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Labour Restates Student Allowances Policy
17 July 2008
Labour Restates Student Allowances Policy
Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson said
today he wanted to restate that Labour’s position on
student allowances was to move progressively over a period
of time towards a universal student allowance but not go
directly to one.
He said earlier this year he asked officials to cost a universal student allowance as he knew students would ask for this in the lead up to the Budget.
“This is the situation, that Labour’s oft stated policy remains one of moving progressively towards a universal student allowance rather than directly to one.”
He said that of all the students who would receive an allowance, should it be made universal, 57% are already receiving an allowance.
Those receiving 2008 Sustained Excellence Awards are:
- Dr Hamish Anderson,
Department of Economics and Finance, Massey University.
- Julia Bruce, Hairdressing Tutor, Centre for
Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy, Wintec.
- Dr Dawn
Garbett, Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Faculty of
Education, University of Auckland.
- Professor John
Hosking, Professor of Applied Computer Science, Department
of Computer Science, University of Auckland.
- Dr Ian
McAndrew, Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations,
Department of Management, School of Business, University of
Otago.
- Dr John Reynolds, Senior Lecturer, Department of
Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago.
- Dr
Sean Waver, School of Geography, Environment and Earth
Science at Victoria University of Wellington.
- Dr Marc
Wilson, School of Psychology, Victoria University of
Wellington
- Adrian Woodhouse, Catering Lecturer, Otago
Polytechnic.
ENDS
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