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  1. University Council elections - your staff candidates respond

    Posted 21 August 2012 by Jenny Whittard (University of Newcastle)

    Download this special issue NTEU NEWCASTLE BRANCH E-BULLETIN  dedicated to the Univeristy Council candidates. 

    Read about their responses to NTEU questions on basic university and union ...

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  2. Decision time University Council elections - Spotlight on the staff candidates

    Posted 15 August 2012 by Jenny Whittard (University of Newcastle)

    It's decision time for staff in the University Council elections! So, in order to assist staff in their voting decisions, the NTEU Newcastle Branch has sent the following questions of ...

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  3. Uni Council elections open – Your NTEU asks questions of the candidates

    Posted 14 August 2012 by Jenny Whittard (University of Newcastle)

    VOTING OPENS TOMORROW FOR UNIVERSITY COUNCIL STAFF REPs

     A ballot has been called for the election of staff members to University Council.

     Given the power of University Council, it is ...

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  4. NTEU support for NUSA petition: Rescind the cuts to student voice on Council

    Posted 30 July 2012 by Jenny Whittard (University of Newcastle)

    NTEU members are urged to support the Newcastle University Student Association in their campaign to stop cuts to student representation on University Council.  Changes to composition to staff ...

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  5. UoN UNIVERSITY COUNCIL STAFF REPS: Nominations now open

    Posted 25 July 2012 by Jenny Whittard (University of Newcastle)

    Message from Suzanne Ryan- NTEU Newcastle Branch President

    Monday, 6 August 2012 is the deadline for nominations for two members of the academic staff and one member of the non-academic staff of the ...

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  6. Student & staff voice on UoN University Council - cut?

    Posted 17 July 2012 by Jenny Whittard (University of Newcastle)

    Members with an interest in maintaining staff and student voice on University Council should note with concern the resolution in the 23rd March 2012  University of Newcastle Council minutes ...

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  7. Brave New World? More like an old undemocratic one.

    Posted 24 August 2011 by Adam Knobel (NSW Division)

    NSW State Secretary, Genevieve Kelly, has penned the following letter (Campus Review, 15 August 2011) in response to Fred Hilmer’s argument that modern university governance needs fewer elected representatives.

    “Academics – and particularly historians – must have stifled a laugh when they read Fred Hilmer’s prescription for a “brave new world” of university governance. (Campus Review, June 14). According to the UNSW vice-chancellor, modern university governance needs fewer elected representatives, to create a more streamlined approach.

    Reading between the lines, it’s clear Professor Hilmer thinks a university council should be little more than a rubber stamp for the whims of its executive. Elections are a messy business, after all, and to quote Campus Review, “Hilmer believes elected representatives on a council end up representing their constituents

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