3 reasons to vote this election
Here are three Bills before Parliament that have not passed their third and final vote. The next Parliament will decide if these three Bills become law or not. If you want to have your voice heard on...
View ArticleSubmission on the Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill
Submission of the Tertiary Education Union Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the “Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill” Introduction The...
View ArticleUNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching...
UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is an agency of the United Nations (UN). New Zealand is a founding member of UNESCO. Its purpose is to contribute to peace...
View ArticleEuropeans measure NZ’s academic freedom
TEU president Sandra Grey has been working with academic freedom researchers in England to ensure New Zealand and Australia are part of a major study on academic freedom. Prof. Terence Karran and Dr....
View ArticleIranian education leader arrested on way to union meeting
TEU president Sandra Grey and national secretary Sharn Riggs are off to Ottawa later this month to attend the seventh Education International World Congress. However, it seems Esmail Abdi, a leader of...
View ArticleEmployment outcomes for women worse than for men
Women and disabled people are doing far less well in employment outcomes than men without disability according to new research from the Human Rights Commission. Equal Opportunities Commissioner Dr...
View ArticleToo many threats to mātauranga in TPPA
Ngā tumuaki of Aotearoa's three biggest education unions are calling on the government not to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), saying it will harm public education. Negotiations...
View ArticleA thousand Turkish academics investigated
Turkish authorities have reportedly placed more than 1100 Turkish academics under investigation according to Scholars at Risk. The academics were arrested after they signed a petition calling on the...
View ArticleUCOL’s cull of part-time jobs hurt women
UCOL’s plan to cut many part-time jobs and replace them with far fewer full-time jobs will harm women, says TEU organiser Heather Warren. UCOL plans to cut dozens of part-time positions and replace...
View ArticleThe roadmap to financing quality public education
In response to declining investment in education, Education International has drafted a human rights-based road map to predictable, sustainable and principled education financing. The roadmap gives a...
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