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TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 40
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 1:44 pm | Association of University Staff
Thousands of 'happy' workers make themselves heard There was a droll moment in Question Time yesterday afternoon, according to Scoop , as Prime Minister John Key proclaimed "New Zealand workers are happy". More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 39
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 12:11 pm | Association of University Staff
3000 new places for university students The Government will fund almost 3,000 more university student places over the next two years, tertiary education minister Steven Joyce announced this week. More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 38
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 3:37 pm | Association of University Staff
Teachers Council says only registered teachers to supervise students The New Zealand Teachers Council today released new approval, review and monitoring processes and requirements for initial teacher education programmes. These will apply to all teacher ... More >>
Tertiary Update
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 3:00 pm | Association of University Staff
Whitireia tutor wins intellectual property argument A ruling this week by the Employment Authority means Whitireia tutor Anne Abbott has the intellectual property rights to maths workbooks which the polytechnic was trying to claim as its own. Ms Abbott, ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 36
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 12:04 pm | Association of University Staff
Wellington tradespeople could suffer from Weltec cost-cutting Weltec is looking to disestablish 12 trade tutors and get the remaining tutors to move away from teaching the practical elements of their trades in workshops, to focus instead solely on classroom ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 35
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 9:34 am | Association of University Staff
Overseas academics won't take the risk Rather than increase labour mobility, as the government intends, the 90 day fire-at-will law will make people more reluctant to change jobs. That is the view of the TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs, in her ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 34
Thursday, 9 September 2010, 1:24 pm | Association of University Staff
League tables relegate learning context Dr Roy Sharp told TEU last week that "We are not using a league table model." However, what his Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has done this week is release a table of tertiary institutions ranking them ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 33
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 11:30 am | Association of University Staff
TEU president-elect says funding cuts have reached their limits Dr Sandra Grey, TEU's current women's vice-president, will take up the role of TEU national president te tumu whakarae next year after she was elected unopposed earlier this week. More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 32
Thursday, 26 August 2010, 9:37 am | Association of University Staff
Wānanga responds to performance funding pressure Bentham Ohia, the pouhere at the Wānanga o Aoteaora, is advising staff to concentrate on ensuring that tauira are enrolled in the right programme, that they graduate, and, where possible, that they ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 31
Thursday, 19 August 2010, 11:21 am | Association of University Staff
Tertiary ‘student performance’ league table feared The Tertiary Education Commission will publish data on individual tertiary education institutions at the end of the month, ranking them according to how many of their students complete courses, complete ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 30
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 1:39 pm | Association of University Staff
Ministry lauds the way tertiary education was The secretary of education, Karen Sewell, in her official report Profile & Trends 2009: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector , says that the tertiary education sector was performing well last ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 29
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 11:17 am | Association of University Staff
Tertiary institutions could suffer from unfair employment laws TEU deputy secretary Nanette Cormack is warning that proposed new employment laws could, if misused by employers, have a significant impact in the tertiary education sector. More >>
Hau Taki Haere, Vol 13, No 28
Thursday, 29 July 2010, 10:43 am | Association of University Staff
New employment laws a big step backwards for NZ, academic warns An employment relations professor says proposed changes to employment relations legislation will support inefficient and disorganised employers. Professor Erling Rasmussen, editor of a new ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 27
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 8:49 am | Association of University Staff
Linking funding to employment could have perverse consequences Data recently released by the Ministry of Education highlights some of the dangers in the minister of tertiary education's proposal that funding be linked to employment outcomes. Statistics ... More >>
Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 26
Thursday, 15 July 2010, 12:14 pm | Association of University Staff
Joyce calls for radical funding changes Steven Joyce's suggestion yesterday that tertiary funding should be linked to employment outcomes rather than academic outcomes is a dangerous path for the sector. That is the view of TEU national president Dr ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 25
Thursday, 8 July 2010, 11:17 am | Association of University Staff
Minister offers to lean on polytechnic to change its funding TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs says it seems irregular that the minister of tertiary education, Steven Joyce, would openly suggest that Wanganui Council sever the links between its Glass ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 24
Thursday, 1 July 2010, 10:07 am | Association of University Staff
Massey to cut general staff jobs Massey University is proposing to cut 53 jobs across its three campuses in Palmerston North, Wellington, and Albany. Under the proposals, 120 current positions, mostly general staff, including computer support staff, administrators, ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 23
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 9:26 am | Association of University Staff
TEU sends UC library restructuring back to review With 95 redundancies so far and a further 58 proposed, Canterbury's STAR project has now blown the top of the University of Canterbury TEU branch's change thermometer which they had been using to tally ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 22
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 12:45 pm | Association of University Staff
Secondary school rolls continue to grow The demographic baby boom passing from secondary schools into tertiary education will continue next year, according to data recently released from the Ministry of Education. The ministry's School Roll Summary Report: ... More >>
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 21
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 12:10 pm | Association of University Staff
General Staff Day and rally at Christchurch University of Canterbury union members made a noisy demonstration of solidarity for general staff facing redundancy according to the Christchurch Press . TEU branch president Megan Clayton opened the rally ... More >>
