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Universities should stop posturing
Thursday, 14 June 2001, 9:01 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
The decision by the Waikato University Council to reject the government’s funding offer in exchange for freezing fees in 2002 has been meet with cynicism by the New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA). More >>
Latest Student Loan Figures Shocking
Tuesday, 5 June 2001, 3:20 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Figures released today by the New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) show that the biggest student loan is now $167,000, $27,000 more than the highest one last year. The figures were released to the association through an Official Information ... More >>
Students’ budgets tighter than Government's
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 6:29 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students will be angry that the government has continued to deny its responsibility for unemployed students over the summer months, says the New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA). More >>
Government Offer Enough To Freeze Fees
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 3:27 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
The New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) is today calling on tertiary institutions to accept the funding increase offered in the government budget. More >>
75% Believe Tertiary Fees Already Too High
Wednesday, 23 May 2001, 2:28 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
An independent survey released today shows that the public won’t tolerate tertiary institutions increasing fees. “Tertiary institutions should be aware that if they reject the government’s fee freeze offer they will be flying in the face of public ... More >>
Vic Uni’s Billion Dollar Debt Threat To Students
Tuesday, 22 May 2001, 11:52 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Total student debt could grow by an extra billion dollars in the next ten years if all tertiary institutions followed Victoria University's threatened lead and charged students an extra $500 in fees, according to the New Zealand University Students ... More >>
Student Loan Debt Hits $4 Billion
Monday, 21 May 2001, 10:59 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
On the eve of budget week the New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) is calling on tertiary institutions to accept the government’s fee freeze offer after it has been revealed that total student loan debt has passed the $4 billion dollar ... More >>
Students Slam Public Funding Of Private Tertiary
Tuesday, 15 May 2001, 3:22 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students are backing the call of the nation’s universities and polytechnics for the government to cut funding to Private Training Establishments (PTEs). More >>
Students Used As Cash Cows - New Research
Monday, 7 May 2001, 2:12 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students have over compensated universities for the reduction in government funding over the past ten years according to new research released today by the New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA). More >>
Students aren’t as green as grass
Monday, 7 May 2001, 9:41 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students aren’t as green as grass – won’t give Nat’s “advance” a pass More >>
Government Hits Low Income Earners Again
Thursday, 3 May 2001, 4:07 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
The New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) is calling on the Government to explain the real impact of student loan policy after receiving documents released under the Official Information Act which show that low income or unemployed graduates ... More >>
Rachel, Forget Rod, have a cream bun instead!
Friday, 27 April 2001, 11:40 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Women from the Tertiary Women's Focus Group, (the women's network of the New Zealand University Students Association) are pleading with supermodel and actor Rachel Hunter not to lose any more weight to please modelling agencies. More >>
Students will continue EUB campaign
Wednesday, 18 April 2001, 9:55 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
“Students will continue to put pressure on the government to reinstate the Emergency Unemployment Benefit for all students who cannot find jobs over summer with or without the support of the Deputy Prime Minister,” said Sam Huggard, New Zealand University ... More >>
Carry A Gun The Time You Visit Grandma's
Tuesday, 10 April 2001, 3:27 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
An Opinion Piece Dayna Berghan National Women's Rights Officer New Zealand University Students' Association. More >>
Public support for student summer allowance
Monday, 26 March 2001, 8:47 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Nearly three quarters (73%) of all New Zealanders believe that all students should be entitled to financial assistance over summer if they can’t find a job, according to a Colmar Brunton public opinion survey commissioned by the New Zealand University ... More >>
Students write open letter to PM over EUB
Wednesday, 21 March 2001, 9:11 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Decisions are being made in the coming weeks by government ministers on the 2001/2002 budget allocation, and the New Zealand University Students Association has written an open letter to Helen Clark on behalf of students. More >>
Beehive Buzzing Over Student Unemployment Benefit
Wednesday, 14 March 2001, 2:36 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
“The credibility of the Labour Party as leaders of the Government is on the line as pressure mounts both inside and outside its ranks over the restoration of the Emergency Unemployment Benefit (EUB) for students during the summer period,” said ... More >>
Nation-Wide Student Fight For EUB
Tuesday, 13 March 2001, 3:32 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Pressure is mounting on the Government to reinstate the Emergency Unemployment Benefit (EUB) for students over the summer holiday period on the eve of the New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) national day of action. More >>
End Rape And Violence On Working Women's Day
Wednesday, 7 March 2001, 2:22 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
NZUSA is calling on all university women to wear black on Thursday 8 March (International Working Women's Day) and demand a world without rape and violence. More >>
Students To Have No Say
Wednesday, 7 March 2001, 2:16 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
The New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) is calling on the Government to include student representation on the Tertiary Education Commission, the proposed new body to fund, evaluate and monitor the sector recommended in the long awaited ... More >>
