Yesterday Steven Joyce, the minister of tertiary education said that he was "acutely aware of how important better educational outcomes for our young people are to strengthening our economy for the future" but then went on to say "it is highly unlikely that there will be any signif

The minister of tertiary education has rightly identified the need for greater accountability in spending on tertiary education, says TEU national president Dr Tom Ryan.

John Key needs to stop his attacks on our polytechnics, says TEU national president Dr Tom Ryan.

The decision by UCOL council last week to not guarantee a place on its future councils for either students or staff is the absurd but unsurprising consequence of recent anti-democratic government legislation, says TEU National president Dr Tom Ryan.

The appointment of a new minister of tertiary education confirms that tertiary education is too big a job for a minister who already carries other significant portfolios, said TEU national president Dr Tom Ryan.

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.

The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has been approaching universities seeking their help to prevent foreign states getting their hands on technology associated with weapons of mass destruction.

Industrial action including strikes continues today at some of the six polytechnics covered by the ITP MECA. Union members resumed industrial action earlier this week after mediation between them and their employers failed to resolve the long-running dispute.

Tevita Koroi, president of Fijian Teachers Association and president of the Council of Pacific Education (COPE) will speak at the TEU annual conference next week. Mr Koroi is being unfairly victimised by the Fijian government says TEU president Tom Ryan.

21 August 2009 - TEU national president, Dr Tom Ryan, says that parliament should vote against the minister of education's bill to reduce the representation on polytechnic councils down to just eight, most of whom will be ministerial appointees, including the council chair.