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The Open Polytechnic

Organiser

Phillip Dyhrberg

Email phillip.dyhrberg@teu.ac.nz

PO Box 11 767 Wellington 6142,
Level 8 Education House, 178 Willis St, Wellington 6011
Tel 04 801 5098
Email wellington@teu.ac.nz

Branch Chair

Chris Burns

chris.burns@openpolytechnic.ac.nz

04 914 5261

Employment Agreement

The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (TOPNZ) collective agreement to 08 July 2012

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  • More trades academies announcedSeptember 8, 2011, 9:48 am

    Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced the ten new Trades Academies, which are to open around New Zealand from 2012, providing practical skills training for secondary school students while allowing them to study for NCEA credits and tertiary qualifications. Mrs Tolley also announced this week that Christchurch is to have [...]

  • Surpluses at public institutions raise questions about prioritiesJuly 14, 2011, 11:16 am

    Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 25 Ministry of Education statistics show the average surplus as a percentage of revenue at public tertiary education providers climbing dramatically from 1.9 percent in 2006 to 5.2 percent last year. In 2006 public tertiary education providers made a combined surplus of $66 million on revenue of [...]

  • Open Polytechnic student-staff ratio skyrocketsOctober 14, 2010, 11:14 am

    A funding shortfall at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand could mean student-staff ratios skyrocket as one in five academics lose their jobs. The polytechnic has released a review of faculties that proposes disestablishing nearly thirty of its 146 full time equivalent lecturers.  The proposal, if it goes ahead, will see [...]

  • Distance learning about to become more distantOctober 11, 2010, 10:21 am

    A funding shortfall at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand could mean student-staff ratios skyrocket as one in five academics lose their jobs. The polytechnic has released a review of faculties that proposes disestablishing nearly thirty of its 146 full time equivalent lecturers.  The proposal, if it goes ahead, will [...]

  • Court tells TOPNZ its 34 hour weeks for union membersMay 27, 2010, 12:16 pm

    Tertiary Update, Vol 13 No 19 The Employment Court has found that a staff member at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand who subsequently joined the union was entitled to work 34 weekly duty hours as specified in the collective employment agreement, rather than the 36 hours he earlier agreed [...]

  • Govt focused on trades training for teenagersFebruary 11, 2010, 11:11 am

    Prime minister John Key noted in his opening address to parliament that his government would be placing significant emphasis this year on ensuring that secondary-aged pupils have greater opportunities to learn trades and practical skills. “We don’t accept that a university education is a prerequisite for a good job, and [...]

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  • Dept of Labour predicts Māori education jobs at riskJanuary 21, 2010, 10:10 am

    Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 1 A Department of Labour report,” Māori in the New Zealand Labour Market, shows that there has been a strong growth of Māori employed in education, including tertiary education, over the last five years. However there are likely to be job losses for Māori education workers [...]

  • Govt readies NZ for spending cutsDecember 3, 2009, 9:35 am

    The government’s forthcoming Tax Working Group cannot help but appear moderate in contrast to” the widely derided Taskforce 2025, headed by ex-national party leader Don Brash, which released its recommendations earlier this week. The TWG is set to release its recommendations by the end of this year, and is tipped by [...]

  • Five new trades academies with more to comeOctober 22, 2009, 9:20 am

    Education Minister, Anne Tolley, announced last week the five successful applicants selected to open trades academies in 2011, two of which will be based at Waikato and Wellington institutes of technology. Trades academies are part of the government’s Youth Guarantee programme. “They’ll provide more career choices for 16 and 17 [...]

  • Minister announces youth guarantee providersSeptember 24, 2009, 1:32 pm

    Tertiary education minister Anne Tolley announced yesterday the twenty eight tertiary education providers that that will be funded to deliver Youth Guarantee programmes next year. The 28 providers will provide places for 2000 student places across New Zealand in 2010 and 2011. In return the government is providing funding of [...]

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