Student leaders from universities and polytechnics around the country are converging in Wellington this week for the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) January ... Read More

TEU’s first annual conference concluded this week unanimously voting support for its members in the six polytechnics currently in dispute with their employers. Tertiary Education ... Read More

Strikes at polytechnics in Northland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Hamilton, Auckland and Porirua look set to continue for another week after employers failed to change ... Read More

An all-day strike occurred yesterday at the six polytechnics where TEU members voted last week to take industrial action unless their employers came back with ... Read More

MINISTERS ACCUSED OF INTERVENING IN ITP NEGOTIATIONS The Dominion Post reports this morning that state services minister Tony Ryall and tertiary education minister Anne Tolley ... Read More

The Tertiary Education Commission has chosen NorthTec as one of seven polytechnics that will receive capital investment funding to assist them to connect to the ... Read More

TEU national president, Dr Tom Ryan, says that parliament should vote against the minister of education’s bill to reduce the representation on polytechnic councils down ... Read More

Negotiations between employers and TEU members at the six institutes of technology and polytechnics covered by the ITP multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) have adjourned after ... Read More

Institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) are right behind the new Youth Guarantee package, announced yesterday by the Government, targeted at 16 and 17 year ... Read More

The Youth Guarantee Scheme announced yesterday delivers a much needed increase in available places for would-be students at polytechnics and institutes of technology,” says TEU ... Read More

UCOL is welcoming the new Government initiative to fund training places for young people at polytechnics, as part of a $150 million plan to wipe ... Read More

Leaked proposals to remove unions and employers from Polytechnics and Institutes of Technology (ITP) councils will be fought if they go ahead in the form ... Read More

National’s Youth Guarantee promises early school leavers free access to polytechnics and trade academies– but it won’t keep them there. Prime Minister John Key is ... Read More

National’s Youth Guarantee promises early school leavers free access to polytechnics and trade academies– but it won’t keep them there. Prime Minister John Key is ... Read More

POLYTECHNICS FACE CATCH 22 TEU president Tom Ryan says last week’s parliamentary debate on workforce up-skilling shows that the minister of education Anne Tolley is ... Read More

Student leaders from Universities and Polytechnics around the country are converging in Auckland this weekend for the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) July ... Read More

ITP New Zealand, the national association for the country’s institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs), has announced the winners of its annual awards. “The awards ... Read More

ITP New Zealand, the national association for institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs), held its annual education awards last night, to  recognise excellence in the ... Read More

SIX ITPS NEGOTIATE WORKLOAD HOURS TEU bargaining advocates spent two days last week exchanging claims with the six institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) covered ... Read More

ITP New Zealand, the national association for the country’s institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs), today announced the finalists for its annual awards. “The awards ... Read More