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AUS Tertiary Update, Vol.3 No.21
Friday, 21 July 2000, 11:57 am | Association of University Staff
AUS MEETS TEAC Staffing issues had not featured in any tertiary education reviews over the last decade, the Tertiary Education Advisory Commission were told by AUS representatives this week. National President Neville Blampied, Executive Director ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol 3, No 20
Friday, 14 July 2000, 12:30 am | Association of University Staff
STATISTICS THAT DAMN The findings of a report into university funding in New Zealand since 1980 are no surprise to the Association of University Staff. Guy Scott and Helen Scott’s report shows that over the last two decades funding has declined at ... More >>
Regional development costs of Massey job cuts
Friday, 14 July 2000, 12:00 am | Association of University Staff
Association of University Staff (AUS) representatives briefed Deputy Prime Minister and Alliance Leader, Jim Anderton, on Massey University's controversial 'repositioning' and cost-cutting project yesterday. More >>
Two Decades Of Decline Continues
Thursday, 13 July 2000, 1:25 pm | Association of University Staff
Government funding per equivalent full-time university student has declined by 36 per cent since 1980, according to a report released today by the Association of University Staff (AUS) and NZ Vice-Chancellors' Committee (NZVCC). More >>
Statistics that damn.
Thursday, 13 July 2000, 11:35 am | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has today deplored the findings of a report into university funding in New Zealand. Guy Scott’s report on funding in New Zealand universities since 1980 shows an annual decline of 2.3% per student in real terms ... More >>
New Massey 'repositioning' proposals cold comfort
Thursday, 13 July 2000, 9:36 am | Association of University Staff
Massey University senior management released the second draft of their controversial 'repositioning' and cost cutting recommendations to staff today. The new proposals detail the loss of 86 full time equivalent positions mainly on the Palmerston North ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol 3. No. 19
Friday, 7 July 2000, 9:44 am | Association of University Staff
TOO MANY UNIVERSITIES? Rob Crozier, AUS Executive Director, presented the Association’s submission on the Education (Limiting Number of Universities) Amendment Bill in Parliament yesterday. The New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee also appeared. Both AUS and ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol 3 No 18
Friday, 30 June 2000, 11:19 am | Association of University Staff
AUS GAINS PN CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT The AUS gained support from the Palmerston North City Council at a meeting earlier in the week, including a resolve to ‘invite’ the University to delay the ‘repositioning’ until after TEAC’s report. A delegation of ... More >>
PN City Council support for Massey staff and stude
Tuesday, 27 June 2000, 12:11 am | Association of University Staff
A delegation of Association of University Staff (AUS) members, led by National President, Neville Blampied, and Massey Branch President, Tony Lewis, attended the Palmerston North City Council meeting on Monday evening (26th June). They were supported by ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol 3 No 17
Friday, 23 June 2000, 8:26 am | Association of University Staff
BUDGET SPIN HOLLOW FOR UNIVERSITY STAFF The positive spin on the Budget is beginning to sound very hollow for university staff in the wake of news this week of a financial crisis at Victoria University. “Financial crises at several universities mean that ... More >>
Where is "fairness, security and opportunity"?
Wednesday, 21 June 2000, 2:43 pm | Association of University Staff
Noting that last week's Budget was claimed to be about "Fairness, security, and opportunity", Neville Blampied, AUS National President, said in Christchurch today that "This positive spin on the Budget is beginning to sound very hollow ... More >>
University rescue package called for
Tuesday, 20 June 2000, 2:58 pm | Association of University Staff
The Victoria University branch of the Association of University Staff (AUS) responded today to sobering news concerning the University's financial situation with a call for reasoned and constructive analyses of the available options. More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol. 3 No. 15, 9 June 2000
Friday, 9 June 2000, 3:55 pm | Association of University Staff
MOTIONS MOVED AT MASSEY Four motions passed at a meeting of about 230 Massey staff at the Palmerston North campus this week received strong, often unanimous support. The four motions: condemned the ‘repositioning’ exercise ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol.3 No.14
Friday, 2 June 2000, 1:04 pm | Association of University Staff
************************************************************************ AUS Tertiary Update Vol. 3 No. 14, 2 June 2000 ************************************************************************ UNIVERSITY STAFF URGE SANCTIONS AGAINST FIJI SITUATION Association of University ... More >>
University staff urge sanctions against Fiji
Thursday, 1 June 2000, 4:25 pm | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has today called on its members not to take up appointments at the University of the South Pacific, not to attend academic conferences in Fiji, and not to undertake consultancy work which is not part of a ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Vol. 3 No. 13, 26 May 2000
Friday, 26 May 2000, 4:19 pm | Association of University Staff
'REPOSITIONING' IS NO POSITION Staff at Massey University yesterday found out whether they still had a job, had to reapply for a job, or no longer had a job. Of the 116 redundancies announced, 104 were from the Palmerston North campus. "This is ... More >>
Patience called for at Massey
Friday, 26 May 2000, 9:47 am | Association of University Staff
The National President of the Association of University Staff, Neville Blampied, has joined colleagues at Massey in condemning the untimely action of the Vice-Chancellor in signalling 116 redundancies among university staff. More >>
"Repositioning is no position."
Thursday, 25 May 2000, 5:36 pm | Association of University Staff
Staff at Massey University have today received one of three letters telling them they still have a job, or will have to reapply for a reduced number of jobs, or will no longer have a job, if the university's 'repositioning’ proposals are approved ... More >>
AUS Tertiary Update Volume 3, No.12 19 May 2000
Friday, 19 May 2000, 12:27 am | Association of University Staff
************************************************************************ AUS Tertiary Update Vol. 3 No. 12, 19 May 2000 ************************************************************************ NO OLDIES AT OTAGO THANKS Otago Vice-Chancellor, Graeme Fogelberg, has applied to ... More >>
ACT misleads employers
Wednesday, 17 May 2000, 4:07 pm | Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) today accused ACT of misleading employers about proposed new employment legislation. AUS University of Canterbury Branch Organiser, Marty Braithwaite, today referred to an analysis by University of Canterbury senior ... More >>
