Hau Taki Haere Vol 16 No 22 - Recovering UC needs wholehearted support from govt

Tertiary Update is our weekly bulletin about news in the tertiary education sector from the perspective of people working in the sector. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Recovering UC needs wholehearted support from govt Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha (the University of Canterbury) is recovering, and has the kaha (strength) to build and grow but, it needs more than half-hearted tautoko (support) from government for its role as a broadly based institution, says local TEU branch president Jack Heinemann. [Read more…] Living Wage good for employers and the economy The amuamu (argument) that a Living Wage will push up inflation and harm productivity lacks evidence. In fact the research shows, says Te Kauae Kaimahi (CTU) economist Dr Bill Rosenberg, that higher wages lead to better motivated kaimahi (workers) who put more effort and thought into their work, raising productivity and efficiency. [Read more…] Kauae runga, kauae raro TEU’s fifth annual Rā Mātanga (General Staff Day) took place yesterday at all eight universities and four polytechnics. The theme for general/allied/professional staff day this year was “Kauae runga, kauae raro – together we [general and academic] create the whole”. [Read more…] Parata wants more trades, less academics Education Minister Hekia Parata said last weekend Aotearoa’s education system is in danger of experiencing a shortage of skilled tradespeople because it is so focused on channelling tauira (students) into whare wānanga (universities) and academia pathways. [Read more…] Victoria caretakers ratify pay-rises Caretakers at te Whare  Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui (Victoria University of Wellington) are ratifying a new collective agreement today that will increase their pay by 1.2 percent and increase their range of pay rates by up to 10 percent. [Read more…] Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Other news “The evidence is clear. It’s better for babies, families and our whole country for baby to be able to spend more time at home in the first year of life.” – e-postcard to John Key A Dunedin primary school has become the first in Aotearoa to pay its entire staff a living wage of at least $18.40 an hour – New Zealand Herald Australia’s new tertiary education minister has opened the kūwaha (door) to reversing $2.3 billion in cuts to the sector following intense lobbying by whare wānanga (universities). In his first morning in the job on Monday, Higher Education Minister Kim Carr – a key kaitautoko (supporter)  of new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd – said he would be talking to whare wānanga about the issue in the context of profound budget challenges – Sydney Morning Herald Te Kuara Matakini ki Otago (Otago Polytechnic) is “delighted” with the response to its offer of free tuition worth up to $5000 for trade courses, with demand exceeding the number of places in most subjects - Otago Daily Times  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand License.  2013 Tertiary Education Union  You are receiving this email either because you are a financial member of TEU and we have added you to our mailing list, or because we have a record of you previously opting to add yourself to our mailing list. Our mailing address is: Tertiary Education Union PO Box 11 767 Wellington, Wellington 6142 New Zealand Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences