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Rubbish-bin for Unitec redundancy offers
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 12:25 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Letters to people working at Unitec outlining how much money they would get if they take voluntary redundancy will go in the trash this Friday. More >>
Tertiary education cuts are the important stat
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 12:11 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Cherry picking statistics from the latest OECD education survey doesn’t hide significant cuts in education spending says TEU national president Sandra Grey. More >>
Academic freedom threats more widespread than police data
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 12:09 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The case of the police withholding data from Dr Gilbert is a breach of academic freedom but not an isolated one, says TEU national president Dr Sandra Grey. More >>
Govt cannot dismiss scientists
Monday, 23 November 2015, 1:50 pm | Tertiary Education Union
When the government dismisses scientific and academic evidence it endangers the whole country, says TEU national president Dr Sandra Grey. More >>
New pay offer ends AUT dispute
Monday, 23 November 2015, 10:22 am | Tertiary Education Union
TEU members at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) have ended their strike action where they temporarily withheld assessment grades for entry into the university’s database. More >>
WITT restructuring plan breaches good faith
Wednesday, 18 November 2015, 1:57 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The Western Institute of Technology in Taranaki (WITT) is not acting in good faith and is breaching the law over its decisions to close courses, says TEU. More >>
AUT strike over salary offer
Tuesday, 17 November 2015, 12:53 pm | Tertiary Education Union
People at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) are on strike this week to achieve an improved salary offer from the university. More >>
Unitec staff hold Black Friday rally to protest cuts
Thursday, 12 November 2015, 11:20 am | Tertiary Education Union
Unitec staff will rally tomorrow morning to oppose their polytechnic’s plan to cut hundreds of jobs and privatise student support. More >>
Canterbury merger must put regional students first
Tuesday, 10 November 2015, 2:04 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The tertiary education minister’s decision today to merge Aoraki and CPIT looks like a rushed takeover, says TEU national president Sandra Grey. More >>
TEU honours courage of Jane Kelsey and Huirangi Waikerepuru
Sunday, 8 November 2015, 10:38 am | Tertiary Education Union
The Tertiary Education Union will honour Professor Jane Kelsey and Dr Huirangi Waikerepuru with awards of excellence at its annual conference tomorrow evening. More >>
Unitec privatises 55 student support jobs
Friday, 6 November 2015, 1:39 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Unitec’s plan to take jobs from 55 people who support students, and hand them to a private call centre is a travesty says TEU national president Sandra Grey. More >>
Minister needs to act faster on Aoraki merger
Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 12:51 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Staff at Aoraki and CPIT have been waiting for weeks to know if the tertiary education minister will merge their two institutions into a single new Canterbury polytechnic. More >>
Steven Joyce is breaching his own law
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 12:53 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Less than a year ago Steven Joyce passed a new education law requiring that he, as minister of tertiary education, reflect the fact when appointing people to councils of tertiary education institutions, that approximately half New Zealand's population ... More >>
Time to restore staff, student voice to polytechnic councils
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 2:29 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Restoring staff and student democracy to university, wānanga and polytechnic councils is a simple task for parliament, says TEU national president Sandra Grey. More >>
Democracy restored to Victoria University Council
Monday, 24 August 2015, 4:21 pm | Tertiary Education Union
A strong campaign by staff and students has won back democratically elected seats on Victoria University’s governing council. More >>
Council appointments lack women
Friday, 21 August 2015, 12:57 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The tertiary education minister is not appointing enough women to the governing boards of universities and polytechnics. More >>
Lincoln needs academic not executioner
Monday, 17 August 2015, 3:57 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Lincoln University’s advert for a new vice-chancellor calls for ‘superior execution skills’ but no mention at all of academic knowledge. More >>
Business case for Aoraki-CPIT merger should be public
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 2:03 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Aoraki and CPIT have given a business case for their proposed merger to Steven Joyce , the minister for tertiary education, but to no one else, including staff and students who will be most affected by the change. More >>
NorthTec teachers seek pay parity with Rotorua
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 4:37 pm | Tertiary Education Union
NorthTec teaching staff start employment negotiations this week looking to catch up with other polytechnic teachers across the country. More >>
$4 gender pay gap growing faster than inflation
Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 10:15 am | Tertiary Education Union
The gap between the hourly pay rates of men and women grew by another 30 cents last year. More >>
