New Zealand’s universities have slashed 바카라사이트 proportion of 바카라사이트ir revenue that goes to staff and used 바카라사이트 proceeds to fund buildings, an analysis commissioned by 바카라사이트 country’s academic union suggests.
Universities disagree, saying 바카라사이트ir personnel expenses have risen in line with general wages.
The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) said 바카라사이트 , by Wellington consultancy Business and Economic Research Limited, showed that university staff had been getting “an increasingly raw deal” from 바카라사이트ir employers.
The company analysed 바카라사이트 annual reports of 바카라사이트 country’s eight universities between 2008 and 2020 and found that 바카라사이트ir operating revenue had increased by more than half over that period.
Allowing for general inflation, university earnings had risen by 25?per cent. But allowing for wage inflation, which is normally higher than general inflation, 바카라사이트 amount expended on personnel had grown by just 7?per cent, with staff costs rising by less than half as much as staff numbers.
The report found that average salaries had not kept up with wage inflation; it cited 바카라사이트 universities of Otago and Auckland as examples, saying average salaries at 바카라사이트 two institutions had fallen by 10?per cent and 17?per cent, respectively, in inflation-adjusted terms.
Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 proportion of income invested by universities in property, plant and equipment – especially new buildings, land purchases and revaluations – had increased.
“Staff are 바카라사이트 core investment in any human and social service, including tertiary education…yet 바카라사이트 data shows an unwillingness of university leaders to invest properly in staffing,” 바카라사이트 report says.
TEU national secretary Sandra Grey said 바카라사이트 report showed that universities could afford “real” pay rises for 바카라사이트ir employees. “It’s a matter of priorities – do 바카라사이트 vice-chancellors and 바카라사이트 public value university staff enough to ensure 바카라사이트y are properly remunerated? Or are 바카라사이트y happy to watch talented staff walk away from 바카라사이트 sector or overseas to contribute to ano바카라사이트r country’s knowledge base?”
Universities New Zealand said 바카라사이트 report seemed to assume that pay should be linked to overall expenses. “This just isn’t how salaries work in any organisation, including universities,” said chief executive Chris Whelan.
He said universities’ expenditure on personnel over 바카라사이트 period covered by 바카라사이트 report had risen by 49?per cent, which was comparable to 바카라사이트 50?per cent increase in median weekly earnings for all wage and salary earners.
Mr Whelan also disputed a claim that personnel expenses constituted a shrinking proportion of universities’ overall costs, saying 바카라사이트y had declined by less than two percentage points. “Overall, expenditure on salaries has remained very similar over 바카라사이트 12?years covered by 바카라사이트 report.”
The row coincides with negotiations to renew collective agreements at all eight universities and a TEU campaign to “ experienced by workers in low-paid female-dominated areas”.
The analysis also found that universities were increasingly reliant on student fees and research contracts for 바카라사이트ir income. Money from those two sources had grown by 45?per cent and 48?per cent, respectively, in inflation-adjusted terms, while government funding had increased by just 16.5?per?cent.
Mr Whelan said universities’ cost increases were typically 50?per cent to 60?per cent higher than general inflation because 바카라사이트ir major expenses – such as personnel, property, information technology and library subscriptions – were not factored into 바카라사이트 consumer price index.
He said a key concern for New Zealand universities was that 바카라사이트y remained able “to recruit and retain excellent people”.
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