Conference speaks up for public education
TEU will use its conference in just over a week’s time to ‘speak up for education’. We have adopted the ‘speak up for education’ theme and goals of our sister union NZEI Te Riu Roa” says TEU national...
View ArticleRally calls for education to be election issue
Instead of its usual conference dinner, TEU held a loud, vibrant rally to Speak Up for Education this Monday where speakers from many education sectors all lambasted the current government’s failure to...
View ArticleMinistry responds to funding cuts with commercialisation
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 2 The Ministry of Education released its briefing to the incoming minister to the public last week. Or, at least parts of it that are not being withheld under the Official...
View ArticleHello from Nicki Wilford
Hi, My name is Nicki Wilford and I am the new TEU organiser for Victoria University of Wellington (except for the Faculty of Education where my colleague Phil Dyhrberg is the organiser) and Whitireia...
View ArticleTEU submission on directions for education renewal in greater Christchurch
Submission of the Tertiary Education Union on Shaping Education Te Tāreinga Mātauranga Directions for Education Renewal in greater Christchurch May 2012 For further information please contact: Phil...
View ArticleTEU joins campaign to oppose class size rise
TEU has joined the campaign to prevent the government implementing its recently announced plans to increase class sizes significantly in the compulsory education sector last Friday. The Government...
View ArticleMinisters need to protect academic freedom
The former minister of education, Anne Tolley’s attack on the academic credibility of Waikato University academic Martin Thrupp has tacitly given permission for a subsequent torrent of ill-informed...
View Article100 academics challenge govt education policy
Over 100 education academics have signed a letter against the government’s plans to create primary school league tables based on National Standards. The academics say the National Standards achievement...
View ArticleTeachers’ Council role in teacher education debated
A government review of the Teachers’ Council will consider the council’s role in approving teacher education programmes and graduate outcomes, including the effectiveness of its relationship with the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ELECTION: REAP/OTEP/PTE rep on Industrial and Professional Committee
There are two candidates standing for the one position of REAP/OTEP/PTE rep on the Industrial and Professional Committee. Below is information about each of the two candidates, and an explanation of...
View ArticleGovernment to remove teachers from Teachers Council
The government does not just want to remove staff voices from university and wānanga councils, it also plans to remove school and early childhood teachers from their national professional body, the...
View ArticleTaonga welcomed home for World Teachers’ Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j45sFtTTEdo Teachers, other education staff and their communities gathered at dusk on Gisborne’s Midway beach last Sunday to welcome the return of a rākau kōrero...
View ArticleSecret NZ trade deal would harm education
A leaked document shows New Zealand has joined a small group of countries pushing for education to be included in a secret trade deal, the Trade In Service Agreement (TISA). Teachers and academics say...
View ArticleConcern over Education Minister’s disinterest in education trade deal
NZEI Te Riu Roa and TEU are very concerned about Education Minister Hekia Parata’s apparent lack of interest in the details of a secret international trade deal that would have a massive impact on...
View ArticleToo many threats to mātauranga in TPPA
Ngā tumuaki of Aotearoa’s three biggest education unions are calling on the government not to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), saying it will harm public education. Negotiations...
View ArticleNew early childhood qualification with no practicum
Private training enterprise, the New Zealand Tertiary College, is launching a new early childhood qualification that students can complete entirely online with no compulsory practical teaching...
View ArticleSchool kids will miss out under bulk funding
The government’s global funding plans for primary and secondary schools could force class sizes to rise, says TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs. Riggs says TEU supports the Better Funding campaign...
View ArticlePanel discussion on gagging of education, science and medical professionals
The growing pressure on professionals such as teachers, scientists and doctors to ”toe the party line” is being discussed at forums in Auckland this evening and Wellington on Friday. NZEI Te Riu Roa...
View ArticleTeachers’ Council role in teacher education debated
A government review of the Teachers’ Council will consider the council’s role in approving teacher education programmes and graduate outcomes, including the effectiveness of its relationship with the...
View ArticleELECTION: REAP/OTEP/PTE rep on Industrial and Professional Committee
There are two candidates standing for the one position of REAP/OTEP/PTE rep on the Industrial and Professional Committee. Below is information about each of the two candidates, and an explanation of...
View Article
