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TEU Looks Forward To Working With New SIT Chief
Friday, 23 April 2021, 4:23 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union has noted today’s announcement from Southern Institute of Technology regarding the appointment of their new Chief Executive. TEU kaiwhakahaere/organiser Daniel Benson-Guiu says “Onno Mulder, while ... More >>
TEU Welcomes SIT As The Tertiary Education Sector’s First Living Wage Employer
Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 1:58 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union welcomes today’s news that the board of Southern Institute Technology has decided to become a Living Wage employer. This means nobody who works for SIT or any businesses contracting to the institution ... More >>
Hipkins' Experience Needed To Harness Tertiary Sector Success
Monday, 2 November 2020, 4:48 pm | Tertiary Education Union
TEU welcomes the re-appointment of Hon Chris Hipkins as the Minister of Education. TEU members have high hopes that the experience and expertise the Minister brings to the sector will translate into decisive action and equitable outcomes. Both the ... More >>
Return Of International Students Gives Pause For Thought
Monday, 12 October 2020, 3:54 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The tertiary education sector continues to demonstrate it is at the frontline in Aotearoa’s recovery as the Minister of Education Chris Hipkins announces the return of international students . TEU welcomes the safe return of international students ... More >>
VUW Cuts Won’t Unclog The Covid Crisis
Thursday, 10 September 2020, 12:27 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) has barely backed down from the controversial Whiria Project with further announcements regarding cost-cutting measures, signalling significant proposed job losses. VUW has signalled a $33.5m ... More >>
Serious Racism Allegations Require Proper Investigation
Sunday, 30 August 2020, 2:12 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato University of Waikato tauira and kaimahi Māori who have raised serious allegations of institutional racism at the university have a right to a full investigation says Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union ... More >>
New Challenges Ahead For NorthTec.
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 9:36 am | Tertiary Education Union
TEU members at Northland’s NorthTec have successfully ratified their collective agreement ending lengthy negotiations with the Chief Executive. TEU members have voted overwhelmingly to accept the proposed deal, however a broader spotlight must ... More >>
Proposed Cuts At NorthTec Are A Clear Misstep
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 4:23 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Plans by NorthTec to cut jobs and close departments have come as an unwelcomed attack on staff and shocked the Northland community. Changes announced last Tuesday outline plans to review courses in Trades and International Education and have signaled the ... More >>
Massey’s Massacre Of Casuals Will Impact On All
Wednesday, 27 May 2020, 6:32 pm | Tertiary Education Union
A memorandum sent to staff at Massey University outlines plans to restrict casual staff expenditure for the remainder of 2020 in the College of Science and comes in the wake of the Massey Business School slashing their casual budget by 50%. This ... More >>
Budget Shows Promise In Tertiary Sector
Friday, 15 May 2020, 7:02 am | Tertiary Education Union
It’s great to see Budget commitments that will get more people into trades and vocational training and breathe life back into community education, says Michael Gilchrist, National President, Te Hautū Kahurangi. For over a decade TEU ... More >>
Doing More With Less – Emergency Measures Must Not Continue
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 2:58 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Te Hautū Kahurangi | New Zealand Tertiary Education Union (TEU) has released a comprehensive report highlighting systemic issues for members in the tertiary education sector during Covid-19. The report entitled Tertiary Lives | Covid-19 is the consolidation ... More >>
New TEU National Secretary Takes The Reins
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 3:56 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Dr Sandra Grey takes up the reins as the new national secretary of Te Hautū Kahurangi |Tertiary Education Union today. She takes over the role from Sharn Riggs who is retiring and who has held the role since the TEU’s inception in 2009. With a PhD ... More >>
More Needed For Learners And Their Families
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 6:51 am | Tertiary Education Union
Ākonga/Learners are some of our most vulnerable members of society and more must be done to support them at this extraordinary time says Te Hautū Kahurangi | The Tertiary Education Union. The government as part of its COVID-19 response today announced ... More >>
Te Hautū Kahurangi mourns passing of Dr Huirangi Waikerepuru
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 3:12 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Tertiary Education Union members and staff, past and present, mourn the death today of Dr Te Huirangi Waikerepuru. More >>
Time To Get Staff Involved In Deciding About COVID-19 Response
Friday, 20 March 2020, 4:07 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Wholesale changes to modes of delivery must not be made without consulting staff and students, says the Tertiary Education Union | Te Hautū Kahurangi. Today both Auckland and Massey Universities have announced that in-person teaching and assessment ... More >>
NZIST Subsidiary Board Directors Welcomed
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 4:11 pm | Tertiary Education Union
'There will need to be a new spirit of collaboration, with polytechnic boards working together with staff, akonga/learners, employers and communities, if the government’s vision of vocational education is to become a reality,’ according to Michael Gilchrist, ... More >>
Time To Show Us The Money
Friday, 13 March 2020, 10:18 am | Tertiary Education Union
“The need for a new funding model and interim measures to keep tertiary education institutions that belong to communities operating is well known. And we're not going to let up until the Government ‘shows us the money’”, says TEU’s National ... More >>
TEC Says 3% Surplus Not Required This Year
Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 2:16 pm | Tertiary Education Union
‘The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has written directly to Tertiary Education Institutions (TEIs) advising them that they are not required to to achieve a 3% surplus in abnormal situations - and COVID-19 is exactly such a situation. ‘Further, TEC ... More >>
An Attack On Workplace Rights And Academic Freedom Resisted At Massey
Friday, 6 March 2020, 3:27 pm | Tertiary Education Union
At meetings across the campuses of Massey University this week staff expressed their anger at plans to make major changes in the College of Science and other less extreme ones in other Colleges without any real room for staff input. The members of Te Hautū ... More >>
No Case For Cuts At Victoria – Tertiary Education Union VUW
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 12:33 pm | Tertiary Education Union
“Staff at Victoria were disturbed to learn through the media that the Vice Chancellor is working through redundancy planning,” said Dougal McNeill, Victoria University Tertiary Education Union Co-President. “There is no case for cuts: coronavirus ... More >>
