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UB Blueprint

On September 23rd, the Vice-Chancellor announced his Blueprint to University of Ballarat staff. At this time, the NTEU had been privy to the Blueprint in a confidential nature, for only a week. The plan unveiled by the VC was different to the one initially provided to the combined unions. The VC and his senior management team had committed to regular meetings throughout October, which in conjunction with staff forums (conducted by senior management) and a submission facility, would form UB's consultation period.

In November, the VC released the Blueprint Second Consultation Paper which included little change to the content however alluded to the feedback recieved from staff and the union during the consultation phase. The general feeling amongst members was that the VC and senior management were merely paying lip service to staff concerns and that the Blueprint in its final version, would remain largely the same as the original document. The VC allowed a second consultation phase of two weeks in which staff and the union/s could consult on the abridged Blueprint, before releasing a final document.

The UB Blueprint Final Proposal for Implementation was released late November to staff across all campuses. Again, the contents were largely unchanged, however some light detail was added to essentially flesh out some of the proposals. The university is now considering itself to be in the implementation phase of the Blueprint with changes already underway.

The NTEU has held regular member meetings throughout this period, to ensure members have been kept informed and have had a forum in which to raise their concerns and content has been uploaded to the website on a regular basis for members to access.

 

Recent Posts

  1. Minutes from members meeting 12th April

    Posted 4 May 2011 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    A members meeting was held on April 12th, in response to the VC's announcement of the outcomes of the Administrative, Business and Technical Processes Review. Members were updated on NTEU and ...

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  2. UB News: Autumn 2011 - out TODAY

    Posted 23 March 2011 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    The Autumn 2011 edition of UB News is out today.

    Articles on the redundancies and restructure, TAFE and the Western Campuses, delegates network, Admin Review submission and more.

    Members will ...

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    UB News

    Published: 21 Mar, 2011
    Issue: Autumn 2011
    Tags: UB, UB News, UB Blueprint, restructure, redundancies, western campuses, TAFE, delegates, floods, join

    Inside; Redundancies and Restructure Western Campus meetings Branch Submission to Administrative Review Plans for 2011 To embrace or no

  3. The Ballarat Courier - article re: UB teaching quality under threat

    Posted 21 March 2011 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    Friday's Courier (18/03/11) ran a story about the recent staff cuts from redunancies and 2010's Workforce Initiatives. The article quoted Jeremy Smith (Branch President) heavily, and covered several ...

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  4. Members Meeting 09/03/11

    Posted 8 March 2011 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    A members meeting will be held on Wednesday 9th March in T102 (Mt. Helen) at 12:30pm. Updates and discussion on the Admin Review, Blueprint implementation and redundancies.

     

    A meeting for ...

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  5. Submission to the Admin Review

    Posted 28 February 2011 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    The Ballarat branch has made it's submission to the university regarding the Admin Review. A meeting between the Branch and CIS representatives will take place on Tuesday 1st March in which the union ...

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  6. AEU TAFE teaching staff meet in support of NTEU TAFE general staff

    Posted 25 January 2011 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    A joint meeting for NTEU general staff members and AEU TAFE teaching staff, was held at SMB campus on the 18th of January to discuss what those members are encountering in the washup of the ...

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  7. UB News November 2010

    Posted 1 December 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    The November 2010 issue of UB News has been mailed to all UB staff. It contains an update on the resolution of the dispute under s.69.4 of the UCA 2010-12. The newsletter is available for download ...

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    UB News Nov 2010

    Published: 30 Nov, 2010
    Issue: November 2010
    Tags: UB, UB News, UB Blueprint, dispute, join, workforce changes, workforce initiatives

  8. Update on dispute as outlined at last Thursday's member meeting (18/11/10).

    Posted 22 November 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

     

    The meeting considered the dispute notified by the NTEU on October 25 around redundancies and Clause 69.4 of the Union Collective Agreement on organisational change.

    The dispute has now ...

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    Letter from NTEU to UB notifying of withdrawal of Oct 25th dispute.

    Published: 20 Nov, 2010
    Tags: UB, UB Blueprint, dispute, workforce changes, workforce initiatives, restructure, join

    The NTEU has written to the Director of HR, Deborah Walker, formally withdrawing from the dispute under Clause 70 of the UCA 2010-12. Letter dated 22nd November 2010.

  9. All Member Meeting - Thursday 18th November 2010

    Posted 15 November 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    There will be an all members* meeting (members of the LHMU, AWU and AEU are welcome) at Mt Helen on Thursday 18th November in T101 at 12:30pm, to discuss the status of the current dispute pursuant to ...

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  10. NTEU notifies UB of dispute

    Posted 29 October 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    On Monday 25th October 2010, the NTEU notified the University of Ballarat Vice-Chancellor, David Battersby, of a dispute under Clause 69 of the Union Collective Agreement (UCA) 2010-12. The dispute ...

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  11. All Member Meeting - Monday 25th October 2010

    Posted 29 October 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    On Monday the 25th October, NTEU members met to discuss the UB Blueprint consultation process. The NTEU put forward a motion at the conclusion of the meeting, which was moved unanimously.

    The ...

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  12. UB News 27 October 2010

    Posted 27 October 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    UB News for 27th October 2010, updating members on Blueprint and advising of dispute under Clause 69 of the Union Collective Agreement 2010-12.

    • Western Campus visit
    • NTEU blitz 6th September 2010
    • ...

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    Newsletter
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    UB News 27 Oct 2010

    Published: 26 Oct, 2010
    Issue: 27 October 2010
    Tags: UB, UB Blueprint, UB News, Newsletter, workforce changes, workforce, join

  13. Unanimous resolution passed by NTEU members at meeting Monday 25th October

    Posted 26 October 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    Yesterday afternoon the following resolution was put to the meeting of union members. It was composed as a result of the University’s failure to provide critical information about the proposed ...

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  14. All Member Meeting - Monday 11th October 2010

    Posted 15 October 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    Members of the combined unions met on Monday the 11th October to discuss the ongoing UB Blueprint consultation.

    Minutes of this meeting have been preovided for members who were unable to attend.

    ...

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  15. UB News Blueprint Edition October 2010

    Posted 6 October 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    Updating members on the Blueprint Consultations with senior management at UB. Also includes important dates for member meetings in October.

     

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    Newsletter
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    NTEU News Blueprint Edition

    Published: 05 Oct, 2010
    Issue: October 2010
    Tags: UB, UB Blueprint, restructure, join, Newsletter, workforce changes

    Updating members on Blueprint consultation with UB Senior Management. Includes important dates coming up.

  16. The NTEU's request for an extended consultation period re: UB Blueprint

    Posted 30 September 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    PLEASE LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS & THOUGHTS

    The NTEU's letter to Vice Chancellor David Battersby, dated September 20th 2010 and the VC's response dated September 22nd 2010 (NB# the VC's letter was not ...

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    NTEU request for extended consultation re: UB Blueprint 20/09/2010

    Published: 29 Sep, 2010
    Tags: UB, UB Blueprint, workforce changes, workforce initiatives, restructure, join, redundancies

    Letter from the NTEU's Acting Branch President Jason Giri to UB Vice Chancellor David Battersby, requesting an extension of the consultation period in the original Blueprint.

  17. The NTEU's proposed changes to fixed term contract renewal processes at UB

    Posted 30 September 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    PLEASE LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS & THOUGHTS

    On the 6th of September, the NTEU wrote to Deborah Walker, Director Human Resources at UB to propose changes to the renewal process for fixed term ...

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    Letter from NTEU to UB HR re: fixed term employees 06/09/2010

    Published: 29 Sep, 2010
    Tags: UB, workforce changes, workforce initiatives, fixed term staff, join

    Letter from Jason Giri (Acting Branch President) proposing changes to the contract renewal process for fixed term employees.

  18. All Member Meeting - Monday 27th September 2010

    Posted 30 September 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

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    NTEU all member meeting Monday 27th September 2010

    Published: 28 Sep, 2010
    Tags: UB, UB Blueprint, workforce changes, restructure, General Meeting, join, members meeting

    On Monday the 27th September 2010, the NTEU held an all union/all member meeting at Mt. Helen campus. It was well attended and members provided the NTEU with valuable feed-back and insight into how the UB Blueprint will impact staff.

  19. All member meeting TODAY

    Posted 27 September 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

    There will be an all member meeting TODAY September 27th at Mt. Helen Campus.

    Where: T101

    When: 12:30pm

     

    Please note: Non-members are welcome to attend and will be asked to join at the ...

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  20. Initial response to UB Blueprint

    Posted 23 September 2010 by Laura Meyer (University of Ballarat)

     

    PLEASE LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS & THOUGHTS

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    Workforce Changes at UB

    Published: 22 Sep, 2010
    Tags: UB, workforce initiatives, UB Blueprint, join

    The Vice Chancellor of UB David Battersby has announced the UB Blueprint. This is the initial response from the NTEU, to the Blueprint and was provided to all members after the announcement to staff at Mt. Helen today. As events unfold, they will be repo

Branch Contacts

Branch Office


2nd level, Albert Coates Complex Mt Helen Campus
University of Ballarat
Phone: 03 5327 9163
Fax: 03 5327 9162
ballarat@vic.nteu.org.au
http://www.nteu.org.au/ballarat

Philippa Wells
Branch President
p.wells@ballarat.edu.au

Athan McCaw
Branch Industrial Organiser
atmccaw@nteu.org.au



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