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Maharey must extend single benefit to students
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 2:32 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students are today calling on the government to extend the single benefit to all tertiary students, effectively implementing a universal living allowance. The move to a single benefit was announced in a press release from Steve Maharey today. More >>
Student needs must come first in College merger
Friday, 11 February 2005, 10:22 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Student leaders are today calling on the Christchurch College of Education and the University of Canterbury to ensure that the proposed merger between the two institutions does not disadvantage students. The decision to seek a merger was announced in a ... More >>
Scheme hides Labour’s student debt failure
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 5:52 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students are today opposing Helen Clark’s announcement on the Government’s intention to establish a savings scheme for tertiary education. More >>
New research shows student debt and fees rise
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 12:00 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Average student debt has risen by 36 percent since 2001 and fees have risen by 34 percent since according to major new research released today by the New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA). More >>
Mallard gets key facts on student loans wrong
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:01 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students are offering to brief new Tertiary Minister, Trevor Mallard, on the student loan scheme after he got key facts about student loans wrong on National Radio this morning. More >>
Student conference gears up for general election
Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 4:48 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
The New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) is holding its annual January Conference in Wellington over the next three days and top of the agenda is the campaign against student debt in the lead up to this year’s general election. More >>
Key issues at women students conference
Tuesday, 25 January 2005, 11:21 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Women students are gathering in Wellington for the next two days to discuss the campaign for pay equity, the claim to the Human Rights Commission against the student loan scheme and the place of feminism in New Zealand in 2005. More >>
Tax cuts no way to tackle student debt
Friday, 21 January 2005, 10:09 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students are today labelling Rodney Hide’s announcement that ACT would solve the student debt burden by cutting taxes as a backward step to the failed policies of the 1990’s. Mr Hide made this statement today in his ‘State of the Nation’ address. More >>
Loan burden major worry for first time voters
Thursday, 6 January 2005, 2:50 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Over two thirds of 2004 school leavers say that fee increases are affecting their decisions to undertake tertiary study, according to new research by the New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) about the tertiary study intentions of school ... More >>
Govt wrongly uses BOR To Cut Student entitlements
Monday, 27 December 2004, 10:22 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students have obtained a legal opinion from a senior Wellington Barrister that shows that the government have wrongly used the Bill of Rights Act to cut access to student allowances for married, divorced and financially independent students. More >>
Legal action over medical student fee rises
Monday, 20 December 2004, 11:40 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students are threatening to bring judicial review proceedings against today’s decision by Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) Manager Max Kerr to grant Auckland University the right to raise medical student fees by 10 percent next year. More >>
Students Furious at Doctor and Teacher Fee Hikes
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 10:14 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students are furious that the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has agreed to grant institutions permission to charge even higher fees for teachers and doctors in 2005 and warn that serious consequences will flow from this decision. More >>
Student loans to blame for brain drain
Wednesday, 8 December 2004, 2:25 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Figures released today from the Australian-New Zealand Graduate Careers Survey show that 31 percent of this year’s graduates will leave New Zealand to work overseas and that 67 percent will work in another country by the time they are 30 years old. More >>
Medical students protest against fee rises
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 8:25 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Medical students protest against fee rises and call on govt to prevent public health crisis More >>
New figures show health workers battle
Monday, 29 November 2004, 2:18 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
New figures released by Statistics New Zealand today show the additional difficulties graduates in the heath workforce face in paying back student loans and come at the same time as the Tertiary Education Commission is considering raising fees for medical ... More >>
Students welcome Code of Practice for students
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 10:42 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
“Today’s launch of the Code of Practice for an Inclusive Tertiary Education Environment for Students with Impairments: represents a positive step in ensuring quality education for all students by assisting tertiary education providers to create an inclusive ... More >>
Students lodge complaint with Auditor General
Monday, 15 November 2004, 11:32 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
The New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) is calling on the Auditor General to launch an inquiry into expenditure by public tertiary institutions on marketing in light of new figures that show tertiary education institutions have ... More >>
Conference must send message over student fees
Sunday, 14 November 2004, 4:44 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
Students are calling on this weekend’s Labour Party Conference to send a clear message to the Government that the fee increases students suffered in the last two years cannot continue. More >>
Destructive impact of student loans
Friday, 5 November 2004, 11:53 am | New Zealand University Student's Association
Student loans are ‘constricting the future potential of graduates’ and forcing graduates to leave New Zealand, delay home ownership and put off having children according to new research conducted by AC Nielsen on behalf of Study Link and the Inland Revenue ... More >>
Student debts getting bigger
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 6:14 pm | New Zealand University Student's Association
The Student Loan Scheme Annual Report tabled in Parliament today shows students are borrowing more from the student loan scheme and student debts are getting even bigger. More >>
