The state of the public tertiary education sector survey

This research makes for disturbing reading. It details the ways in which our current, market based tertiary education system continues to attack, and erode the expression of professional values by staff in the sector. But it also reveals the human relationships that are at the heart of tertiary education. It shows us how we can support those relationships and the values they embody. And it exposes the changes we have to make if the full life-changing potential of tertiary education is to be realised. Conditions of work for staff are conditions of learning for students – and equally, they are the conditions of production for research and innovation. This report from the frontlines makes one thing absolutely clear: we must improve those conditions This research is an invaluable resource for all those concerned with the future of our sector. It should be used by staff and student advocates at all levels, by policy makers, officials and politicians, by industry and professional bodies, by employers, parents, whanau and iwi. We in Te Hautu Kahurangi, the Tertiary Education Union of Aoteroa New Zealand, are very proud to present this document. We hope that it receives the study and attention it assuredly deserves.