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Confidentiality of academic staff information essential
Confidentiality of academic staff information
essential
29 November
2012
The potential breach of personal information relating to university academic staff is of great concern says Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara Chair Professor Pat Walsh, following the theft of information from a member of the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Health Panel in Auckland recently.
“We would urge the individual involved to immediately return what was stolen and not to misuse or disclose the information,” says Professor Walsh.
“Our academic staff have every right to expect that this personal information will be kept in total confidence and only viewed by those involved in the process.”
“The TEC has provided assurance that it is doing everything it can to recover this information, and Police are investigating the theft.”
The PBRF, managed
by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), assesses the
research undertaken by the academic staff of tertiary
education organisations and funds these organisations on the
basis of their performance.
Universities are required to
submit information about the research of individual academic
staff to the TEC.
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