It’s been a busy time again for us all. These past few weeks, I’ve been to a fair amount of meetings. I was down at the Palmerston North Campus where the Universities HQ is based and met with a few of the big-wigs about academic issues. I also met the Massey Presidents and Student Reps on Council. We are currently looking at expanding papers on this campus and improving student engagement.

A Bunch of ARSE’s

I met up with all of the Auckland President’s from each of the other Unis and Polytechnics and we were thinking of renaming our organisation. We got a little bit stuck at Auckland Regional Students Executives, but the acronym for that is ARSE and we don’t want to be seen as a bunch of ARSE’s, so we have dismissed that. I was wondering if any of you could think up a name that would fairly represent all students studying in Auckland. What this committee seeks to do is to have a voice for all Tertiary Students in the greater Auckland Region.

Possible change in Masters Degrees…

New Zealand Universities are thinking about moving towards speeding up Masters degrees as long as it would not undermine the integrity of New Zealand degrees. There hasn’t been a decision to fast track the degrees yet, but there could be.