• NTEU Home
  • Campaigns
  • Go Local

    • Statewide

      1. ACT Division
      2. NSW Division
      3. NT Division
      4. Qld Division
      5. SA Division
      6. Tas Division
      7. Vic Division
      8. WA Division

      Universities

      Other Sector

      Key Groups

      1. Indigenous
      2. Women
      3. Casuals
      4. Research

Back to NTEU National Office

Is your lecture or tutorial overcrowded? Let NTEU know

Posted 28 February 2012 by Matthew McGowan (NTEU National Office)

Overcrowdings of lectures and tutorials is a common complaint amongst university staff and students in the first few weeks of first semester.

 This year inadequate funding per student combined with the uncapping of enrolments is likely to make matters worse. This will means more crowded and increase workloads for staff.

As part of our Invest in Australia’s Future campaign, over the coming weeks NTEU is asking university staff and students to report instances of overcrowding to the Union.

In particular, we want you to send us photographs of overcrowded university classes and/or tutorials you are teaching or attending.

Photographs can be sent to the following e-mail: overcrowded@nteu.org.au

Or you can post them directly to Twitter with the following hash tag #investinunis

Where possible, we would ask that all images be accompanied by:

  • The name of the institution where they are taken.
  • A very general description of the class, ie, ‘first year philosophy’ or whatever. It does not have to be too specific.

If you are e-mailing images make sure they are accompanied by your name. We won’t be making this information public but it would be useful if we need to follow up with the sender.

We will be posting a selection of pictures on the NTEU’s Invest in Australia’s Future website and using them to generate media interest in the issue of university under funding.

As such, the NTEU is also interested in know about any lecturers or students who are prepared to talk to the media about overcrowding.  If you know of a particularly serious example of overcrowding and are prepared to talk to the media contact the Union’s National Media Officer, Andrew Nette at overcrowded@nteu.org.au

Or don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or require further information.

Yours sincerely,

Matthew McGowan

NTEU Assistant National Secretary

Tags: , • Related Blogs: ACT Division, NSW Division, NT Division, Vic Division, WA Division, SA Division, Qld Division, Tas Division, Australian Catholic University, University of Adelaide, Australian Defence Force Academy, Australian National University, University of Ballarat, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Bond University, University of Canberra, Charles Darwin University, Central Queensland University, Charles Sturt University, Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University, Flinders University, Griffith University, James Cook University, La Trobe University, Macquarie University, University of Melbourne, Monash University, Murdoch University, University of Notre Dame Australia, University of Newcastle, University of New South Wales, Queensland University of Technology, RMIT University, Southern Cross University, Swinburne University of Technology, University of Sydney, University of New England, University of Queensland, University of South Australia, University of the Sunshine Coast, University of Southern Queensland, University of Technology Sydney, University of Western Australia, University of Western Sydney, University of Wollongong

Comments

There are no comments. Be the first to have your say!

Post a comment

Please be considerate and respectful in your comments.

Branch Contacts

Branch Office


Rm E303 Lismore Campus
Southern Cross University
Phone: 02 6620 3297
Fax: 02 6626 9486
scu@nteu.org.au
http://www.nteu.org.au/scu

Kate Mitchell
Branch President
kate.mitchell@scu.edu.au

Lisa Roberts
Branch Organiser
lroberts@nteu.org.au



NTEU Online Store

Site Search

Copyright 2013 the National Tertiary Education Union  |  About  |  Privacy  |  Site by Datalink