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TEU president-elect says funding cuts have reached their limits
Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 33 Dr Sandra Grey, TEU’s current women’s vice-president, will take up the role of TEU national president te tumu whakarae next year after she was elected unopposed earlier this week. Dr Grey is a senior lecturer at Victoria University’s School of Social and Cultural Studies, where she teaches social policy and researches ways [...]
Tertiary practitioner support is complex and confused
The national centre for tertiary teaching excellence, Ako Aotearoa, has released the findings from its stock-take of tertiary qualifications and formal (and informal) support. The report, titled “Tertiary Practitioner Education Training and Support – Taking Stock“, describes what institutions are doing to build staff capability and support their development. The study shows that more than [...]
Being collective, being union pays
Wage and salary settlements results for 2009 are startling according to CTU Policy Director, Bill Rosenberg. Dr Rosenberg says the annual survey of bargaining trends reported by the Industrial Relations Centre (IRC) at Victoria University of Wellington shows that union members on a collective agreement are doing much better than other workers. The findings show, that [...]
Govt hunting down student debt ‘refugees’
The New Zealand Herald reports that revenue minister Peter Dunne has compared indebted former students who now live overseas to refugees. Mr Dunne said the government is investigating using debt collectors to recover more money from student loan borrowers living overseas. He says most borrowers who lived in New Zealand were meeting obligations to pay [...]
Otago Polytechnic to turn away students
Members of Otago Polytechnic’s council are outraged that the polytechnic will be turning away potential students because of its Tertiary Education Commission imposed EFTS cap on funding for next year is likely to fall below this year’s cap of 3,200. The Otago Daily Times reports that the polytechnic will introduce a more stringent selection process where first-year [...]
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Kia ora, I’m Dr Tom Ryan
President of the New Zealand Tertiary Education Union Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa (TEU).
Our union represents the interests of more than 12,000 workers employed in the tertiary education sector across New Zealand. The TEU is the main union in our sector. our membership includes teachers and workers employed in all occupations in universities, polytechnics, institutes of technology, wānanga, other tertiary education providers and allied organisations.
Tū Kotahi - Because we are stronger together
Together we are a stronger voice for all tertiary education workers. We believe in working hard for the students in our institutions, and being respected and paid fairly for that work. We believe in a high quality, public education system that that gives everyone a chance, and helps to build a strong economy and strong communities. We believe in working people working together to make things fairer and better for everyone.
There's a place for you:
We're a new union but we have a long history.
We're a democratic union with structure and groups to hear and represent the issues of all members." We also have a set of rules and constitution that define our democratic principles.
We actively work to promote the interests of women and Maori
We negotiate dozens of collective agreements improving the pay and conditions of our members. We also have active branches of members at institutions around the country
Our members help develop policies on a wide range of areas that allow us to influence government and tertiary education institutions.
We have a range of publications to keep members informed, including our widely-read weekly, Tertiary Update, Kua Rangona for union activists and media releases on important issues
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