Policies and submissions

TEU policies

LIANZA Professional Registration Scheme (Nov 2009)
Research and degree teaching (Nov 2009)

TEU submissions

2010

Submission on the Review of Part 9 (Personal Grievances) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 31 March 2010
Submission on the Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill 31 March 2010

2009

Submission to TEC on supplementary consultation document “Reporting of results” 13 November 2009
Submission on the Draft Tertiary Education Strategy 2010-2015 6 November 2009
Submission to TEC on consultation document “Process of evaluating Evidence Portfolios” 6 November 2009
Submission on the PBRF Sector Reference Group consultation paper “Weightings” 16 October 2009
Submission on the Education (Polytechnics) Amendment Bill 30 September 2009
Submission to TEC on addressing the issue of overlapping provision 30 September 2009
Submission on the PBRF Sector Reference Group consultation paper “Pacific research” 28 August 2009
Submission on the PBRF Sector Reference Group consultation paper “Māori research – part 2 – options” 14 August 2009
Submission on the PBRF Sector Reference Group consultation paper “Managing nominated research outputs” 14 August 2009
Submission on the PBRF Sector Reference Group consultation paper “Reporting of results” 19 June 2009
Submission on the PBRF Sector Reference Group consultation paper “Māori research” 15 May 2009
Submission on the PBRF Sector Reference Group consultation paper “Evaluating Applied and Practice-Based Research” 30 January 2009
Submission on the PBRF Sector Reference Group consultation paper “Eligibility” 30 January 2009
Submission on the PBRF Sector Reference Group consultation paper “New and emerging researchers” 30 January 2009

Former ASTE policy

Code of ethics
Intellectual property (See also AUS’s Guide to Intellectual Property Rights 2005 by Geoff Mclay, pdf file, 737 kb)

Former AUS policy

Academic Freedom, Promotion and Protection

For copies of other ASTE or AUS policies please contact TEU national office 04 801 5098 or teu@teu.ac.nz

News

All rights at work under threat, Government confirms

Council of Trade Unions media release 9 September 2010 The Government is paving the way for a return to the ruthless eradication of workers’ rights according to the statement of stand-in Labour minister Pansy Wong in Parliament today, said the CTU. In response to questioning from Labour’s Darien Fenton on whether the Government was planning [...]

League tables relegate learning context

Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 34 Dr Roy Sharp told TEU last week that “We are not using a league table model.” However, what his Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has done this week is release a table of tertiary institutions ranking them from top to bottom according to how they perform against four indicators. The [...]

Redundancies continue in Otago

Tertiary education staff in Otago continue to lose jobs as the university and polytechnic push on with their restructuring plans. The Otago Daily Times reports that the University of Otago’s College of Education will designate 15 jobs redundant by the end of next year, with more position losses signalled for 2012. It also reports that [...]

University general staff to contest TEU election

Annie Barker (University of Waikato), Rui Li (Victoria University), Marian Pearson (Lincoln University) and Cerian Wagstaff (Auckland University) will contest an election for three available places for university-based representatives on TEU’s General Staff Sector Group. Robert Watson (CPIT) and Adele Wilson (UCOL) were elected unopposed as ITP representatives to the group. The election, which TEU [...]

Student fees increase dramatically

Student associations fear most tertiary institutions will increase their fees for next year by the maximum allowed by the government. Radio New Zealand reports three tertiary institutions have raised their fees for 2011 – all by the 4 percent maximum allowed by the government. NZUSA expects most other tertiary institutions will do the same. They [...]

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.

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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.

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