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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 >>
Celebrating General Staff Day at tertiary institutions
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 1:26 pm | Tertiary Education Union
They make up nearly half of the people working in our universities, polytechnics and wānanga. They go by a range of names: general staff, professional staff, allied staff, technicians, librarians, administrators, cleaners and maintenance, and more. ... More >>
Ako awards showcase world class tertiary education system
Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 8:47 am | Tertiary Education Union
TEU congratulates the 12 recipients of Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards, many of whom are TEU members. More >>
Tertiary Update
Thursday, 28 June 2012, 10:13 am | Tertiary Education Union
Tertiary Update is our weekly bulletin about news in the tertiary education sector from the perspective of people working in the sector. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . More >>
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 21
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 12:21 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Tertiary Update is our weekly bulletin about news in the tertiary education sector from the perspective of people working in the sector. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . More >>
Regional polytechnics battered by government cuts
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 3:06 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Annual reports from twelve of the country’s eighteen polytechnics show that the government is drastically cutting funding to polytechnics, and especially regional community polytechnics. Across the twelve polytechnics that have released their 2011 ... More >>
Antagonistic minister inflamed protestors
Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 2:46 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The University of Auckland Branch of the Tertiary Education Union condemns the action of police, which involved excessive use of force when faced with peaceful student protest and the use of tactics known to incite rioting. Police arrested 43 students ... More >>
Tertiary Education's Sub-Zero Budget
Thursday, 31 May 2012, 1:22 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Last week's Budget delivered a slight decrease in funding for tertiary education, down from $4 billion last year to $3.9 billion this year. Treasury forecasts that funding will continue to remain below 2009 levels ($4.5 billion) through until at ... More >>
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 >>
