Fee Setting to Add a Twist to Massey Political Debate
Massey University Students’ Association will be hosting the second Talk Tertiary, a political debate of tertiary
education issues, in Palmerston North tomorrow, Wednesday August 31st, on concourse at Massey’s Palmerston North Turitea
campus at 12 pm.
Association President Iain Galloway expects fireworks from students dismayed that the Government’s Fee-Maxima policy can
be cynically abused as shown by Massey’s senior management who are proposing a ten percent student tuition fee rise in
2006. “I am certain that students will want to know if this was ever the intention of the policy and what other parties
would do if they were in charge of the Ministry of Education,” Mr Galloway said.
Although the intention was to focus on often over-looked issues such as the Performance Based Research Fund, entrance
standards, retention and completion rates, there is no doubt that fees and the government proportion of tertiary funding
will be in the forefront of students’ minds.
Attending Talk Tertiary will be Simon Power, Steve Maharey, Bernie Ogilvy, Lawrence O’Halloran, Craig Nair, Matt Robson
and Pakake Winiata.