Calls for targets over ‘unacceptable’ pay gap
Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner (EEO) Dr Jackie Blue is receiving TEU support in her call for targets to close the 17.1 per cent gender pay gap in the public sector after muted progress on...
View ArticlePoliticking stalls paid parental leave bill
Tertiary Update Vol 17 No 20 Late last night National MPs stalled the final reading of Sue Moroney’s paid parental leave bill which extends leave to six months. It is thought the move was deployed to...
View ArticleDiplomats, alleyways and rape culture: How safe are our students?
Trigger warning: This story deals with sexual assault and may be triggering to some people. A spate of recent attacks on Victoria University students has students and staff asking how safe New...
View ArticleGovt gives $107m for Lincoln buildings, $0 for staff
Hau Taki Haere Vol 17 No 24 The government has agreed to give up to $107.5 million in capital funding toward the rebuilding of Lincoln University’s science facilities destroyed in the Canterbury...
View ArticleWomen scientists missing in last author spot
It matters that women are significantly less likely to be the last named author (the principal investigator) on papers than their male colleagues.
View ArticleMassey’s anti-rape advice reinforces wrong culture
Massey University's well-meaning advice that women wear sensible shoes after dark to avoid rape misses the mark and reinforces rape culture, says TEU women’s vice-president Cat Pausé.
View ArticleTEU VICTORIA UNIVERSITY BRANCH NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER 2014
TEU Victoria University Branch Newsletter – September 2014 In this issue: AGM-a-calling: Welcome from the Branch President Ask them Anything: TEU Presidential Election Election Special: Union members...
View ArticleWomen invoice Treasury for $300 million
Women members of the Public Service Association (PSA) took an invoice for $294,827,136 to the Treasury this week, representing the 14 percent gender pay gap in the public service. Erin Polaczuk, PSA...
View ArticleNicola Gaston: Why Science is Sexist
Nicola Gaston came back to Wellington this week for International Working Women’s Day and gave a talk on her new book, Why Science is Sexist. Gaston’s book, which is available from Bridget Williams...
View ArticleReviews, restructuring and redundancy: an insecure sector exposed
Tertiary Update Vol 17 No 18 Three out of five tertiary education workers believe their jobs will be restructured within the next two years, and 30 percent believe they will be made redundant,...
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