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ACOLA Report highlights investment needed to fix Australian research careers
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has welcomed the release of a report yesterday by the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) which has confirmed that job insecurity is the ...
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Lack of job security a real issue for Australian universities
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has challenged the Australian Industry Group’s (AIG) assertion in today’s Australian Financial Review that insecure employment is not a major ...
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Greens’ Fair Work Amendment on insecure employment would mean a fairer future, says National Tertiary Education Union
Greens’ Fair Work Amendment on insecure employment would mean a fairer future, says National Tertiary Education Union
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) says the Fair Work Amendment ...
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2012 Academic Staffing figures show women still under represented at top level; Academic workforce ageing faster than ever
The Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE) has released the 2012 staffing figures, and as always, there is some interesting data.
In ...
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Back to the future for Australian universities
This op ed feature was written for Campus Review at its request by NTEU National President Jeannie Rea but mistakenly appeared in yesterday's edition under the byline of Carol Miles. Campus ...
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Cut casual teaching, says NTEU University of Sydney Branch
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) Sydney University branch has called for the reduction of casual academic teaching at the University in its log of claims for a new enterprise bargaining. ...
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National Survey reveals a Casual Academic workforce struggling to make a living and do their job
A national survey of casual academic staff in Australian universities has revealed a workforce struggling to make a living and do their job with the resources they are given.
Nearly 1500 ...
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(579 KB) - PDFCasual Teaching & Research Staff Survey 2012 - Summary of Key Results
Published: 29 May, 2012
Tags: casuals, survey
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NTEU media release: Governments must listen to Insecure Work Inquiry on need for increased investment in skills and education
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) welcomes the report of the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work, Lives on Hold, released at Australian Council of Trade Unions Congress in Sydney today.
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NTEU media release ‘Survival stall’ asks Swinburne University community to donate goods to help tide over late paid casual academics
National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members at Swinburne University have today launched a ‘survival stall’ for casual academics working at the institution and are asking staff to ...
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Higher education workers support teachers in their fight against casualisation
It has been reported this week that nearly 20,000 new primary and secondary teachers will need to be employed over the next five years to replace staff reaching retirement.
This comes as proposed NSW government reforms will hand control of staffing to local principals, allowing them to replace long-serving, permanent teachers with casual and short-term arrangements.
NSW Teachers Federation President, Maurie Mulheron, is concerned recent graduates will be exploited to achieve a cheaper workforce. He said:
“What we will have is a totally deregulated staffing structure, with an increasing number of temporary positions, no incremental pay scale and no guaranteed executive structure."
''The department and the minister see this as a golden time. They can exploit the fact there are a lot of young people coming in and a cheaper workforce. But they can also change the culture by putting them on short-term or casual arrangements. We're extremely worried about the future of the profession.''
The attacks facing NSW teachers are similar to those faced by higher education staff. Our sector has already seen a dramatic increase in precarious employment, with as many as 77,000 staff in Australian universities employed as casuals. Large-scale casualisation has begun to undermine the sustainability of the academic profession in Australia.
