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Tertiary bosses had profitable 2008
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:17 am | Tertiary Education Union
Some large remuneration increases for the chief executives and vice chancellors in the tertiary education sector during 2008 are revealed in the State Services Commission’s just released Annual Report. The University of Auckland’s vice-chancellor saw his ... More >>
More strike at North Island Polytechnics
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:12 am | Tertiary Education Union
Staff at the six polytechnics that had been on strike during September have resumed industrial action after mediation between their employers and them failed to resolve the dispute. 950 union member academics at NorthTec, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Waikato ... More >>
No youth guarantee choice in Taranaki
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 5:01 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Taranaki is the only region in New Zealand where youth guarantee students won’t have the choice to attend a high quality, publicly-owned tertiary education provider. The 30 youth guarantee places provided for 16 and 17 year olds in Taranaki have all ... More >>
Education Union Worried That Dispute Will Linger
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:02 am | Tertiary Education Union
With the employment dispute at six polytechnics now in its second week Tertiary Education Union members are worried that it could linger into and beyond the holiday period. Staff at NorthTec, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Waikato Institute of Technology, and ... More >>
Strike looms at Nelson Marlborough Institute
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 9:39 am | Tertiary Education Union
Strike looms at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Teaching staff who are union members at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) have voted by a 96 percent majority to take industrial action in protest at a zero percent pay ... More >>
Polytechnic staff vote to strike
Thursday, 10 September 2009, 2:02 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Tertiary Education Union members at six polytechnics have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action. More >>
Bullying ministers need to stop interference
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 10:19 am | Tertiary Education Union
It is outrageous that senior government ministers are undermining good faith employment negotiations says TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs. Ms Riggs was responding to news that State Services Minister Tony Ryall and Tertiary Education Minister Anne ... More >>
Polytechnics need a single voice
Thursday, 27 August 2009, 3:53 pm | Tertiary Education Union
TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs is disappointed to learn that Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics New Zealand Inc (ITPNZ) is splitting its advocacy and quality assurance work between two separate bodies. More >>
SSC interfering in good faith bargaining
Thursday, 27 August 2009, 1:22 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The State Services Commissioner is overstepping his role in the tertiary education sector. Instead of carrying out his role of being consulted, he is exercising a power of veto over proposed tertiary education sector settlements that have been negotiated ... More >>
University staff rally to save social sciences
Monday, 24 August 2009, 4:12 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Staff, alumni and students at the Victoria University of Wellington will be rallying tomorrow to protest planned cuts to its Social Sciences Research (SSR) programme. More >>
Don’t amputate polytechnics from their communities
Friday, 21 August 2009, 12:13 pm | Tertiary Education Union
TEU national president, Dr Tom Ryan, says that parliament should vote against the minister of education’s bill to reduce the representation on polytechnic councils down to just eight, most of whom will be ministerial appointees, including the council ... More >>
Illegal NZ shows need to rein in private education
Friday, 21 August 2009, 12:04 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Last night’s episode of Illegal NZ, where journalist Tony Wall exposes a qualifications-for-cash scam at a New Zealand private training institution, is a warning about the dangers of for-profit education says TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs. “It’s disappointing ... More >>
Heavy-handed SIS spies threaten academic freedom
Monday, 10 August 2009, 8:55 am | Tertiary Education Union
“We cannot afford to have a society where the SIS is spying on academics who are simply doing their job,” says TEU president Dr Tom Ryan. “News that a highly-respected University of Auckland professor of law Jane Kelsey has been spied on by the SIS ... More >>
Plumbing course downgrade risks public safety
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 11:49 am | Tertiary Education Union
“The quality of trades education, and ultimately the safety of the public, are is under threat as a result of recent moves by the Plumbing, Gasfitting, Drainlaying & Roofing Industry Training Organisation (ITO),” says TEU president Tom Ryan. Recently, ... More >>
ACE is a vital link in our education chain
Monday, 3 August 2009, 4:40 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Tertiary Education Union national secretary Sharn Riggs is offering her support to those who will be rallying this week to oppose cuts to adult and community education. More >>
More polytechnic spaces for young people welcome
Monday, 3 August 2009, 12:02 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The Youth Guarantee Scheme announced yesterday delivers a much needed increase in available places for would-be students at polytechnics and institutes of technology,” says TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs. “Creating 600-700 new places for young ... More >>
Waikato Uni cuts hope for aspiring students
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 9:21 am | Tertiary Education Union
Waikato Uni cuts hope for aspiring students Following pressure from the Tertiary Education Commission, the University of Waikato is considering disestablishing its pioneering Te Timatanga Hou and Certificate of University Preparation programmes. These ... More >>
Canterbury must not misuse PBRF
Friday, 17 July 2009, 9:37 am | Tertiary Education Union
News in today’s Education Review that University of Canterbury is looking to fine colleges that do not have enough research active staff is a further worrying sign that universities are misusing PBRF information, says TEU deputy secretary Nanette ... More >>
Schools should cherish free education
Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 11:09 am | Tertiary Education Union
It is time public and integrated schools put an end to the pretence around voluntary donations and committed to the spirit as well as the legal requirement to provide free education says TEU communications officer Stephen Day. “People working in ... More >>
Māori tertiary students need funding, not words
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 10:45 am | Tertiary Education Union
“Minister of Māori affairs, Dr Pita Sharples is right to open up a debate about the low rate of progression by Māori students into universities”, says TEU president Tom Ryan. “There can be no doubt that creative solutions have to be found to increase ... More >>
