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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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Invitation to May Day rally, Canberra
This year there will be a large May Day rally in front of Old Parliament House on Saturday, May 4th, from 11.30 am. We would like to take a strong NTEU contingent. Please contact the Division ...
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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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Uni Staff Have Nothing Else To Give
This article was originally published on the New Matilda web site: http://newmatilda.com/2013/04/16/uni-staff-have-nothing-else-give
Improvements to funding and equity for primary and secondary school education are essential. These should not be achieved by slashing the resources available for a quality university education.
After the Government stripped $1 billion out of universities in the mid-year economic statement, the first major statement of the new Higher Education Minister Craig Emerson was to make a further $2.3 billion cuts to the sector. Around $1.3 billion of this will be borne by students – with the rest to come from an “efficiency dividend” of 2 per cent on payments to universities.
Let us be very clear: this $900 million reduction is not an “efficiency dividend”. The federal government is not our shareholder and our institutions do not have profits to distribute to them or anyone else. This change is a cut to university core funding.
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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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Canberra Times: Budget blow will cost Canberra's universities $16m
Today's Canberra Times reported on the probable effects of the government's announced university budget cuts on Canberra institutions. It quotes the NTEU ACT Division Secretary:
'Stephen Darwin said ...
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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 ...
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School reforms should not come at cost of universities
“The NTEU applauds increased government investment in education and welcomes the school education reforms. However, this should not come at the cost of public investment in universities and ...
