Mentions of New Zealand Vice Chancellors' Committee in New Zealand Parliament debates
New Zealand Vice Chancellors' Committee has been mentioned in 9 parliamentary debates since November 2005.
Student Loan Scheme (Exemptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Bill
Third Reading 25 Feb 2010
HONE HARAWIRA ... and who are on approved overseas study, to also access interest-free loans. That is welcomed by the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors Committee because it recognises the internationalisation of tertiary education and reflects the increasingly international nature ...
Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 20 Oct 2010
RAHUI KATENE ... komiti Māori within the Tertiary Education Union; and Te Kāhui Amokura, the Māori committee of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors Committee, amongst a cast of thousands who petitioned Parliament to throw out this bill. We support the position of students ...
First Reading 23 Sep 2009
RAHUI KATENE ... the komiti Māori within the Tertiary Education Union; and Te Kāhui Amokura, the Māori committee of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors Committee. The membership of the last committee is, I think, of particular note. It includes Professor Mason Durie as chair, Sir Tī...
Student Loan Scheme (Repayment Bonus) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 17 Sep 2009
Hon MARYAN STREET Periodically the Vice-Chancellors Committee releases a report on the destination of graduates from universities, and that tends to chart the salary band that new ...
Education
Budget 2009—Education Funding 3 Jun 2009
Hon Maryan Street In view of the last part of her answer, how does the Minister respond to the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors Committee, which considers the university funding cuts to be so savage as to provoke it to say “Budget 2009 has dealt ...
Hon ANNE TOLLEY I disagree with the Vice-Chancellors Committee’s comments and point out to it, as I said in the House yesterday, that spending on tertiary education is to rise from $2....
Education (Tertiary Reforms) Amendment Bill
In Committee 15 Nov 2007
KATHERINE RICH ... to plan, plan, and plan again. I draw members’ attention to some of the comments made by representatives of the Vice-Chancellors Committee, which gave a very powerful submission—and I know that Minister Maharey will enjoy taking part in Vice-Chancellors ...
Dr PAUL HUTCHISON ... national resources, the national interest, and the demands of accountability.” So it was quite extraordinary when the Vice-Chancellors Committee came to the table at the Education and Science Committee and told the committee that this was one of the most damaging ...
KATHERINE RICH ... had a part in the “Raspberry Beret” video. But I will go back to the bill. If this bill is so popular, why did the Vice-Chancellors Committee come out and make such damning comments about it? Why did it say that the bill would bring in unprecedented control of ...
Tertiary Education
Education (Tertiary Reforms) Amendment Bill—Reason for Introduction 25 Jul 2007
Dr Paul Hutchison Does he agree with the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors Committee that the Education Amendment (Tertiary Reforms) Bill, as drafted, “will result in an unwarranted loss of academic ...
Dr Paul Hutchison Is the Minister not demonstrating enormous arrogance, given that the Vice-Chancellors Committee views his bill as a direct attack on academic freedom and university autonomy, and that the bill would introduce “sweepin...
Education (Establishment of Universities of Technology) Amendment Bill
First Reading 25 Jul 2007
Hon BRIAN DONNELLY ... as a university of technology. At the same time, if we read between the lines of what the chair of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors Committee told the Education and Science Committee as true, neither is it a university—yet. This is not to malign that institution,...
Research, Science and Technology
Marsden Fund—Administration 11 Oct 2006
Hon STEVE MAHAREY ... have come from across the research community, and I would include the following as the main ones: the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors Committee, the Royal Society, the Council for the Humanities, the Association of Crown Research Institutes, the Marsden Fund ...