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		<title>Empower locals to decide the future of WITT</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Staff, students and the local community should decide the future of Western Institute of Technology Taranaki (WITT), not an external advisor.]]></description>
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		<title>WITT and Unitec downgrades indicative of a system under strain</title>
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		<title>WITT Downgrade Indicative of a Tertiary Education System Under Strain</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[NZQA’s decision to downgrade the confidence it has in WITT's ability to provide quality education is symptomatic of a tertiary education system under immense strain.]]></description>
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		<title>WITT courses put on notice</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[WITT has decided to cut at least one course from its programme for the coming year, with another two at risk.]]></description>
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		<title>WITT members quick to find settlement</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Strong union membership at Taranaki’s WITT helped the polytechnic settle on new working conditions and pay. ]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[Pressure for funding is driving institutions to take illegal shortcuts says TEU national president Lesley Francey.]]></description>
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		<title>WITT votes on new pay system</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Tertiary Update Vol 16 No 9 TEU members at the Western Institute of Technology in Taranaki (WITT) are voting on a new, more transparent, pay system. Negotiations at WITT were late to start last year while the polytechnic dealt with the government’s level 1-2 foundations studies cuts to polytechnics. However, negotiations started properly in January [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[Victoria University’s vice chancellor Professor Pat Walsh surprised a few Wellingtonians this week when he announced he would not be seeking a third term as vice-chancellor at the university. Chancellor Ian McKinnon told the Dominion Post that the university would shortly begin looking for a replacement. He credited Pat Walsh with increasing the university&#8217;s profile on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[TEU’s national day of action opposing cuts to foundation studies campaign drew widespread publicity and a small initial victory at UCOL where several jobs were saved. As last week’s day of action took place the CEO of UCOL, Paul McElroy announced that the polytechnic would no longer be closing four programmes: the Certificate in Fashion and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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