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News about UniSuper's Defined Benefits Fund
NTEU views the news about UniSuper's Defined Benefits Fund with serious concern.
Following further investigation and consideration we will be issuing a statement to all members in the next ...
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NTEU Submission Draft Change Proposal 9/12/11
Submission
(144 KB) - PDFNTEU Submission Draft Change Proposal 9/12/11
Published: 12 Dec, 2011
Tags: USYD, managing change, submission,
NTEU Submission Draft Change Proposal 9/12/11
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Australian Universities Today and Tomorrow, NTEU’s Future of Higher Education Conference
22-23 February 2012 - University of Sydney
Registration is now open for our Future of the Higher Education Sector Conference Australian Universities Today and Tomorrow.
Please note that registration is necessary. Register online by clicking here. Registration is $80 for NTEU members; there is no charge to casual members and full time students, and it is $200 for others. With a limit of 150 participants, this will be a high level, intensive and interactive conference. Places will fill quickly.
We are organising this timely conference because NTEU believes that it is now the appropriate time to both reflect upon what is changing and consider the impacts. It is time to cast the public debate wider and deeper to pose the more profound question as to what we expect of our universities today and tomorrow. The objective of the conference is to better position the NTEU as major actor in the debates about Australian higher and tertiary education.
The conference is organised around a series of six thematic panels over two days. Speakers have been asked to reflect upon their knowledge and experience, to consider the issues of today and projecting into the future and to interrogate the ideological drivers, as well as political pragmatics about what is going to shape the future of our universities. Following some framing remarks from the Chair, each session will have a panel of 3-4 speakers addressing specific aspects of the theme, followed by debate amongst the panellists and Q&A with the audience. The themes are:
- Funding policies
- Regulation and governance
- Students
- The public intellectual
- The 21stcentury university employee
- The international
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Email Issue
At the moment there seems to be an issue with the mail servers here at Sydney University. This means that we are having problems with our email too. Specifically, we are not receiving ANY email sent to nteu[at]nteu.usyd.edu.au. If you need to get in touch with us, please email either Kate at kbarnsley[at]nteu.org.au or Andrew at arivett[at]nteu.org.au. Alternatively you can call the branch office at 02 9351 2827.
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Lobby the University of Sydney Senate Meeting
Support Sydney Staff and Students
Lobby the University of Sydney Senate Meeting
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NTEU responds to the Vice Chancellor's statement and ALL STAFF MEETING
This week, the NTEU responed to Sydney University management's proposal to cut 340 staff accross the University.
Also, don't forget the NTEU All Staff meeting next ...
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New survey reveals racial discrimination is alive and well in universities
A survey released today of Indigenous academic and professional staff in higher education has revealed they continue to experience direct discrimination and racist attitudes in our universities.
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Booklet
(4 MB) - PDFI'm Not A Racist, But...
eBook: http://issuu.com/nteu/docs/im_not_a_racist_but
Published: 18 Nov, 2011
Edition:
ISBN: 978-0-9806500-5-1
Tags: indigenous, lateral violence, racism, survey,
Report on Cultural Respect, Racial Discrimination, Lateral Violence & Related Policy at Australia’s Universities. Published by the National Indigenous Unit and Indigenous Policy Committee of the NTEU.
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NTEU vows to fight deep job cuts across three major unis
The National Tertiary Education Union will fight deep job cuts at the University of Sydney, the University of NSW and Macquarie University, announced by management in recent days.
340 ...
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Invest in Australia’s Future, Invest in our Universities
The NTEU today launches a new website to support a long term campaign to improve funding for the University sector: www.investinuniversities.org.au
The “Invest in Australia’s Future, Invest in our Universities” campaign calls on the government to urgently increase student funding by 10% as recommended by the Bradley Review, and to commit to a longer term target of achieving 1% of GDP in line with the average OECD expenditure in this area.
As the campaign develops, this website will provide information about the issues facing the sector, and provide mechanisms for staff to get directly involved and for their voice to be heard.
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All Staff Meeting - JOB CUTS AT USYD
Job cuts on the table?
The NTEU believes that University of Sydney management are planning to make significant cuts to staffing levels. Management has not denied this. In fact, in their responses to press enquiries, management have confirmed that there would be “a reduction in expenditure” next year.
Recently, the NTEU wrote to the Vice Chancellor demanding urgent clarfication of university management's plans. The NTEU is meeting with university management on Monday 21 November to discuss their proposals.
We reject any rationale for staffing cuts. All of us know, more staff and better resourced staff are needed to ensure a high quality student experience and top level research output.
Members condemn university plans
At a recent meeting of NTEU members, a motion was passed denouncing these cuts as unnecessary. Members believe any cuts are likely to impact negatively on research and the education of students and have a detrimental impact on staff morale and wellbeing.
All staff meeting: Wednesday 30 November
All staff are invited to come to a meeting on Wednesday 30 November in Carslaw 273 from 1-2. We will hear a report of the meeting with University management and discuss our response to management's proposals.
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(105 KB) - PDFAll staff meeting: Wednesday 30 November
Published: 18 Nov, 2011
Tags: USYD, job cuts, redundancies, meeting,
USYD job cuts meeting notice.
Branch Contacts
Branch Office
Room 214 Transient Bdg Camperdown/DarlingtonCampus
University of Sydney
Phone: 02 9351 2827
Fax: 02 9351 7573
nteu@nteu.usyd.edu.au
http://www.nteu.org.au/sydney
Michael Thomson
Branch President
mthomson@mail.usyd.edu.au
Katherine Barnsley
Branch Organiser
kbarnsley@nteu.org.au
