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Tertiary teachers go on strike at six sites
THE workload is increasing – but the pay is not, is what it boiled down to today, as 950 teaching staff took industrial action at six of the country’s government-funded tertiary education institutions....
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Polytechnic pay/hours talks break down
DON CAMPBELL Pay talks between polytech tutors and their tertiary employers have broken down after the parties failed to reach agreement on rates and hours. Members of the Tertiary Education Union...
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By Lee Stace. Video by Carl Suurmond. PRINCE Edward got more than one performance when he visited the Whitireia Performing Arts Centre in Wellington yesterday – one highly orchestrated, the other...
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Withholding student marks may be illegal
WHITIREIA Community Polytechnic tutors may be breaking the law if they choose not to return students’ marks, says polytech deputy chief executive Arthur Graves. But the Tertiary Education Union (TEU)...
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MMP supporters like ‘like’, while their opponents tend to ‘tweet’
SLOGAN TIME: Campaigners in support of MMP prepare posters for a demonstration. IF you’re for keeping MMP, your social medium of choice is likely to be Facebook. Those against seem to Tweet. That’s the...
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If it weren’t for polytechs where would we be?
A SONG and dance on Cuba St this week was used to attack the National Government’s handling of New Zealand’s education system. A live band was led by Dr Sandra Grey, who showed her talents were not...
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