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Changes to equity funding will hurt Māori and Pasifika
Friday, 19 November 2010, 1:47 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The minister of tertiary education Steven Joyce has decided to base next year's Equity Funding on 2009 enrolments rather actual enrolments. Because of the significant growth in student rolls at tertiary institutions across the country that means that ... More >>
$18M advertising for students they can’t take
Wednesday, 17 November 2010, 12:06 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Universities, polytechnics and wānanga are spending millions of dollars advertising to students even though there are more potential students than there are student places in New Zealand. "Why would tertiary institutions spend all this public money ... More >>
Auckland University creates two classes of staff
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 11:15 am | Tertiary Education Union
The University of Auckland has hired over one hundred academics in the past few months under lesser terms and conditions than their colleagues doing the same work. This new casualised category of staff, Professional Teaching Fellows (PTFs), are mostly ... More >>
Student membership bill will create unfunded costs
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 10:18 am | Tertiary Education Union
Staff in tertiary institutions will be among those who suffer the practical consequences of the National Party's decision to introduce voluntary student membership, says TEU national president Dr Tom Ryan. More >>
Joyce to justify tertiary plans
Monday, 1 November 2010, 3:11 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Minister for tertiary education Steven Joyce will give his first public speech to members of the Tertiary Education Union when he addresses their annual conference next week. More >>
SSC report paints false impression
Friday, 22 October 2010, 1:37 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The State Services Commissioner's comments yesterday that there has been a big rise in the number of people earning more than $100,000 a year at universities, wānanga, and polytechnics, and that the sector needs to exercise more restraint, gives a false ... More >>
Massey to hire staff for good - not just 90 days
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 5:35 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The Tertiary Education Union announced today that it has negotiated that any new staff hired at Massey University will not be subject to a ninety day fire-at-will provision. Massey University has committed that, even if the government's introduces ... More >>
Distance learning about to become more distant
Monday, 11 October 2010, 12:32 pm | Tertiary Education Union
A funding shortfall at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand could mean student-staff ratios skyrocket as one in five academics lose their jobs. More >>
Student teachers should be supervised by registere
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 5:27 pm | Tertiary Education Union
A new Teachers Council requirement that anyone supervising a student teacher must themselves be a registered teacher should bring an end to universities pressuring staff without practicing certificates into supervising students. That is the view ... More >>
Wellington tradespeople could suffer from cuts
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 1:03 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Weltec is looking to disestablish 12 trade tutors and get its remaining tutors to move away from teaching the practical elements of their trades in workshops, to focus instead solely on classroom theory. More >>
Overseas academics won’t take the risk
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 11:41 am | Tertiary Education Union
Rather than increase labour mobility, as the government intends, the 90 day fire at-will-law will make people more reluctant to change jobs. That is the view of the TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs, in her submission to the Industrial Relations ... More >>
League tables obscure what we already know
Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 12:58 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Predictably, tertiary institutions with higher numbers of part time students, extramural students, older students and second-chance learners rank poorly compared to other universities, polytechnics and wānanga in today’s Tertiary Education Commission ... More >>
Education can't be funded on employment outcomes
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 5:13 pm | Tertiary Education Union
"The government needs to be careful when it links tertiary education funding to performance that it improves the performance of institutions rather than shutting out students who are less likely to succeed." More >>
Employment law changes will reward bullies
Friday, 16 July 2010, 9:51 am | Tertiary Education Union
The government's announcement that it intends to extent its 90 day fire-at-will legislation so that it covers all workplaces of all sizes will give bullying employers a weapon to intimidate their newest, most vulnerable, employees. More >>
Education can't be funded on employment outcomes
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 5:39 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Steven Joyce's suggestion this afternoon that tertiary funding should be linked to employment outcomes rather than academic outcomes is a dangerous path to propose. That is the view of TEU national president Dr Tom Ryan. More >>
We need an open debate about open entry
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 9:32 am | Tertiary Education Union
Open entry to universities is an important tenet of our tertiary education system and to the notion of an egalitarian society according to TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs. More >>
Management doesn't have power to close course
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 5:30 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Massey University management does not have the authority to axe the university's primary teacher education course in the Hawkes Bay. That is the view of TEU national president Dr Tom Ryan. More >>
TEU Supports MMP
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 9:35 am | Tertiary Education Union
The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) has chosen to support the campaign for MMP. TEU national president Dr Tom Ryan says unions, along with other democratic organisations, community groups, and fair-minded people played an important role during the last ... More >>
Austere Budget Limits Student Learning Potential
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 4:00 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Bill English's second budget will do nothing to enhance the innovation, learning and research going on in tertiary education institutions around the country, says TEU national president Dr Tom Ryan. More >>
Govt Needs to Open Doors for Students
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 11:02 am | Tertiary Education Union
Government needs to act quickly to make sure that thousands of young New Zealanders do not have the opportunity to learn ripped away from them, says TEU president Dr Tom Ryan. More >>
