"Victoria University is proposing to cut four academic staff positions from its flagship School of Government - while failing to consider the impact on students, the public sector and the School's future," said Tertiary Education Union organiser, Michael Gilchrist, today.

As orientation weeks around the country wrap up this week, tertiary students can take heart that the wider community supports strong student services and maintaining their quality of education.

The Labour Party is right behind the New Zealand Students' Association campaign to save their services, says Labour Tertiary Education Spokesperson, Maryan Street today.

A broad coalition of community, student and union groups launched a campaign today to save student services from ACT MP Roger Douglas's bill.

New Green Party MP and Tertiary Education spokesperson Gareth Hughes today welcomed the launch of a national campaign to 'Save Our Services' from Roger Douglas' voluntary students' association membership Bill.

Tertiary Education Union members at the six polytechnics that have been in negotiations for nearly a whole year now, have again rejected their employers' latest employment offer. Instead they are seeking facilitation under the Employment Relations Act.

The six tertiary institutions involved in the multi employer collective agreement (MECA) negotiations with the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) believe progress has been made despite no settlement from the latest round of negotiation.

The 2025 Taskforce's prescription for tertiary education assumes that New Zealand can reach the Taskforce's goal of economic parity with Australia by educating fewer people and lowering the quality of the public education that New Zealanders receive.

Statement from: USU Students' Association at Unitec

Unitec lecturers have threatened to withhold students' marks as part of the on-going industrial action.

19 NOV 2009 - The University, in partnership with the tertiary education sector unions, is to undertake a pay and employment equity review to determine the extent to which gender affects women's pay and employment experiences, and to find ways to remove barriers and achieve better outcomes for al