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AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.40
Thursday, 30 November 2000, 8:44 am | Association of University Staff
LIMIT TO LOYALTY OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS, SAYS AUS Parliamentarians have been warned that the loyalty of medical specialists is being tested in the face of markedly better offers from overseas. AUS highlighted the problem during a session in Christchurch ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.39
Thursday, 23 November 2000, 8:38 am | Association of University Staff
YAWNING FUNDING CHASM HIGHLIGHTED AUS representatives Rob Crozier and Margaret Ledgerton have been highlighting to politicians the huge gap that has opened up in terms of Equivalent Full Time Student (EFTS) funding over the past ten years. Appearing before ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.38
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 10:36 am | Association of University Staff
TEAC International reference group appointed A new group has been formed to advise the Tertiary Education Advisory Commission (TEAC) on international developments in tertiary education and training. The TEAC international reference group comprises ... More >>
International reference group welcomed
Tuesday, 14 November 2000, 11:54 am | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has welcomed the formation of an international reference group to assist the work of the Tertiary Education Advisory Commission (TEAC). More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.37
Thursday, 9 November 2000, 8:24 am | Association of University Staff
NORMAN KINGSBURY RESIGNS AS TEAC CHAIRPERSON AUS is very concerned at the news that Norman Kingsbury has resigned as Chair of the Tertiary Education Advisory Commission (TEAC). Dr Kingsbury is understood to have resigned from TEAC because of the pressure ... More >>
Equity funding welcomed
Thursday, 2 November 2000, 11:39 am | Association of University Staff
The Association of University of Staff (AUS) has welcomed the initiative to encourage greater Maori and Pacific Island student participation in tertiary education that has been announced by the Hon Steve Maharey. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.36
Thursday, 2 November 2000, 9:15 am | Association of University Staff
In our lead story this week….. MASSEY COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT RATIFIED Massey University staff have ratified a one-year collective employment agreement which includes a 1.7% wage increase and an assistance package for staff made redundant this year as a result ... More >>
Massey collective agreement ratified
Monday, 30 October 2000, 11:54 am | Association of University Staff
Massey University staff unions ratified a one-year collective employment agreement last Friday 27th October. Although staff gained a 1.7% wage increase, this becomes effective upon ratification rather than being backdated to the expiry of the previous ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.35
Friday, 27 October 2000, 8:16 am | Association of University Staff
VC’S SALARIES CONTINUE UPWARD MOBILITY Latest figures from the State Services Commission show the salary packages of the country's Vice-Chancellors rose by between 8% and 16% last year, with the lowest-paid – Lincoln’s Frank Wood and John Hinchcliff of ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.34
Thursday, 19 October 2000, 8:36 am | Association of University Staff
RATIFICATION MEETINGS ON MASSEY OFFER The Combined Unions team negotiating a new agreement for staff at Massey has agreed to put to a ratification ballot one of the options for settlement tabled by the university management. The proposal includes ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.33
Thursday, 12 October 2000, 12:21 am | Association of University Staff
MASSEY UNIVERSITY AND AUS REACH AGREEMENT The Association of University Staff (AUS) and Massey University have agreed that the union's litigation regarding Massey's repositioning project need not proceed. The case -- to have been heard in the High ... More >>
Cuts to VUW schools 'unsustainable.'
Tuesday, 10 October 2000, 4:34 pm | Association of University Staff
Staff at Victoria University are concerned that the University will not be able to sustain a projected $4 million cut from the operating budgets of its academic schools by the end of 2002. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.32
Thursday, 5 October 2000, 12:36 am | Association of University Staff
WORLD TEACHERS' DAY This week's issue of "Tertiary Update" coincides with World Teachers' Day. In a joint statement the Directors-General of the United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the International Labour ... More >>
Education and research have no place in trade agreements
Thursday, 5 October 2000, 12:30 am | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has today urged the Select Committee hearing submissions on the proposed free trade and investment agreement with Singapore to recommend against its ratification. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.31
Thursday, 28 September 2000, 12:45 am | Association of University Staff
CONTENTION RIFE OVER CANTERBURY LEASE DEAL "The Press" newspaper reports that the University of Canterbury Council may this week consider the controversial deal the university is negotiating to pay for capital improvements. The deal is being ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.30, 21 August 2000
Thursday, 21 September 2000, 1:09 pm | Association of University Staff
TURMOIL AT CANTERBURY A row has blown up at Canterbury University over a decision by the university executive to borrow up to $100m for capital expenditure. According to "The Press" newspaper, three Council members have refused to sign a ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.29
Thursday, 14 September 2000, 8:54 am | Association of University Staff
COMPETITION'S OUT, HAVEN'T THEY HEARD? Competition among tertiary institutions still rages despite the fact that the sector is aware the change of government means the emphasis is now on collaboration and co-operation. Massey University is continuing ... More >>
Retirement age situation clarified
Friday, 8 September 2000, 11:01 am | Association of University Staff
Chief Justice, Dame Sian Elias, has today released her declaratory judgment in the case between Otago University and its principal campus unions, the Association of University Staff (AUS) and the Public Service Association. More >>
COST CUTS STILL OF CONCERN AT VICTORIA
Friday, 8 September 2000, 10:57 am | Association of University Staff
Staff at Victoria University have reacted with cautious optimism to the release by University management of the Deficit Reduction Consultation Document. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.28
Thursday, 7 September 2000, 11:51 am | Association of University Staff
AND THE MASSEY SHAMBLES CONTINUES… Massey University Council passed a controversial resolution at its 1 September meeting that purportedly seeks to ensure that, if AUS is successful in its legal challenge to the current ‘repositioning’ project, it will ... More >>
