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Employment law changesMay 17, 2012, 9:19 am
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 16 Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson is proposing extensivechanges to employment law, which include allowing employers to walk away from collective agreement negotiations. Cabinet approved the changes this week and they will likely go before Parliament this year. TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs says the changes will [...]
University of Canterbury closures angers indebted studentMay 10, 2012, 10:30 am
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 15 A part time student at the University of Canterbury says the university’s plan to close its theatre program will cost her $4000 of fees for a degree she can no longer complete. Sarah has told the student campaign You are UC: “If I was a [...]
No money in budget, just shuffling and cutsMay 3, 2012, 11:12 am
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 14 The prime minister, John Key, and the minister of tertiary education skills and employment, Steven Joyce, this week foreshadowed several tertiary education budget initiatives. Mr Joyce told Radio New Zealand that he would be shifting funding away from humanities and commerce towards maths, [...]
Students reject UC cutsApril 26, 2012, 10:06 am
Tertiary Update No 15 Vol 13 You Are UC, the student campaign against cuts to the College of Arts at the University of Canterbury, is holding a barbeque complete with theatrical entertainment to protest against the cuts today. You Are UC will also becollecting signatures for a petition against the cuts. [...]

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