Election 2011
If you intend to vote for this government next election you need to tell it to change its tertiary education policy, because at the moment, good people are missing out on the chance to learn. Funding has fallen, institutions have been consistently reorganised so they are in a constant state of flux, students have been excluded from decision-making, community representatives have been prevented from having a say in the governance of their local tertiary institutions and staff workloads are continuing to grow.
New Zealand has a world-class tertiary education system with world-class people teaching and researching for it. But our tertiary education system should not have to withstand this onslaught.
Speak up for education rally, Nov 21, Cuba Mall, 5pm.
Support high-quality public education? Want politicians who stand up for high-quality public education? Well, join us then for a flaming extravagant musical and theatrical protest. Just six days before the general election we’ll be telling politicians of all persuasions and predilections that it is time to speak up for education [Read more...]
TEU tells govt it needs to change its policy
TEU council has agreed to campaign to highlight the detrimental effect that the current government is having on public tertiary education. “Virtually every major policy that this government has introduced in its two and half years of power has been bad for public tertiary education,” Said TEU national president Dr Sandra Grey. “Funding has fallen, [Read more...]
TEU-NZUSA enrolment campaign kit
We want to get 18-24 year old tertiary students on the electoral roll so they can vote in the general election and referendum in November. There are nearly 250,000 potential voters who did not enrol last election. There are a further 250,000 people who enrolled but did not vote last election [Read more...]
Thousands of tertiary staff may not yet be enrolled to vote
TEU national president Sandra Grey is concerned that thousands of TEU members may not get to have their say on important tertiary education issues at this year’s election because they are not enrolled to vote. TEU has matched its membership database with the electoral roll and only been able [Read more...]
Campaign for MMP
At the 2011 general election New Zealanders will be asked to vote on whether to keep MMP as our voting system. MMP is the fairest and most representative voting system available to New Zealanders.
Let’s keep MMP and make it even better! [Read more...]
Forecast tertiary education funding vs forecast inflation
A graph showing the cuts to tertiary education funding since 2009 and continuing through until 2015. Please feel free to share it with members, at meetings, in powerpoint displays, in emails, or with anyone else interested in tertiary education prior to the election. The data is taken from the Treasury’s own forecasts at the time [Read more...]
Student:staff ratios 2008-2010 graph
One way to hide cuts to funding is to stick more students in each tutorial, lecture and class. But, after a while students and staff start to notice. [Read more...]
Vote Fairness – CTU election campaign
Vote Fairness is the CTU’s campaign to ensure everyone is enrolled and gets out to vote on the 26th – and that we all understand what’s at stake.
There are already some important issues that the current Government isn’t handling well– the cost of living, job security, cuts to public services and privatisation. [Read more...]
Keep New Zealand Working – PSA
New Zealand’s public services are among the best and leanest in the world. Yet the government has cut thousands of jobs, putting a strain on vital services. Many more cuts are planned. [Read more...]
