, and are claiming that it shows the need for an immediate suspension and complete reassessment of the University’s plans to make ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 30 March 2006, 12:14 am | Association of University Staff
Lecturer awarded interim reinstatement The University of Auckland has been ordered to reinstate on an interim basis a lecturer in its School of Music until the Employment Relations Authority has had the opportunity to hear a complaint that the staff member ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 23 March 2006, 10:57 am | Association of University Staff
Bargaining initiated for university staff University vice-chancellors were served with notices this week to initiate the process for negotiating national multi-employer collective employment agreements for academic and general staff. This follows the ... More >>
Managers "completely out of touch with the world"
Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 9:51 am | Association of University Staff
The President of the Canterbury Branch of the Association of University Staff (AUS), David Small, has branded as "staggeringly misguided" the "change proposal" released by the University of Canterbury this morning calling for eight more redundancies ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 11:49 am | Association of University Staff
Multinational forum to help tertiary-policy debate, for some Leading tertiary-education experts from six countries are in Wellington this week for a three-day Forum to discuss current trends and issues in the tertiary-education sector. Student and staff representatives, ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 11:38 am | Association of University Staff
NZ universities under-funded, salaries low New Zealand universities are significantly under-funded by comparison to their international counterparts and salaries are much lower than those in Australia, Canada and the United States, according to a new report ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 12:42 am | Association of University Staff
Green light for national salary bargaining in universities Members of the Association of University Staff (AUS) and the other unions representing staff in New Zealand’s universities have voted overwhelmingly to support the negotiation of national collective ... More >>
