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NTEU Report available today highlights gaming in ERA process
The NTEU has published a report today called Impact of ERA Research Assessment on University Behaviour and their Staff that highlights major problems in the university management of research over the ...
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NTEU launches proceedings against Swinburne University over failure to consult over closure of Lilydale and Prahran campuses
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) commenced proceedings this morning against Swinburne University of Technology in the Federal Court of Australia following its decision last July to shut ... -
Staff at the University of Sydney set to strike again – this time for two days
Staff at the University of Sydney are set strike again – this time for two full days on Tuesday and Wednesday (26 –27 March) – after the failure of negotiations on a collective ... -
National Research Investment Plan released
Following the government's Focusing Australia's Publicly Funded Research Review last year, Minister Chris Evans launched the National Research Investment Plan (NRIP) on Wednesday. The Plan sets out ... -
Update on whether research grant funding is being cut
At Senate Estimates yesterday (17 October 2012), further discussion occurred about the Federal Government's budget review, the pause on discretionary funding and whether the allocation of research ...
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NTEU sets out concerns on the proposed Defence Trade Controls Bill
After discussing the NTEU's concerns about the Defence Trade Controls Bill on Radio 6PR Perth yesterday, NTEU President Jeannie Rea has today sent the Defence Minister, the Hon Stephen Smith a letter ...
Submission
(955 KB) - PDFNTEU Letter to Defence Minister on Defence Trade Control Bill 16 October 2012
Published: 16 Oct, 2012
Tags: Defence Trade Controls Bill, academic freedom,
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Impact of the Defence Trade Controls Bill on academic freedom
Today in the Sydney Morning Herald, the University of Sydney's DVC Research Jill Trewhella has written a notable opinion piece about the proposed Defence Trade Controls Bill, proposed legislation ...
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World Refugee Day Events - 22 June
20 June is World Refugee Day. Events are taking place all around Australia. Here are some of the major events that have already been announced. If you have other World Refugee Day events you’d ...
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Casuals in Canadian universities
For your interest, here is an excellent article in the April 2012 CAUT Bulletin by former CAUT President Professor Penni Stewart (2008-11) about casualisation of the academic work in Canadian ...
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NTEU in the Media: When a casual affair turns sour
An article by Gary Newman in The Age today covers the issue of casualisation in universities in depth, quoting from Frank Larkins, Emmaline Bexley, Robyn May, and the NTEU Industrial Unit's own Ken ...•
