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Further cuts for tertiary education
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 2:58 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Despite record numbers of students in tertiary education this year the government has yet again cut funding. Since this government came to office, student numbers have grown by 5,000 but government tertiary education funding has fallen by $500 ... More >>
Students protest 'black' budget
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 10:42 am | Tertiary Education Union
Students at the universities of Auckland and Victoria are planning to protest today's budget and impending to cuts to student allowances. More >>
Tertiary Update
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 9:16 am | Tertiary Education Union
Employment law changes Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson is proposing extensive changes to employment law, which include allowing employers to walk away from collective agreement negotiations. Cabinet approved the changes this week and they will likely ... More >>
University of Canterbury closure angers indebted student
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 3:10 pm | Tertiary Education Union
A part time student at the University of Canterbury says the university's plan to close its theatre program will cost her $4000 of fees for a degree she can no longer complete. More >>
University Council Reforms will Incur Unneeded Cost
Monday, 7 May 2012, 1:11 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Reforming university councils could lead to the same sort of waste and bureaucracy that similar reforms created in polytechnics, warns TEU national president Sandra Grey. More >>
No money in budget, just shuffling and cuts
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 2:44 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The prime minister, John Key, and the minister of tertiary education skills and employment, Steven Joyce, this week foreshadowed several tertiary education budget initiatives. More >>
4000 Teachers Disappear
Tuesday, 1 May 2012, 3:07 pm | Tertiary Education Union
4000 fewer full time equivalent employees in education and training than there were last year means there are fewer opportunities for people wanting to learn, says TEU national president Dr Sandra Grey. More >>
Minister’s bizarre Saudi sales pitch
Friday, 20 April 2012, 10:27 am | Tertiary Education Union
The Minister of tertiary education, skills and employment seems to have lost his marketing mojo, says TEU national president Dr Sandra Grey. Yesterday Mr Joyce gave a speech in Saudi Arabia encouraging students to come and study here at the same ... More >>
An End To Universities Massaging Their Research Rankings
Friday, 13 April 2012, 8:30 am | Tertiary Education Union
TEU members welcome the Tertiary Education Commission’s attempt to end gaming of research funding. More >>
Employment authority rejects Otago Uni's use of confirmation
Thursday, 12 April 2012, 2:02 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Employment authority rejects Otago Uni's use of confirmation TEU has just won a significant employment authority case that challenges the use of confirmation at Otago University. The employment authority found yesterday that the University of ... More >>
To the Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 5:26 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Dear Mr Joyce, We write to you to deplore the proposed closure of entire programmes and majors at the University of Canterbury. We warned you last year that, without your intervention and support, many staff at the university would lose their jobs, ... More >>
TEC must make universities come clean on PBRF rort
Monday, 26 March 2012, 2:21 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Allegations that Victoria University of Wellington is putting people out of work to increase its own research funding are the symptom of a widespread malaise in NZ universities' approaches to research funding, says TEU national president Dr Sandra ... More >>
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 8
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 11:17 am | Tertiary Education Union
Employment negotiations for thousands of university staff at seven of New Zealand's eight universities will begin in three months’ time, and union members are already working out what the main issues they need to see addressed to improve their working ... More >>
Victoria University naïve to support charter school
Monday, 19 March 2012, 7:31 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Media release Tertiary Education Union 19 March 2012 Victoria University naïve to support charter school More >>
Publishing graduate incomes is bureaucratic beancounting
Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 10:57 am | Tertiary Education Union
"The minister of tertiary education, Steven Joyce’s desire to measure and count meaningless data is flooding tertiary education with unnecessary bureaucracy," says TEU national president Dr Sandra Grey. More >>
Staff union wants Dr West to be an academic leader
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 5:23 pm | Tertiary Education Union
We hope Dr Andrew West, the new vice chancellor at Lincoln University, will see his role as leader of academics and of local people said TEU national president Dr Sandra Grey upon hearing of Dr West’s appointment. More >>
Tertiary restructure must not have narrow economic focus
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 11:31 am | Tertiary Education Union
Tertiary education is not just about science and economic development, says TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs. Ms Riggs’ comments follow news that Steven Joyce, the minister of science, tertiary education and economic development agencies is considering restructuring ... More >>
Tertiary education - are the corporate vandals at the gates?
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 3:06 pm | Tertiary Education Union
World expert on tertiary education David Robinson will be visiting New Zealand for the first time later this month and giving a series of public lectures on increasing corporatisation and privatisation of tertiary education around the world. More >>
Two Thirds Of Australian Tertiary Workers Lack On-Going Jobs
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 8:44 am | Tertiary Education Union
An Australian inquiry into casual employment has just heard from a Brisbane academic who has not had paid annual leave since 1995 . University academic Marianne Treuen told the inquest she was forced to work at several universities around southeast ... More >>
Ministry responds to funding cuts with commercialisation
Thursday, 9 February 2012, 12:09 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The Ministry of Education released its briefing to the incoming minister to the public last week. Or, at least parts of it that are not being withheld under the Official Information Act were released. More >>
