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Application to deal with a dispute between NTEU and La Trobe University over Workload Frameworks

Published: 19 Dec, 2012
Tags: la trobe, LTU, wms, workloads, workload management system

This document is an application to Fair Work Australia to seek assistance to resolve a dispute in relation to the implementation of clause 48 Academic Workloads in the La Trobe University Collective Agreement 2009.

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La Trobe workload framework dispute summary

Published: 29 Nov, 2012
Tags: la trobe, LTU, workloads, dispute, wms,

This document summarises the respective positions of NTEU and La Trobe in relation to the workloads framework dispute. The matter will now progress to Fair Work Australia.

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NTEU La Trobe Branch dispute over the revised academic workload framework

Published: 26 Sep, 2012
Tags: la trobe, LTU, wms, academic workloads,

NTEU La Trobe Branch is disputing the decision of the University to implement a new academic workload system based upon points rather than hours. This will disguise the amount of time it takes for tasks and lead to further workload intensification.

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LTU response to NTEU on Workload Management System implementation issues

Published: 26 Mar, 2012
Tags: wms, LTU,

This response, received on 26/3/12, addresses some of the NTEU concerns which were discussed at length at the Consultative Committee on 8/3/2012. The letter states that the Workload Management System is a work in progress.

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NTEU list of problems with the Workload Management System implementation

Published: 08 Mar, 2012
Tags: wms, LTU,

NTEU put together a list of matters of concerns about the way the implementation of the Workload Management System was being implemented. The issues were discussed with senior management at a specially convened Consultative Committee meeting on 8/3/12.

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NTEU further response to LTU on Workload Management System

Published: 22 Dec, 2011
Tags: wms, LTU,

This email urges the University to address the problems with implementation of the Workload Management System as it is inconsistently applied across Faculties and is causing intensification of teaching workloads.

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LTU response on Faculty Workload Allocations

Published: 21 Dec, 2011
Tags: LTU, wms

The University refuses to respond on the three letters concerning the Workload Management System implementation issues until after the first Consultative Committee meeting in 2012.

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NTEU letter to LTU on Faculty of Education workload model

Published: 15 Dec, 2011
Tags: LTU, la trobe, wms, workload, workload management system,

The Faculty of Education has designed a workload allocation system which significantly underestimates the time it takes to do a range of tasks including research.

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The Research Rating System in FSTE - Another pseudoscientific use of the impact factor (La Trobe)

Published: 02 Dec, 2011
Tags: ERA, wms, workload management system, la trobe, LTU, FSTE Research KPIs,

Citation data collected for over 40,000 articles in the Information systems and Statistics disciplines demonstrate that the FSTE Research KPI scheme disadvantages academics in relation to workloads, promotion, reputation and academic freedom.

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Letter to Faculty of Law and Management - research assessment and workloads (La Trobe)

Published: 02 Dec, 2011
Tags: ERA, wms, workload, la trobe, LTU

Schools and departments in the Faculty of Law and Management are using a points system to assign research and scholarship workload allocations based upon defunct ERA criteria.

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FSTE initial response on Research KPIs

Published: 02 Dec, 2011
Tags: LTU, la trobe, research, wms, equity, FSTE Research KPIs,

This is a Faculty response to the NTEU discussion paper, "The Research Rating System in FSTE - Another pseudoscientific use of the impact factor (La Trobe)".

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