We are the University (Akl)

We are the University (Akl) N/A. We are a community of students and staff who are committed to the University as a site of intellectual expansion and academic freedom.

We believe the University should function as the ‘critic and conscience of society’ and as an open space for expression of dissent. The escalating profit-driven and market-oriented agenda of the University over the last thirty years has eroded these principles. We are committed to reclaiming the University, and we believe in

- Free, accessible, and quality education
- Political freedom, and democ

ratic governance of the university
- No privatisation of education

Education and research should be driven by the needs of people, not the interests of the market. Management is not the University. Students, academics and workers all make this place what it is, and the truth is we are not a product of the university, WE ARE THE UNIVERSITY!

02/10/2018

We are the university, we are Aotearoa. Let's organise!

We're building a movement for decolonial communism in Aotearoa. Join us: organiseaotearoa.nz

23/08/2015

A prison abolitionist organisation committed to building a fairer, safer, and more just Aotearoa.

08/01/2015

On Saturday 10 January 2015, from 2pm starting in QEII square in Britomart, Auckland CBD, a group of trans people and their allies will march in remembrance of Leelah Alcorn and in support of gende...

27/10/2014

Our senior management's unwillingness to support a living wage is further evidence of the corporate paradigm they apply to the staff and students of the University.

McCutcheon sees students only as a means of income and the working staff, only as a means to an end. While he earns over $660,000 a year, a significant proportion of our staff earn less than the living wage.

As an institute which aims to be the critic and conscience of society, we believe we should be leading the way on crucial social issues such as the living wage.

Meanwhile:

http://www.kentucky.com/2014/08/01/3361549_ksu-presidents-gives-up-90000.html?rh=1

Raymond Burse, interim president of Kentucky State University, has given up more than $90,000 of his salary so university workers earning minimum wage could have their earnings increased to $10.25 an hour.

21/10/2014

Interview regarding Monday's actions on bfm the wire between 12-1pm today!

19/10/2014

Students will hold a rally against fee increases on Monday at 1pm outside the University of Auckland library.

02/09/2014

Written and directed by Lake South & Linsell Richards Cinematography by Dan Harris Cast: Joe Dekkers, Frederick Pokai, Alice May Connolly, Eamonn Marra. A Poor Sailors…

According to One News' VOTE2014, every party apart from National and ACT are either 'neutral', 'somewhat' supportive or ...
01/09/2014

According to One News' VOTE2014, every party apart from National and ACT are either 'neutral', 'somewhat' supportive or 'strongly' supportive of fully funded, fee free tertiary education.

Mana, NZ First, the Maori Party and United future all strongly support it. The Greens are somewhat supportive while Labour is neutral. Interestingly, even the Conservatives are somewhat supportive of a debt-free future for NZ students.

This is just another reminder that fully funded, fee free education is absolutely possible. However, it starts with us -- nothing will change unless we demand it.

Select an issue and a party to see their policies and views on the issue

'The NZ Super Fund continues to invest in companies which supply Israel with the means to attack civilians, and in compa...
20/08/2014

'The NZ Super Fund continues to invest in companies which supply Israel with the means to attack civilians, and in companies which profit from the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem'

The NZ Super Fund continues to invest in companies which supply Israel with the means to attack civilians, and in companies which profit from the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. These investments are an affront to international law and the principles of human rights. The NZ S…

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