students Archive

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  Warming up Re-Orientation - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  I’m on the road touring New Zealand’s universities for Re-Orientation Week talking to students about the issues facing them. I’m also investigating cold flats in various towns and hosting “flat warming parties” to talk about my warm healthy rental campaign. I love getting out and about talking to people. We’re handing out these neat Green-branded [...] read more
  July 15, 2011 12:18 pm - 6 Comments
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  Lows and Highs in Christchurch - by Keith Locke

  
  
  
  Last week I spent some time in Christchurch, with family and friends, and went door-to-door distributing food and advice with the Green team in the hard-hit suburb of Aranui. Everyone is suffering trauma of one sort or another. My friend, who was in the Cathedral Café when the rocks came down. My relations with badly [...] read more
  March 5, 2011 5:09 pm - 5 Comments
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  Student Volunteer Army defeats student stereotype - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  Today I got to spend time with the students and organisers behind the Volunteer Student Army in Christchurch as they wound down major operations. Organised by Canterbury students, the student army recruited hundreds of volunteers, including a Green Party contingent to shovel liquifacted soil, leaflet, and door knock in areas badly affected by Christchurch’s devastating [...] read more
  March 4, 2011 5:55 pm - 122 Comments
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  VSM: a very silly measure - by David Clendon

  
  
  
  Last year Heather Roy’s (formally Roger Douglas’) Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill was drawn from the members bill ballot. The bill which was badly drafted when it entered the ballot biscuit tin emerged from select committee still in a shocking state. Tonight it comes back to the house for committee stages and we will [...] read more
  December 8, 2010 7:01 pm - 18 Comments
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  Universities under pressure to keep wages low - by Metiria Turei

  
  
  
  The Tertiary Education Union reports today that some universities are under great pressure to keep the wages and salaries of university staff as low as possible. The government’s document Expectations for Pay and Employment Conditions in the State Sector seems to be placing pressure on many tertiary-education institutions to depress wages rather than face explaining [...] read more
  March 19, 2009 5:24 pm - 49 Comments
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  Student debt – borrowing to live - by frog

  
  
  
  Yesterday’s discussion about tertiary debt focused heavily on the stereotypical law, medicine or business students, forgetting at times that there are many thousands of student studying hairdressing, plumbing, nursing and other skills or trades. (And let’s not forget that there is no such thing as stereotypical law, medicine or business student who can easily pay [...] read more
  March 6, 2008 8:39 am - 9 Comments
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  Three views on student debt - by frog

  
  
  
  Jackson Wood, the Politics Editor for Victoria University Student Newspaper, Salient asked a bunch of politicians who came up to Vic Uni several questions including the following: ‘Student living costs have not moved up in about 10 years. Most students have less than $10 to spend after they have paid rent. What do you suggest [...] read more
  March 5, 2008 10:25 am - 36 Comments