Association of University Staff

AUS Tertiary Update

Thursday, 23 June 2005, 8:52 pm | Association of University Staff

University negotiations break down Negotiations for new national collective employment agreements between university unions and vice-chancellors have broken down. Universities will now, for the first time ever, face prolonged national strike action. The negotiations, ... More >>

Vice-Chancellor jeopardises University Salaries

Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 2:46 pm | Association of University Staff

The University of Auckland Branch of the Association of University Staff (AUS) says is of serious concern that Auckland's Vice-Chancellor wishes to broaden the agenda of the University Salaries Group (USG), which is being established by the Minister ... More >>

University negotiations break down

Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 11:05 am | Association of University Staff

Negotiations for new national collective employment agreements between university unions and vice-chancellors have broken down. Universities will now, for the first time ever, face prolonged national strike action. More >>

Lively Forum on University Education

Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 11:04 am | Association of University Staff

Forum on University Education Wednesday 22 June - 12.10pm Hunter Lecture Theatre 323 Victoria University, Wellington Speakers will include the Minister of Education, Hon Trevor Mallard (Labour), Bill English (National), Nandor Tanczos (Green), Craig ... More >>

AUS Tertiary Update

Thursday, 16 June 2005, 10:21 am | Association of University Staff

Minister sets up salaries group The Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, has given the green light to a proposal from the Association of University Staff (AUS) to establish a University Salaries Group to consider and resolve issues around salaries in the ... More >>

Ban on student marks withdrawn

Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 5:40 pm | Association of University Staff

The threatened withholding of students' grades by university staff has been withdrawn while collective employment agreement negotiations continue between university unions and the country's university management. More >>

Universities salary group to be established

Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 5:27 pm | Association of University Staff

The Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, has given the green light to a proposal to establish a university salaries group to consider and resolve issues around salaries in the university sector. The group would comprise the Minister (or representatives), ... More >>

Universities salary group to be established

Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 5:07 pm | Association of University Staff

The Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, has given the green light to a proposal to establish a university salaries group to consider and resolve issues around salaries in the university sector. The group would comprise the Minister (or representatives), ... More >>

Ban on student marks withdrawn

Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 4:01 pm | Association of University Staff

The threatened withholding of students’ grades by university staff has been withdrawn while collective employment agreement negotiations continue between university unions and the country’s university management. More >>

Universities to face industrial disruption

Friday, 10 June 2005, 4:11 pm | Association of University Staff

Universities face prolonged strike action, and students face disruption to the release of their examination results if differences between university unions and employers over the negotiation of new national multi-employer collective agreements are not ... More >>

Universities to face prolonged disruption

Friday, 10 June 2005, 4:04 pm | Association of University Staff

Universities face prolonged strike action, and students face disruption to the release of their examination results if differences between university unions and employers over the negotiation of new national multi-employer collective agreements are not ... More >>

AUS Tertiary Update

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 12:04 am | Association of University Staff

Major changes signaled for PBRF A major review of the Performance-Based Research Fund’s Quality Evaluation process has resulted in the recommendation of one hundred and twenty-one changes for the 2006 assessment round. The Quality Evaluation process ... More >>

AUS Tertiary Update

Thursday, 2 June 2005, 12:09 am | Association of University Staff

University staff vote on industrial action Union negotiators are recommending that, unless significant progress is made in the next two days of bargaining on 14 and 15 June, university staff withhold first-semester examination grades and take national ... More >>

University Negotiations Reach Crunch Point

Friday, 27 May 2005, 2:02 pm | Association of University Staff

Negotiations between the combined staff unions and university employers made little progress yesterday after the employers advised the unions that they were not prepared to enter into multi-employer collective employment agreements. As a result, the unions ... More >>

University negotiations reach crunch point

Friday, 27 May 2005, 1:41 pm | Association of University Staff

Negotiations between the combined staff unions and university employers made little progress yesterday after the employers advised the unions that they were not prepared to enter into multi-employer collective employment agreements. As a result, the unions ... More >>

AUS Tertiary Update

Thursday, 26 May 2005, 1:10 pm | Association of University Staff

Auckland staff get 4.5% as national negotiations resume Negotiations for new national collective employment agreements for university staff resumed in Wellington yesterday afternoon, getting off to a late start after again being disrupted by airport closures. ... More >>

University staff call for more investment

Friday, 20 May 2005, 9:13 am | Association of University Staff

University staff are calling on the Government for further investment in high-quality tertiary education, following the release of yesterday’s Budget. More >>

AUS Tertiary Update

Thursday, 19 May 2005, 10:37 am | Association of University Staff

Staff, students march in pre-Budget rally More than 500 staff and students marched from Victoria University to Parliament on Tuesday this week in a pre-Budget protest over the level of government funding to the tertiary education sector. Giving perhaps ... More >>

University women still face barriers

Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 8:34 am | Association of University Staff

Academic women are five times more likely than men to believe that having time away from the workforce is a barrier to promotion, and three times as likely to mention the lack of affordable childcare, according to research commissioned by the Association ... More >>

University women still face barriers

Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 5:27 pm | Association of University Staff

Academic women are five times more likely than men to believe that having time away from the workforce is a barrier to promotion, and three times as likely to mention the lack of affordable childcare, according to research commissioned by the Association ... More >>

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