Supreme teaching award winner highlights inequity
TEU national president Lesley Francey says that competitive funding and tendering in tertiary education is creating perverse outcomes where top teachers are side-lined to make way for research. Her...
View ArticleNew Ako Aotearoa contract gives certainty
Ako Aotearoa, New Zealand’s national centre for tertiary teaching excellence, has signed a new five-year funding agreement with the Tertiary Education Commission. Ako Aotearoa’s job is to improve...
View ArticleStructural change needed to let academics debate publicly
Tertiary Update Vol 16 No 35 Academics have a duty and privilege to engage in public debate but they cannot fulfill that role until there are fundamental changes to the structures of New Zealand’s...
View ArticleAuckland VC wants to trim faculty admin staff
Tertiary Update Vol 16 No 36 At a University of Auckland council meeting to set fees this week the vice-chancellor, Stuart McCutcheon, responded to a question about what the university was doing to...
View ArticleFirst in Family policy a ‘game changer’
The national students union, NZUSA, has an innovative new budget proposal it believes will offer a pathway out of poverty for new students and their families. The First in Family scholarship targets...
View ArticleA night for teaching: TEU members aplenty among Ako award winners
TEU members were among the 11 individuals and a group of five academics recognised at the Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards at Parliament Tuesday night. The Prime Minister presented the...
View ArticleTeaching-only universities next big thing?
Australia’s university deregulation is sparking a conversation about the prospect of American-style teaching-only universities down under. Gavin Moodie, adjunct professor at Melbourne’s RMIT...
View ArticleClass sizes need to drop in tertiary education, too
Tertiary Update Vol 17 No 22 Labour’s new policy is kicking off a debate about class sizes with TEU calling for parties to tackle overcrowded lecture theatres. Having a smaller student to staff ratio...
View ArticleAko Aotearoa needs two new members on its governance board
Ako Aotearoa is seeking two new members on its Governance Board. For more information: https://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/ako-aotearoa/ako-aotearoa/news/information-board-applicants-%E2%80%93-2014 Ako Aotearoa...
View ArticleJacinta Ruru wins highest teaching award
Jacinta Ruru, from the University of Otago’s Faculty of Law, received New Zealand’s highest accolade for tertiary teaching at Parliament last night. She joined 11 other recipients of Ako Aotearoa...
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