Research dilution claim angers Maori academics 07 Jul 2021 08:45 AM Photo: Radio Waatea Image Database.
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Māori academics are upset by criticism of changes to research funding to give more weight to Māori and Pasifika research.
Universities New Zealand chief executive Chris Whelan told RNZ National that rather than diluting the $350 million a year Performance-Based Research Fund, Maori and Pasifika researchers need a dedicated fund for their own use.
Meihana Durie from Te Kahui Amokura, which includes the eight deputy vice-chancellors Māori across the eight universities, says it s extraordinary to hear such comments after the universities have supposedly been looking at their obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Press Release – New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union The Taxpayers Union is responding to reports that the Government has quietly changed the rules so that the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) will now pay Mori researchers 2.5 times the rate of non-Mori, while Pasifika academics will …
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Taxpayers’ Union is responding to reports that the Government has quietly changed the rules so that the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) will now pay Māori researchers 2.5 times the rate of non-Māori, while Pasifika academics will be paid two times the non-Pasifika rate.
Union spokesman Jordan Williams said: “The Government needs to immediately pull back from its latest move to politicise science research on racial grounds.”
Academic defends quality of Māori and Pacific researchers work
An academic says the suggestion, that changing a major research fund to favour Māori and Pasifika academics will dilute it, is disgusting.
The $315 million-a-year Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) will now give matauranga Māori research a funding weighting of 3 - higher than the current 2.5 which applies to the most expensive sciences.
It is part of an effort by the government to tackle long-standing under-representation of Māori and Pacific researchers.
But Universities New Zealand chief executive Chris Whelan said he wanted a dedicated fund devoted to Māori and Pasifika research instead.
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Press Release – Tertiary Education Union Te Haut Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union is frustrated with the lack of change heralded by the review of the Performance Based Research Fund . National Secretary Sandra Grey is angry that TEUs voice has been largely ignored. She says tinkering …
National Secretary Sandra Grey is angry that TEU’s voice has been largely ignored. She says “tinkering with a fundamentally broken system doesn’t benefit the public, learners or staff in the tertiary sector.”
IPC Vice President Julie Douglas was extremely disappointed with the announcement. “This is just another example of the intrenched ignorance of our academic workloads.”