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NTEU Dumb Cuts leaflet
The NTEU has produced a leaflet explaining the Federal Government's cuts to higher education funding.
Please feel free to distribute around your workplace and amongst your friends and families.
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Union questions Federal Government figures on university cuts
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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WA university staff and students protest over $2.3bn cuts to university funding
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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Emergency Rally: Save Our Universities! No Funding Cuts!
Come to the Rally to protest the Government's Funding Cuts
TUESDAY 23 APRIL @ 2PM
BRISBANE SQUARE (Top of Queen St Mall)
Take a stand against this attack on students and universities.
Supported ...
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This (micro-managed) campus life
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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This (micro-managed) campus life (Andrew Bonnell, The Australian)
- by:Andrew Bonnell
- From:The Australian
- April 17, 2013, 12:00AM
MONDAY morning: the first thing I need to do is return proofs for a journal article. Journal proofs can’t wait: the last ...
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Restore funding to our universities and students: message to NTEU members
Dear NTEU members,
Thank you for your feedback to my email early this week. I have read your messages of support and the many good ideas and proposals for the focus and content of the campaign. In ...
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Opposition ‘hypocritical’ for not opposing university cuts
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has slammed reports that Opposition education spokesman Christopher Pyne has ruled out opposing the Federal government’s $2.3bn in cuts to higher ...
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Support students organising against the Federal Government's higher education cuts
Do support the students by participating in their activities and also assuring students participating that they will not be penalised for non-attendance in class.
Events are being organised across ...
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“Dumb cuts – dumber country.” Union appeals to University Vice Chancellors over $2.3b cuts to higher education
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is appealing to Australian universities not to cut staff as a result of the $900 million ‘efficiency dividend’ cuts announced on the weekend ...


