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Directive to Auckland VC is attack on academic freedom
Monday, 19 November 2012, 11:18 am | Tertiary Education Union
Steven Joyce’s threat to cut the University of Auckland’s funding unless it teaches what he wants is a direct attack on academic freedom, says TEU national president Sandra Grey. More >>
Government funding cuts strips tutors from Manukau
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 11:53 am | Tertiary Education Union
The Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) is looking to cut courses and staff in its English, foundation studies, business services, horticulture, automotive and trades schools. The cuts follow a decision by the Tertiary Education Commission several ... More >>
Waikato Scholar Wins Academic Freedom Award
Friday, 9 November 2012, 12:04 pm | Tertiary Education Union
TEU will hold its inaugural Awards of Excellence ceremony next week. Among the recipients will be Professor Martin Thrupp from the University of Waikato, who will win an award for his defence of academic freedom. More >>
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 39 - Napier and Gisborne Cuts
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 10:48 am | Tertiary Education Union
Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) is planning to cut courses and staff after the government’s decision to strip tens of millions of dollars of foundation-level funding from regional polytechnics around New Zealand. Overall, EIT told staff it ... More >>
Napier and Gisborne Suffer Polytechnic Cuts
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 2:14 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) is planning to cut courses and staff after the government’s decision to strip tens of millions of dollars of level 1 and 2 funding from regional polytechnics around New Zealand. Overall, EIT told staff it ... More >>
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 38 - Proposed new employment laws
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 11:04 am | Tertiary Education Union
Proposed new employment laws to drive down work-rights Proposed new employment laws announced by the government this week make it easier for employers to walk away from negotiations and harder for workers to take industrial action. The Government also ... More >>
Sacked workers have right to know why
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 12:43 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Last year TEU members won an important legal case against Massey University that allowed workers who were being sacked during a restructuring of their job to see the information their employer was using to sack them. More >>
UCOL announces large cuts in wake of funding cuts
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 10:10 am | Tertiary Education Union
UCOL is preparing to close 23 of its 110 programmes after learning that the Tertiary Education Commission has cut $2.6 million from its budget next year. More >>
Govt funding cuts to blame for losing learning opportunities
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 12:02 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Tertiary Education Union Media release 24 October 2012 Govt funding cuts to blame for losing learning opportunities More >>
Open Polytechnic teachers vote for industrial action
Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 3:08 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Lecturers at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand have voted to take industrial action, after their employer tried to cut their research and development time in half. More >>
Fee Rises Outpace Inflation
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 11:12 am | Tertiary Education Union
The current round of fee rises that university councils are announcing is another sign the government’s cuts to education are unsustainable says TEU's University of Auckland branch president Paul Taillon. More >>
Cheapest is not necessarily best
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 11:44 am | Tertiary Education Union
Cheapest is not necessarily best Details of which institutions received funding to provide level 1 and 2 tertiary education courses next year show that the Tertiary Education Commission is favouring those providers that have promised to deliver the ... More >>
Waikato general staff win new pay rates
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 10:13 am | Tertiary Education Union
TEU organiser Megan Morris hopes a new collective agreement at the University of Waikato will make it easier for general staff to seek and gain higher rates of pay. The collective agreements include two pay increases of 1.2 percent each over the ... More >>
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 34 - The Duty to Conclude
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 12:36 pm | Tertiary Education Union
A government proposal to remove the duty on employers to conclude bargaining might sound like a minor matter but it is vitally important, according to TEU president-elect Lesley Francey. “The result will be more people on individual employment agreements ... More >>
Polytechnic Cash Given To Private Businesses
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 9:53 am | Tertiary Education Union
The government has stripped $12 million out of New Zealand's public network of polytechnics and gifted it to private for-profit companies. More >>
Public Universities: Be Wary Of Charter School Lobbyists
Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 10:03 am | Tertiary Education Union
New Zealand’s public universities are letting big business and overseas political lobbyists dupe them into endorsing bad education policy, says TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs. More >>
TEU Elects First Polytechnic President
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 3:09 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Lesley Francey from the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) will be the new president of the Tertiary Education Union next year, after the union’s members elected her in a ballot over the last fortnight. Lesley Francey beat the other candidate, Richard ... More >>
South Auckland panel to challenge tertiary education policy
Friday, 10 August 2012, 10:48 am | Tertiary Education Union
Staff, students and politicians will gather at the Manukau Institute of Technology to speak up for New Zealand’s tertiary education system next Monday. The Tertiary Education Union is hosting a panel discussion on 13 August looking at the future ... More >>
TEU launches anti-bullying in the workplace website
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 6:55 pm | Tertiary Education Union
TEU launches anti-bullying in the workplace website TEU’s national council will launch a website focused on dignity and respect at work tomorrow. The union hopes it will become a tool to prevent bullying and harassment in tertiary education workplaces. More >>
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 26
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 10:17 am | Tertiary Education Union
Canterbury University's decision to cut 150 staff over the next three years is a grave mistake says TEU national president Sandra Grey. Her comments follow an announcement from the university's vice-chancellor Rod Carr that his management team will cut ... More >>
