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Tertiary Education Union organiser Ben Schmidt says the planned cuts have "absolutely shocked and infuriated" members.

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Staff fear Massey University is preparing to make significant job cuts, with proposed new rules that will eliminate some courses. First published...

Staff fear Massey University is preparing to make significant job cuts.

OpenAI’s AI language model GPT-4 was announced this week, but the company has been criticized for not sharing more about how it was created. These complaints come at a time of increasing fears among AI experts about safety.

Here's a look at what a national emergency agency could consist of, and how it would be different from what's already in place to deal with disasters like wildfires.

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Professor Rat Catchers are apparently a new thing at Massey University. In an email the varsity's told staff they're responsible for disposing of dead rodents and vermin in traps that are in the buildings they work in. And it's also their job to lock and load the traps with yummy peanut butter. It follows on from cuts to non-academic staff including maintenance and campus trade people. Tertiary Education Union organiser Ben Schmidt talks to Lisa Owen.

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EU members at Massey University are bitterly disappointed that the Vice-Chancellor has continued to push ahead with disruptive and unnecessary plans to disestablish 178 administration and finance jobs only to establish 141 new roles. A preliminary ...