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Community continues to support public education
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Private union polling has confirmed that support for higher education remains very
strong amongst members of the community, highlighting the importance which the issue will play in
the imminent federal election.
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International university unions conference backs wharfies
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The International Conference of University Teacher Organisations (ICUTO) has voted
unanimous support to the Maritime Union in the current dispute on the Australian waterfront. |
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National Stopwork called for 1 April National Day of Action
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The National Executive of the NTEU has unanimously endorsed a national Stopwork to take
place as part of the joint staff/student National Day of Action on 1 April.
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NTEU federal budget submission attacks the black hole in university funding
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The National Tertiary Education Union\'s Budget Submission, released today, calls
for an end to the erosion of Government funding for higher education, and the abolition of up-front
undergraduate fees.
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Threat to ABSTUDY a blow to reconciliation
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Reports that ABSTUDY is to be abolished are causing serious concern among university
staff, who fear that Indigenous people’s participation in tertiary education will be
compromised if they lose access to a targeted income support scheme.
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Up front fees fail
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The President of the National Tertiary Education Union, Carolyn Allport said
\"Not only are up front fees completely inequitable, we now have evidence that there is
virtually no demand for them\". |
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UWS must reject up front fees
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Last evening the University of Western Sydney Macarthur Council voted to recommend the
introduction of up front fees to the UWS Board of Trustees (which is the ultimate governing body for
all three UWS network members- Macarthur, Nepean and Hawkesbury).
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Work overload in universities could compromise quality
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has welcomed the national campaign on Work
Overload initiative launched by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) in Melbourne this
week. \"Say No to Work Overload\" is the message of the week long campaign which has been
organised to highlight the increasing problems associated with work overload across a number of
industries.
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