When asked this weekend whether a merger between Lincoln and Massey universities is ‘the most obvious outcome’, Massey vice-chancellor Steve Maharey said the door is open. During an interview on TVNZ’s Q+A show Steve Maharey said: “Well, from our point of view, the door is open. But from the point of view of Lincoln, of [...]

Tertiary Update Vol 16 No 13 Lincoln spent $1.2 million dollars last year on external consultants and has already spent a further $200,000 this year. TEU organiser Cindy Doull obtained the information from an official information request to the university. TEU members are initiating for collective agreement negotiations with Lincoln today and Cindy Doull says she would [...]

Lincoln University now plans to delete two of its undergraduate qualifications instead of the thirteen it initially proposed a few weeks ago. The university had been proposing to cut its undergraduate qualifications down to just three degrees – each sharing a common first year of study. However, after receiving critical submissions from TEU and individual [...]

Lincoln University decided yesterday that it would delete only two of its undergraduate qualifications instead of the 13 it initially proposed a few weeks ago. The university had been proposing to compress its undergraduate qualifications down to just three degrees. However, after receiving very critical submissions from TEU and individual staff members, the university is [...]

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 at the university have had just four weeks to consult on one of the most significant proposals to restructure a university in New Zealand’s recent history. Hundreds of [...]

On Tuesday 29 January 2013, the TEU organiser at Lincoln University and the TEU branch president received a copy of a proposal for a major qualifications reform from Julie Williamson, Human Resources Manager. TEU members at Lincoln University branch have a number of concerns about the proposal itself which will be expanded upon later in [...]

The consultation time-frame on a new qualifications structure for staff members at Lincoln University has half-expired and yet staff do not have the necessary substantive supporting documents and information to allow them to give an informed response TEU deputy secretary Nanette Cormack says. “We have asked the university for two weeks for the details and [...]

Lincoln University’s proposal for  qualification reform could be one of the most significant change proposals in the recent history of tertiary education, comparable to Massey’s takeover of Wellington Polytechnic or AUT’s bid for university status, says TEU’s deputy secretary Nanette Cormack. “And yet staff and students have a remarkably short time to share their thoughts [...]

Staff at quake-hit Lincoln University voted this week on new collective agreements to replace the ones that expired in June last year. Members of the two unions TEU and PSA had put forward modest proposals that the university has resisted for nearly six months.  However just before Christmas, following two well-attended union meetings, the university [...]

Lincoln University announced this week that it wants to ‘reform its portfolio of qualifications’ to strengthen its role as New Zealand’s specialist land-based university. “Our aim is to simplify and focus our offering to students and our support for the land-based industries. National and global need for specialist skills in areas such as food production [...]