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   Uni Cuts are Dumb Cuts! NTEU WA and NUS Protests 18 April

   Posted 29 April 2013 by Amy Talbot (WA Division)

    

   After the Federal Government’s $2.6 billion cuts to higher education funding announcement, NTEU and NUS joined forces across the country, taking to the streets in protest.

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   Uni Cuts are Dumb Cuts!

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   University cuts are real cuts with real consequences, says Union

   Posted 26 April 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

   An analysis of the cuts to university funding released by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) today challenges the Prime Minister’s characterisation of these cuts as being nothing more ...

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   Uni Cuts Real Cuts

   Published: 26 Apr, 2013
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   0 comments • Tags: media release, dumb cuts, higher education, casuals, cuts, funding
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   ArtsHub: Schools funding formula fails arts education

   Posted 22 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

   Catch up with ArtsHub article from 19 April on the effects of the $2.3bn uni cuts: "Schools funding formula fails arts education,"

   By Paul Isbel | Friday April 19 ...

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   0 comments • Tags: Arts, dumb cuts, TAFE, higher education
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   NTEU Dumb Cuts leaflet

   Posted 22 April 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

   The NTEU has produced a leaflet explaining the Federal Government's cuts to higher education funding.

   Please feel free to distribute around your workplace and amongst your friends and families.

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   Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts (A4 general flyer)

   Published: 18 Apr, 2013
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   Union questions Federal Government figures on university cuts

   Posted 18 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

   Research by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has questioned key claims about the $2.3bn university cuts made by Craig Emerson, the Minister for Education, Skills, Science and Research, in an email forwarded to all Monash University staff and students on Wednesday. An almost identical letter was emailed to the

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   WA university staff and students protest over $2.3bn cuts to university funding

   Posted 18 April 2013 by Carmel Shute (NTEU National Office)

   ABC News report about today’s protests in Perth over the Federal Government’s $2.3bn cuts to university funding.

   Members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and students staged protests this morning at Curtin University, Murdoch University, the University of Western Australia and Edith Cowan University.

   NTEU Division President Gabe Gooding told the ABC that the cuts were particularly bad for Western Australia because of the decision many years ago to move the school starting age forward by six months. This will start to be felt in 2015 with half as many school leavers as usual available to enrol at

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   0 comments • Tags: dumb cuts, funding, Invest in Universities, higher education, cuts, uwa
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   Photos from Funding Cut Protest 18.4.13

   Posted 18 April 2013 by Beth Cole (Murdoch University)

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   Murdoch photos of Protest 18.4.13

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   Protest Cuts Thurs April 18, 7:30am

   Posted 17 April 2013 by Beth Cole (Murdoch University)

   We call on members, non-members, friends and family to join us tomorrow morning to protest the University funding cuts announced by the Federal Government. 

   Thurs 18th April

   7:30 – 9:30 ...

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   Urgent Action

   Published: 17 Apr, 2013
   

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   Restore funding to our universities and students: message to NTEU members

   Posted 17 April 2013 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

   Dear NTEU members,

   Thank you for your feedback to my email early this week. I have read your messages of support and the many good ideas and proposals for the focus and content of the campaign. In ...

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    FIGHT BACK AGAINST FUNDING CUTS: WA Protest Details

    Posted 16 April 2013 by Jason Tebbutt (WA Division)

    Join NTEU members, staff, students and members of the community to voice our opposition to the massive cuts to Higher Education funding announced by the Government on the weekend.

    ECU
    Wednesday 17^th ...

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    0 comments • Tags: tertiary education funding, university funding, higher education funding, NTEU, NUS

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