Press Release – NZUSA The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations is calling for increased student support to ensure that students can continue to study amid fluctuating Alert Levels. “With this mornings increase in COVID Alert Levels, students face yet more …
The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations is calling for increased student support to ensure that students can continue to study amid fluctuating Alert Levels.
“With this morning’s increase in COVID Alert Levels, students face yet more uncertainty and stress at the start of the academic year. They’ve already had their orientations disrupted by COVID; the Government cannot allow this virus to ruin their entire year” says National President Andrew Lessells.
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maybe it is the duty of the Government to look after people that can t work rather then the businesses?
Maybe the Government a year into covid should have set up a webpage solely for wage -replacements and covid – isolation/quarantine payments that are so easy to use that even someone with lacking literacy skills, or less then best english skills can get onto it, fill out the forms and receive a payment if the criteria applies.
In saying that, after April there will be 10 sickdays, and it will be the business costs to pay isolation costs. 10 working days = 14 days.
Monday, 15 February 2021, 4:02 pm
News of today’s increase to Alert Level 3 in Auckland
and Level 2 across the rest of Aotearoa comes at a
challenging time for students.
With orientation events
planned to start today and most study starting in the coming
days, these community cases bring significant disruption to
students at an already challenging time of the
year.
NZUSA National President Andrew Lessells says
that “the timing of these community cases couldn’t be
worse for many of our students. O-weeks should be underway,
and programmes will start soon. Many have just moved into
flats and halls, and we’re really thinking of them at this
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NZTech s Digital Skills Aotearoa survey found firms were not doing enough to upskill their staff, leaving a lack of experienced workers to fill complex digital technology roles.
New Zealand Union of Students Associations (NZUSA) national president Andrew Lessell said students were being unfairly punished for trying to advance their knowledge.
Labour campaigned in 2017 on returning the $240-a-week payments to postgraduate students after the previous National-led government pulled the financial aid in 2013.
Labour shelved any plans to re-introduce the allowance last year, with Education spokesman Chris Hipkins saying the party would instead focus on fees-free programmes and targeting our additional tertiary education spending in areas that are critical for the country s economic recovery in the post-Covid environment .
Press Release – NZUSA The New Zealand Union of Students Associations (NZUSA) has appointed its National Welfare and National Education Officers for 2021. Kate Aschoff (National Welfare Officer) and Ellen Dixon (National Education Officer) were recently appointed at …
The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) has appointed its National Welfare and National Education Officers for 2021.
Kate Aschoff (National Welfare Officer) and Ellen Dixon (National Education Officer) were recently appointed at an NZUSA National Council meeting held in Wellington on Friday.
Ashcoff, 22, a former student of Te Herenga Waka (Victoria University of Wellington) has been passionate about social equality and justice since high school. Their passion has seen them sit on youth focused governance boards, work within the NGO sector, publish writing on youth mental health on Stuff.co.nz and present to government select committees.