Pressure for back-office mergers?
TEU believes that the minister of tertiary education’s cryptic remarks last week about a possible merger of Canterbury’s tertiary institutions are most likely related to pressure he is putting on the...
View ArticleUC financial results give hope
The University of Canterbury recorded a surplus for 2011, before the impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes, of $9.5million. When insurance proceeds are factored into the result the university’s 2011...
View ArticleClosure of theatre, film, American and cultural studies at UC
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 9 Nine full time-equivalent staff will lose their jobs and more than 150 students will lose their majors and programmes at the University of Canterbury according to an...
View ArticleEmployment law changes
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 16 Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson is proposing extensivechanges to employment law, which include allowing employers to walk away from collective agreement negotiations....
View ArticleRegional polytechnics battered by government cuts
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 21 Annual reports from twelve of the country’s 18 polytechnics show that the government is drastically cutting funding to polytechnics, and especially regional community...
View Article150 more job cuts at Canterbury University
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 26 Canterbury University’s decision to cut 150 staff over the next three years is a grave mistake says TEU national president Sandra Grey. Her comments follow an announcement...
View ArticleUC hires Aussie stock-exchange company to import students
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 30 The University of Canterbury council yesterday agreed to engage with global private education provider Navitas Limited to establish an affiliated college on campus that...
View ArticleGovt invests in Canterbury TEI rebuild
The government has agreed in principle to provide capital support to Canterbury’s three Tertiary Education Institutions (TEIs) for their earthquake-rebuilding programme. “The University of Canterbury,...
View ArticleLincoln proposal rushed and flawed
TEU released its submission on Lincoln University’s wide-ranging qualification reform proposal today, outlining its concerns that the university’s proposal is rushed and flawed. TEU members and others...
View ArticleCanterbury student numbers fall
The University of Canterbury will run out of money next year, according to the Press, forcing it to borrow cash to fund its day-to-day operations. The university has already asked for government help,...
View ArticlePM to announce funding package for Canterbury University
The Press reports that Prime Minister John Key, along with Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce will make a “significant announcement” at the University of Canterbury today. Staff and students are...
View ArticleGovt pledges $260m to rebuild University of Canterbury
The prime minister has agreed to provide up to $260 million to the University of Canterbury to support its rebuild programme following the destructive Canterbury earthquakes. Most of the university...
View ArticleUncertain future for Unitec student
Tertiary Update Vol 16 No 42 A Unitec student, Simon Davis-Oakley contacted Tertiary Update this week to say that, as he enters his third ‘and most important’ year, Unitec is sacking the very lecturers...
View ArticleTEU launches funding paper ahead of budget
Tertiary Update Vol 17 No 13 This week we preview the budget with a look at how much money the sector has lost in the last five years, a new budget proposal from students...
View ArticleTen best paid bosses in tertiary education
And their lowest paid colleagues Tertiary Update Vol 17 No 44 Last week the State Services Commission announced the total remuneration for chief executives and vice-chancellors at public tertiary...
View ArticleRod Carr joins fellow travellers in San Francisco
If you were not at the glamorous Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco earlier this month you missed out on a “once in a lifetime opportunity”. Then again you probably were not invited. TEU received...
View ArticleUC hires Aussie stock-exchange company to import students
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 30 The University of Canterbury council yesterday agreed to engage with global private education provider Navitas Limited to establish an affiliated college on campus that...
View ArticleGovt invests in Canterbury TEI rebuild
The government has agreed in principle to provide capital support to Canterbury’s three Tertiary Education Institutions (TEIs) for their earthquake-rebuilding programme. “The University of Canterbury,...
View ArticleLincoln proposal rushed and flawed
TEU released its submission on Lincoln University’s wide-ranging qualification reform proposal today, outlining its concerns that the university’s proposal is rushed and flawed. TEU members and others...
View ArticleCanterbury student numbers fall
The University of Canterbury will run out of money next year, according to the Press, forcing it to borrow cash to fund its day-to-day operations. The university has already asked for government help,...
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