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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 >>
Privatisation at Unitec as 300 jobs go
Friday, 7 August 2015, 4:52 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Unitec staff learned today that up to 300 of them could lose their jobs in the next years. More >>
Health and safety bill lacks teeth
Friday, 24 July 2015, 3:07 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The government’s proposed new health and safety law will mean people continue to die at work needlessly, says TEU deputy secretary Nanette Cormack. More >>
Victoria's new council needs democratic accountability
Tuesday, 7 July 2015, 11:49 am | Tertiary Education Union
Victoria University's proposed new council will lack independence if it does not allow staff and students to elect representatives says TEU national president Sandra Grey. More >>
Lincoln council opts for elected staff representatives
Tuesday, 23 June 2015, 12:10 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Hundreds of petitions and many submissions have convinced Lincoln University to make space for elected staff representatives on its new council. More >>
Te Reo champion retires from union duties
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 2:01 pm | Tertiary Education Union
TEU kaumātua Dr Huirangi Waikerepuru (Taranaki and Ngāpuhi) will retire from his union commitments tomorrow, aged 86. More >>
Unlikely Budget will find missing billion
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 10:48 am | Tertiary Education Union
The government's Budget today is unlikely to have anything new and positive in it for tertiary education. If the government had good news it probably would have started to sing about it by now, says TEU national president Sandra Grey. More >>
Regional polytechnics can help fix 'Mixed Fortunes'
Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 10:01 am | Tertiary Education Union
The Salvation Army's Mixed Fortunes report confirms TEU's analysis that regions are missing out, says TEU national president Sandra Grey. More >>
Campaign for democratic councils launches today
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 10:35 am | Tertiary Education Union
A nationwide campaign to get one-third of seats set aside for democratically elected staff and students on university and wānanga kicks off at Otago University today at a rally with the university's registry steps. More >>
TEU votes to divest from fossil fuel
Thursday, 12 February 2015, 10:10 am | Tertiary Education Union
Divest from any companies that profit from fossil fuel extraction. That was the message yesterday from Tertiary Education Union representatives from around New Zealand to their union’s governing council. More >>
Unitec needs stability not cuts
Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 12:10 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Unitec’s plans for yet another major restructuring - before the last two have had time to bed in - are foolhardy, says TEU national president Sandra Grey. More >>
