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ABC contributes to knowledge nation
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has highlighted the contribution made by
the ABC to informed and open debate in our society and the dissemination of important intellectual
developments.
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Budget fails education while addressing rural doctor crisis
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For the second year running the Government has indicated that they will produce an
education friendly budget and for the second year running they have failed. |
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Corporatisation and Australian Universities in the Spotlight at Washington
Conference
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NTEU President Carolyn Allport will present a paper dealing with the corporatisation of
Australian Universities at a major conference in Washington this weekend.
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Does HECS deter? Falling applications suggest that it does
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) criticised Education Minister David Kemp
for attempting to ‘gloss over’ another fall in applications for university
places.
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Federal Budget must deliver ‘Social Dividend’ to Education
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The Prime Minister’s comments at the Liberal Party National Convention,
indicating that his Government will shift its focus to social policy, have opened the door for the
Coalition to reinvest in Australia’s public education system. |
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Government on Notice over Regional Education
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A Parliamentary Inquiry has urged the Federal Government to improve funding to regional
universities, in order to address educational disadvantage. |
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Government resorts to blackmail to reduce postgraduate research places
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The National Tertiary Education Union, which represents university staff, has accused
the Government of blackmailing institutions in its attempts to reduce the number of funded
postgraduate places in Australian universities.
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Government to take $500m from public university funding in favour of competition with
private provid
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The Federal Government is proposing to shift nearly $500m out of general university
operating grant funding and open it up to competition between public and private providers.
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Higher student fees will not deliver a quality higher education system
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The principles for policy reform put forward by the `Group of Eight’
universities - deregulated fees, a voucher-based funding model and increased university autonomy
– will not deliver a quality higher education system.
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Internet Uni report must be released and accreditation removed
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has called on Dr David Kemp, the
Commonwealth Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs, to publicly release the report of
the committee which found that Norfolk Island’s Greenwich University does not meet the
requirements for inclusion on the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) register. |
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Karmel- right on public funding, wrong on structures
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has endorsed Professor Peter
Karmel’s call for substantial increases in public funding to Australian universities.
However, his views on the role of government and his attempts to exclude the views of those working
and studying within the sector should be rejected as outdated and paternalistic.
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Kemp figures ignore Coalition cuts to lifelong learning
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The release this afternoon by Dr David Kemp of Students 1999, Selected Higher Education
Statistics has highlighted the Government’s withdrawal from funding the national investment
in lifelong learning. The Minister selectively quotes from the report in an attempt to create an
erroneous impression of growth.
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Kumantjay Perkins: A life of dignified struggle for his people
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing 25,000 members in higher education,
extends its sincere condolences to the family, friends and community of Aboriginal leader Kumantjay
Perkins, who passed away this morning.
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Make private providers accountable for funding, NTEU tells Senate Inquiry
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The National Tertiary Education Union has condemned the Commonwealth Government for
using legislation to establish the Australian Research Council as a means for allowing private
institutions `back door access’ to public funds.
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Measuring the value of higher education
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Science meets parliament starts at the top, but it’s vital that the community
as a whole – from business people to farmers to families – gets the message that
investment in education and research is the key to prosperity.
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Melbourne IT – The Story Continues
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The National Tertiary Education Union, which represents staff in Australian
universities, has written to the Victorian Minister for Post-compulsory Education, Lyn Kosky,
requesting a meeting to discuss future regulatory arrangements for the float of university assets.
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Minister Kemp sued by NTEU over leaked cabinet document
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is taking Federal Education Minister David
Kemp to court over his attempts to interfere in enterprise bargaining negotiations between the Union
and a number of universities.
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National Innovations Summit: Time for some positive solutions
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The National Tertiary Education Union has welcomed the National Innovation Summit as
providing an opportunity for Government and industry to identify some positive solutions to the
problems confronting higher education. |
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New hope for higher education
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing 25,000 staff in Australian tertiary
education institutions, has welcomed the ALP’s commitment to increasing investment in
education and research to keep pace with leading world economies. |
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NTEU welcomes the AVCC\'s push for public investment...but concerns about managing
access remain
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing approximately 25,000 staff in
Australian universities, welcomes the strong arguments for a $1billion increase in public investment
in higher education made by the AVCC in its discussion paper Our Universities: Our Future. |
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Public investment in universities hits dangerous low
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The first phase of the NTEU Audit of Higher Education has revealed very concerning
historical and international comparisons, highlighting the need for substantial reinvestment in
universities. |
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Quality will suffer if university staff overload is not addressed
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A survey of academic staff published by the Commonwealth Government has found that
workloads and stress have increased and job satisfaction declined significantly since 1993. |
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Reinvest surplus in knowledge nation
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has called on the Federal Government to use
the larger than expected $4.3m surplus to reinvest in public education.
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Review of university governance must be urgent priority
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing staff in universities, has supported
the call for a Victorian Ministerial Inquiry into the governance structures of public universities.
Such an Inquiry should assist other State and Commonwealth Governments to review university
governance structures more widely, and assess the impact of Commonwealth Government funding changes
on quality and accountability.
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Staff defend community involvement in Uni of Tasmania
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In an attempt to win the approval of the Federal Government and comply with one of few
remaining proposals from Minister Kemp’s discredited Cabinet submission, the
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania, Professor Don McNicol, has proposed drastically
reducing representation on its most powerful decision making body. |
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Staff support student action on the state of higher education
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The National Tertiary Education Union is supporting students across the country today
who are protesting against the ongoing deregulation of Australian higher education. |
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Taxing Times: NTEU launches Tax Service as ATO Ruling cuts into university
research
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The National Tertiary Education Union says that an ATO tax ruling on self-education is
making it harder for academics to undertake study leave.
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Time for Government to take action on research
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing staff in Australian universities,
has called on the Government to take urgent action to redress the downturn in public and private
sector research after the release of the report of the Innovation summit implementation Group
today.
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Uni funding not keeping pace with costs of quality higher education
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The Higher Education Report for the 2001 to 2003 Triennium, released today by Dr David
Kemp, has confirmed the funding shortfall in universities created by Commonwealth Government funding
cuts. |
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Union challenges the University of Melbourne on Freedom of Information and the float of
Melbourne IT
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The National Tertiary Education Union will contest on public interest grounds the
University of Melbourne’s decision to refuse access to tapes of University Council meetings
where the float of Melbourne IT was discussed. |
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Universities - Building Regional Australia
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The NTEU, representing staff in Australian universities, has welcomed the ALP\'s
regional university initiatives announced today.
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University Staff: Casualties of the \"Knowledge Economy\"
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A new survey of 1700 university staff has found that work overload and work-related
stress are becoming serious problems in Australian universities.
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What Price Knowledge? Commonwealth Government cuts research and development
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The Government’s falling investment in research and development is costing
Australia its best minds. It’s also reducing Australia’s opportunities to
participate in the `knowledge economy,’ says the National Tertiary Education Union.
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Where to now for university research?
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Sections of the Government’s contentious reforms to university research have
been held up until after the next Federal Election.
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