23 September 2013 Deakin University and the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) have provisionally agreed on terms for a new enterprise agreement. The new agreement will include a 3% annual salary increase, and a $1200 initial increase to all salary bands (pro rata for non full-time staff). This reflects CPI (estimated at 2.5%), plus 0.5% per year which, together with the $1200 increase, works out at around at an average increase of 13.95% over the four years, or nearly 3.5% a year. The top-up payment means the percentage increase will be higher for lower-paid staff, and lower for staff on higher pay scales. Other key features include a revised academic workloads model, … [Read more...]
TDA Weekly Newsletter 23 September 2013
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In this edition Tertiary education split in new administrative arrangements Victorian training reforms detailed by Victorian Minister Peter Hall Training and job opportunities in Adelaide Young Australians over qualified and underemployed Gender imbalance and discrimination rife in ICT sector Connecting with Asia breakfast seminar Time to reform apprenticeships - Holmesglen Transport and logistics E-scan seeking input TDA study mission to Germany and UK Best practice in using scores from standardised English proficiency tests Diary Dates Tertiary education split in new administrative arrangements Technical and vocational education … [Read more...]
ACPET National Monday Update 23 September 2013
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In Focus Industry driven VET - but watch out for the flying cars With VET moving under the responsibility of the new Industry Minister, the Hon Ian Mcfarlane MP it is timely to reflect on how well the current industry advisory arrangements are working in VET. The answer is – in some parts of the system – not nearly well enough. ACPET is now consistently hearing of the difficulties and costs for training providers from the constant changes to Training Packages. While no-one in the sector would decry changes to ensure the skills being taught are the latest needed by industry, the current rate and nature of change should be reassuring only to those who look forward to … [Read more...]
