Advocate August 2005
Vol 12 No 2
In this issue:
FEATURES
HEWRRs CAMPAIGN UPDATE
The first stage of NTEU’s campaign against HEWRRs
culminated in a successful day of protest action.
TAFE MEMBERS THREATENED BY NEW LAWS
Federal
funding for the TAFE sector will be conditional on a range of
workplace reforms.
MY FAMILY’S RALLY AGAINST HOWARD’S NEW
ORDER
University of Adelaide member, Sam Franzway, took his mum to the
NTEU National Protest Action on 1 June.
HEWRRS DECODED
A simple and non-technical explanation of the real meaning and
intent of the HEWRRs, exploring the discrepancy between rhetoric
and effect.
VSU FIGHT WIDENS
The Federal Government has ramped up its ideologically driven
attack on student organisations.
LESS RIGHTS 4U – YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE NEW IR
LAWS
While few NTEU members fall into the category of junior workers,
many of us will be concerned about what the Government’s
industrial law changes mean for our kids.
CHALLENGING THE DEFINITION OF A
‘UNIVERSITY’
The Government is proposing major changes to the regulatory
underpinnings of the public university system.
RQF UPDATE
Latest developments in the Research Quality Framework.
NATFHE WARNS AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIC BACKLASH AFTER LONDON BOMBINGS
UK HIGHER EDUCATION UNIONS TO MERGE
FROM THE OFFICERS
-
THE ‘REFASHIONING’ OF OUR UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM
Carolyn Allport, National President -
BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES
Grahame McCulloch, General Secretary -
NELSON’S TOTEMIC OBSESSION
Ted Murphy, National Assistant Secretary
UPDATE
- ALLIANCE FOR REGIONAL EDUCATION
- PROFESSORS FOR UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY
- TRAINING NEWS
- BARGAINING AGENT AUTHORITY
- MEMBERS RALLY TO PROTECT UNIVERSITY INDEPENDENCE
- MELBOURNE CLOSES COMMERCIAL OFFSHOOT
- NEWCASTLE UNI TO CUT 400+ JOBS
- BALLARAT DIGS IN FOR TOUGH STRUGGLE
- MEMBERS ‘MEET ON THE GRASS’ AT CQU
- RECENT POLICY & RESEARCH SUBMISSIONS BY NTEU
INDIGENOUS NEWS
- ABSTUDY 50% BELOW THE POVERTY LINE
- INDIGENOUS RESEARCH CODE OF ETHICS
- NTEU INDIGENOUS FORUM 2005
-
ƒNTEU INDIGENOUS RECRUITMENT A SUCCESS
AT SOUTHERN CROSS - IHEAC 2ND MEETING REPORT
COLUMNS
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PODCAST POTENTIAL
News from the Net, by Pat Wright -
NELSON’S NEGATIVE BRAINSTORMING
Lowering the Boom, by Ian Lowe -
NZ HIGHER EDUCATION IN CONFLICT
Letter from Aotearoa New Zealand, by Nigel Haworth, AUS -
DECLINE OF PRESS FREEDOM
Regional Focus, by Jenny Austin