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  1. NTEU welcomes Greens and Andrew Wilkie’s opposition to uni cuts legislation

    Posted 14 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    The Greens and independent MP Andrew Wilkie this morning announced their support for the National Tertiary Education Union’s ‘uni cuts- dumb cuts’ campaign and declared their ...

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  2. Government cuts will turn students away

    Posted 8 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Politicians and their advisers are out of step if they still think that there are no votes in higher education, National Tertiary Education Union President, Jeannie Rea said today in response to the ...

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  3. Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty backs the 14 May national protest against university cuts

    Posted 8 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty backs the 14 May national protests against the latest $2.3bn university cuts. Protest actions are being organised across the country by the National Tertiary ...

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  4. University of Tasmania staff to vote on taking industrial action

    Posted 6 May 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Industrial action over a collective agreement at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) is one step closer following the decision of the Tasmanian Division Council of the National Tertiary Education Union ...

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  5. Media alert: May Day, May Day: University action for a better deal for university staff and students

    Posted 30 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    University staff across NSW are taking action on May 1 – the traditional day of workers’ action and solidarity – in support of their claims for a better deal for university staff ...

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  6. Swinburne staff vote for bans

    Posted 26 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Industrial action over a collective agreement looms at Swinburne University of Technology, following a successful protected industrial action ballot of National Tertiary Education Union members.

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  7. ArtsHub: Schools funding formula fails arts education

    Posted 22 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Catch up with ArtsHub article from 19 April on the effects of the $2.3bn uni cuts: "Schools funding formula fails arts education,"

    By Paul Isbel | Friday April 19 ...

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  8. Union questions Federal Government figures on university cuts

    Posted 18 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Research by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has questioned key claims about the $2.3bn university cuts made by Craig Emerson, the Minister for Education, Skills, Science and Research, in an email forwarded to all Monash University staff and students on Wednesday. An almost identical letter was emailed to the

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  9. WA university staff and students protest over $2.3bn cuts to university funding

    Posted 18 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    ABC News report about today’s protests in Perth over the Federal Government’s $2.3bn cuts to university funding.

    Members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and students staged protests this morning at Curtin University, Murdoch University, the University of Western Australia and Edith Cowan University.

    NTEU Division President Gabe Gooding told the ABC that the cuts were particularly bad for Western Australia because of the decision many years ago to move the school starting age forward by six months. This will start to be felt in 2015 with half as many school leavers as usual available to enrol at

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  10. This (micro-managed) campus life

    Posted 17 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

    Andrew Bonnell, who’s President of the NTEU Queensland Division and Branch President at UQ, was guest columnist today for The Australian’s Campus Life. Andrew is an Associate Professor in ...

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