Problem was that the contribution my employer has offered me to deal with this cost of living crisis is its gratitude. And our tertiary employers know this. David Unwin/Stuff Massey University vice chancellor Jan Thomas, who has been in the headlines recently over her 18% pay rise. The problem is not that too much money is going out; the problem is that nowhere near enough money is going in. Investment in tertiary education is not just spending, a necessary evil that needs to be covered as cheaply as possible.