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\'KNOWLEDGE NATION\' a map to the future - but who\'s going to take us
there?
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The Report of the Knowledge Nation Taskforce provides a map to the future - but only if
our political leaders have the strength and will to take us there.
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A bold start for Knowledge Nation
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The NTEU, representing academic and general staff in Australian universities, has
cautiously welcomed Kim Beazley’s announcement of the establishment of a new Australian
public university, University of Australia Online. However, the Union believes that the proposal
raises a number of questions that must be addressed, not least among them the question of what the
ALP plans to do to ensure quality of education both on and off campus.
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A mean and sneaky Budget for higher education...and the student pay
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), representing staff in Australian
universities, has expressed disappointment and anger at the lack of funding for higher education in
the Federal Budget.
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Attention on student poverty welcomed
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Student poverty is back on the political map thanks to Senator Stott Despoja\'s
speech to the National Press Club this afternoon.
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Candidates Debate Ballarat’s Education Future
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Candidates for the Senate and the seat of Ballarat will debate the future of higher
education in at a community forum on Wednesday. |
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Coalition's `Higher Education Policy' contains no new money
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The National Tertiary Education Union is disappointed that the Coalition's higher
education policy contains no new money for higher education. |
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Comprehensive Strategy Needed to Deliver Knowledge Nation
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The National Tertiary Education Union today welcomed Labor\'s announcement of
education initiatives, but called for more extensive measures aimed at increasing the contribution
of education to economic and social development.
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Economist confirms uni funding crisis
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One of Australia’s leading economists, Professor Bruce Chapman, today confirmed
that Australia’s universities are suffering a funding crisis. |
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Education becoming too expensive for students in Western Sydney
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High HECS bills, lack of income support and increased working hours are all making it
harder for people to study at university, according to a recent survey by the Australian
Vice-Chancellors’ Committee. |
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Education Deans show funding crisis - Public investment needed to address crisis
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The union representing university staff has supported the call for increased education
funding made by the Australian Council of Deans of Education in Melbourne this morning. |
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Election Year Budget must invest in higher education
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) Federal Budget Submission for 2001 has
called for substantial investment in higher education to improve access and quality. |
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Failed Education Policies Increase Indigenous Imprisonment Rates
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The failure of the Howard Government to provide adequate education for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders has contributed to an increase in imprisonment and deaths in custody, a
Senate Inquiry has been told today.
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Government to blame for funding delays in Innovation Legislation
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The Federal Government is being urged to consider amendments proposed by the Senate to
legislation which appropriates over $100m for universities and institutes a loan scheme for
postgraduate students paying full fees.
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Greens education policy applauded - $4 billion for public education
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The union representing university staff has applauded the launch of the Greens education
policy in Melbourne today. |
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GST on books: a tax on knowledge - removal would ease student poverty
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The union representing university staff has welcomed the announcement by the Australian
Democrats that they will support the removal of the GST from books. |
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HECS sting in GST tail
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The NTEU has backed calls by the National Union of Students to quarantine current and
former students from the effects of GST induced inflation on their Higher Education Contribution
Scheme debts. Using Treasury forecasts of the Consumer Price Index, NUS has shown that the
Government stands to profit by over $180 million as a result of increased indexation of outstanding
HECS debt.
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Higher education now firmly on election agenda
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has welcomed the Prime Minister’s
policy to double funding for research through the Australian Research Council and increase fully
funded student places in existing universities by 21,000. However, concerns remain over the absence
of solutions to the fundamental resourcing problem facing Australian universities and the move to
implement aspects of the October 1999 Cabinet submission by introducing a postgraduate loans
scheme.
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Higher Education on the Election Agenda
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Tonight staff and students at the Northern Territory University will be highlighting
education as an election issue. |
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Higher Education: An Election Issue in Corangamite
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NTEU National President Dr Carolyn Allport will visit Geelong today to discuss higher
education policy with members at Deakin University. |
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Howard Demonstrates Ignorance on Indigenous Education
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The Prime Minister last night showed that he has little regard for the facts, when it
comes to Indigenous Australian university enrolments. |
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Indigenous Higher Education Gutted by Howard and Kemp
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Participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in higher education has
declined to pre-1996 levels as a result of changes to ABSTUDY, according to the DETYA figures.
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International Student conference questions Universitas 21
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Australian Student Organisations have returned from a conference attended by student
representatives worldwide, looking at the strategic directions being taken by the Universitas 21
group of universities. Universitas 21 is an international body that includes the Universities of
Melbourne, NSW, and Queensland. Its secretariat is based in Melbourne.
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Investment in higher education is investment in people
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The National Tertiary Education Union today welcomed the Democrats' higher
education policy as a blueprint for investing in the Australian people. |
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Is there an election agenda for science?
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Today’s Great Science Debate between Minister Nick Minchin and Shadow Science
Minister, Martyn Evans, revealed little about either party’s vision for science and
technology after 10th November. |
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It\'s not too late to join the education race
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing staff in Australian universities,
has welcomed the publication of research that supports the Union\'s arguments about the
importance of increasing public investment in Australian universities.
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Kemp promises money in 2004...but where is the money universities need now?
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The Federal Government today took political opportunism to a low, with the announcement
of $40m in capital development funds to be allocated to universities in 2004. |
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Labor launches Indigenous Higher Education Policies
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In the lead up to the election the NTEU made several submissions urging the Labor party
to redress the horrific damage inflicted by the Howard/Kemp Indigenous Higher education
policies. |
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Landmark case on university enterprise agreements in Federal Court
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The Federal Court in Sydney will tomorrow begin hearing the NTEU\'s case that the
University of Wollongong breached its Academic Enterprise Agreement when it sacked Dr Ted Steele in
February this year.
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Loans for Uni fees - not the way to improve participation and quality
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing staff in Australian universities,
has expressed deep concern about a leaked Budget document that endorses the extension of `
HECS-style loan scheme\' to another category of fee-paying student.
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Market undermines academic standards
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The findings of the study by the Australia Institute into academic freedom, reported in
today’s Sydney Morning Herald, confirm the experiences of National Tertiary Education Union
(NTEU) members who have been pressured to lower academic standards in order to attract funding.
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Not enough staff + more students = quality at risk
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Figures released today by the Australian Vice-Chancellors\' Committee (AVCC)
confirm the continuing deterioration in student to staff ratios in Australian universities. The
figures reveal a 3% increase between 1999 and 2000, with the student to teaching staff ratio now
standing at 18.84 to 1. |
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Nothing to say, just more of the same: Howard's message on Australia's
universities
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The NTEU today expressed its disappointment and anger at the fact that the Prime
Minister's speech at the Liberal Party Campaign launch contained no vision for our universities
and no solutions to the crisis besetting the sector. |
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NTEU attacks Government complacency and calls on universities to defend
whistleblowers
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The NTEU, representing academic and general staff in Australian universities, has
condemned the Federal Government’s refusal to take any responsibility for reports of
declining standards in Australian universities. |
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NTEU Indigenous Forum Condemns \'Racism Protection Money Claims\'
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National Indigenous representatives participating in the NTEU Indigenous Forum recently
have jointly expressed deep concern and alarm regarding statements by Professor Marcia Langton that,
\'Private school fees are protection money against racism\'
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NTEU Launches Education Advertising Campaign in Darwin
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Dr Carolyn Allport, NTEU National President, will launch the National Tertiary Education
Union's Darwin TV advertisement at the Northern Territory University tomorrow. |
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Poor Students, Poor Access, Poor Outcomes
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The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee report, Paying Their Way, confirms the
experience of university staff- that students are struggling to find enough time or money to study.
The report was released at midday today. |
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Prominent Aboriginal Educator Dies Suddenly
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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 educator
Japanangka Errol West, who passed away yesterday. |
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Public partnership needed to promote academic freedom
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing staff in Australian universities,
today welcomed the publication of the Australia Institute’s Discussion Paper, `Academic
Freedom and Commercialisation of Australian Universities’. The Union said that a public
partnership between Government, institutions, staff and students was required to explore the scope
of the problem and develop solutions.
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Putting Higher Education on the Road to Recovery
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The NTEU has welcomed the ALP’s announcement of around $1billion in initiatives
to improve quality and access in higher education over the next five years, saying that it signals a
strong commitment to increasing public investment. |
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Regional Impact of Funding Cuts to Post-Secondary Education
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A public forum of Wannon federal election candidates on Tuesday will hear that the
future of South West Victoria depends on reversing the woeful decline in funding for post secondary
education. |
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Rupert Gets It Right
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The National Tertiary Education Union has welcomed Rupert Murdoch’s call for
greater investment by Government in building our universities. |
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Say it with tulips
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This weekend Nannup celebrates its Tulip Festival. And tulips from Nannup will be a
feature of the Health and Education Issues Forum to be held in the courtyard at the Bunbury Regional
Art Gallery on Friday, 10 August from 12-1pm.
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Senate Report Confirms Uni Crisis - Remedies offered, implementation awaited
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Today's Senate Report into the future of Australia's public universities
confirms what everyone but the government can see - Australia's universities cannot meet the
needs of the community because of government policy and funding cuts. |
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Staff and students around the world seek answers from Universitas21
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An international network of university staff organizations has written to Universitas21
expressing concerns about the proposed establishment of an online university, and calling on U21 to
negotiate with staff on academic and employment issues. Three Australian universities - University
of New South Wales, University of Melbourne and University of Queensland - are partners in U21.
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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 damage caused by funding cuts to universities. NTEU members will be
attending rallies in capital cities and on campus, and members have been asked not to penalise
students who miss classes because of their participation in the National Day of Action. NTEU
President Carolyn Allport will address a rally in Melbourne today.
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Steele case appeal- pure mischief making
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The NTEU has condemned the decision of the University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor,
Professor Gerard Sutton, to appeal the decision of the Federal Court in the Ted Steele dismissal
case.
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Steele dismissal case in the Federal Court 5 July
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The Federal Court will hear the NTEU\'s case against the University of Wollongong
alleging breach of its enterprise agreement on Thursday 5th July.
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Stop the South-West brain drain
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Staff at Edith Cowan University (Bunbury) have expressed their concern about a regional
brain drain, as some local students may have to leave the area because of cuts to Federal university
funding. |
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The New Australian Research Council
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing Australian university staff, has
welcomed the passage of legislation that will establish the Australian Research Council as an
independent, statutory body with the power to initiate its own inquiries.
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Time for a reality check on the state of science, maths and technology in our
universities
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The Government needs a reality check on the state of science and maths education and
research in Australian universities. The Minister today dismissed the concerns of a number of expert
bodies about these matters as `unfounded', despite the fact that these disciplines are
suffering the effects of declining infrastructure and declining enrolments. |
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Time for Wollongong to face the music
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The NTEU released a public letter today calling on the University to settle the
long-running dispute over its failure to honour the University of Wollongong Enterprise Agreement
and reinstate sacked academic Ted Steele. |
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To build our science capability, we must re-build our universities
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The National Tertiary Education Union will work to boost the profile of university
education and research as issues in the forthcoming Federal election, focusing particularly on the
role of universities in supporting regional communities and their economies. |
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Uni fees rise while Howard is napping
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In an attempt to deflect attention from the affects increasing reliance on private
income on university quality, the Prime Minister has turned his attention to a comparison of the
costs university study in Australia and the United States. |
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Union prosecutes University in landmark case
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing staff in Australian Universities,
will lodge a prosecution against the University of Wollongong in the Federal Court tomorrow, in
defence of its enterprise agreement.
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Universities in Crisis
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Today's report by the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and
Education References Committee urges extra resources for regional universities and campuses such as
Deakin Warrnambool. |
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University of Wollongong Council to consider action on academic sacking
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At its meeting today, the University of Wollongong Council will consider a series of
resolutions relating to the Vice-Chancellor's actions in summarily dismissing an academic staff
member.
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University of Wollongong dismissal case - Federal Court finds in favour of NTEU
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In an important decision handed down today in the Federal Court, Justice Branson has
found that the NTEU\'s Agreement with the University of Wollongong prohibits the dismissal of
an academic staff member without due process.
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University of Wollongong Landmark Federal Court Case Tests the Strength of Enterprise
Agreements
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A landmark Federal court case against the University of Wollongong will be heard in
Sydney this Thursday, 5th July. The case, which has been mounted by the NTEU, has serious
implications for all Australians whose employment is covered by an enterprise agreement.
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University staff welcome ALP's plans for teacher education...but more action needed
on HECS
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The NTEU has welcomed Labor's plans to provide 1000 HECS -free scholarships to
people undertaking education degrees, and Teacher Development Partnerships to support ongoing
professional development for Australia's teachers. |
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University Staff: Sick, Stressed and Too Busy to Talk About It
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NTEU members at the University of Sydney have welcomed the staging of a major
occupational health & safety conference at their workplace, but many will be unable to attend
because of excessive workloads.
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University Stress Study: Low Job Satisfaction, High Stress Levels
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Preliminary data from a study of stress among Australian University staff will be
released today. The study, funded by two ARC SPIRT grants and support from the NTEU as Industry
Partner, is the most comprehensive study of its kind undertaken involving almost 9000 respondents in
seventeen universities.
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Who can we trust with our universities? University staff launch election campaign in
South Australia
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing staff at the University of Adelaide,
Flinders University and the University of South Australia, will launch its Federal Election Campaign
in Adelaide tomorrow. |
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Wollongong sacking sparks international campaign in defence of enterprise agreement
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The National Tertiary Education Union, representing staff in Australian universities,
has launched an international campaign to protest against the arbitrary sacking of Dr Ted Steele at
the University of Wollongong, and the University's breach of its enterprise agreement.
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Higher Education : An Election Issue in the South West
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NTEU National President Dr Carolyn Allport will visit Warrnambool today to discuss
higher education policy with members at Deakin University.
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Union rejects decision to cancel Yossi Olmert lecture
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The National Executive of the NTEU, meeting in Melbourne last week, unanimously endorsed
a resolution condemning the decision of Victoria University management to cancel a lecture by
visiting academic Dr Yossi Olmert as a breach of academic freedom.
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