Category: Tertiary Education Union

Source: Tertiary Education Union – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: VCs at risk of opting out of government’s vision, Otago uni cuts show

Vice-Chancellors need to accept that cutting jobs to meet narrow performance metrics will do nothing to help rebuild an inclusive tertiary education sector that meets the needs of all New Zealanders, the Tertiary Education Union said today. The TEU is calling on Vice-Chancellors to rethink the way they make decisions so our public universities can better […]

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Source: Tertiary Education Union – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Budget forgets that tertiary education is the foundation of the future

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s aspiration that this Budget provides a foundation for the future has been dealt a severe blow by the failure to invest further in tertiary education. Aspects of the Budget welcomed by the Tertiary Education Union include the commitment to build more houses, extend low cost GP visits, invest in rebuilding the health system, […]

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Source: Tertiary Education Union – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Mixed review for government’s approach to tertiary education

Good, but could do better. That’s the verdict of the Tertiary Education Union after six months of government efforts to reform the tertiary education sector. Launching a scorecard of the Minister for Education Chris Hipkins’ performance, the TEU said there have been hugely positive steps towards recognising the benefits public tertiary education brings to us all. […]

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Source: Tertiary Education Union – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Lockwood Smith needs to prove he’s willing to listen to students and staff

Former National Education Minister Sir Lockwood Smith needs to prove he is willing to listen to a wide range of views from students and staff as part of the Government’s Education Work Plan, the Tertiary Education Union said today. Best remembered for saddling a generation of students with unmanageable debt through the introduction of interest-bearing student loans, Smith […]

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Source: Tertiary Education Union – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: “Dear Jacinda… Staff are not the problem”

Cabinet Ministers telling staff that good working conditions are an impediment to the success of institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITP) was a mistake, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been told in an open letter published today by the Tertiary Education Union (TEU). The letter features a selection of nearly two hundred personal stories showing the lengths […]

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Source: Tertiary Education Union – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: $6 billion hole risks plunging tertiary education into a funding crisis

Students could be left without places to study in their local communities because of an emerging $6 billion funding crisis, the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) warned today. Treasury figures analysed by the TEU show that cumulative underfunding to the sector reached $3.7 billion this year from 2009 levels. Based on current figures the funding hole will […]

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Source: Tertiary Education Union – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Learning support on borrowed time as Auckland Uni VC plans major library restructure

Union members at the University of Auckland are disappointed by management plans published today to cut 45 full-time equivalent jobs in Libraries and Learning Services Te Tumu Herenga. People working in these 45 FTE positions are among the more than 114 dedicated staff members who have been told by management that their current roles will […]

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Source: Tertiary Education Union – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Minister called on to reform tertiary education funding model

Students, staff, and Vice-Chancellors have come together to call on the Minister for Education, Chris Hipkins, to work with the sector to change the existing funding model for tertiary education. Representatives at the Voices from Tertiary Education forum on 9 March 2018 at the Victoria University of Wellington called for the change as part of a wide ranging statement that sets […]

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Source: Tertiary Education Union – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Toi-Ohomai job cuts further proof Minister must fix tertiary funding model

Plans announced today by the management of Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology to cut jobs because the institution did not meet narrow funding metrics is further evidence that the current tertiary education funding model is broken and failing to meet the needs of local communities. Dr. Leon Fourie, Chief Executive of Toi-Ohomai, notified staff today of his intention […]

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Source: Tertiary Education Union – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Toolkit launched to support gender equity in the workplace

Gender equity in the workplace moved a step closer today with the launch of a new toolkit to tackle the problems holding back so many wāhine in Aotearoa New Zealand. Produced by the Tertiary Education Union (TEU), the toolkit will help people question unconscious bias in their workplace, to raise awareness of the disparities around them, and to […]

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