The Australian | 27 June 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… La Trobe University is planning to cut about 69 academic positions in its business, economic and law faculty with economics, accounting, management and marketing the worst hit. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......…… Academic staff in economics will be cut by almost two-thirds to just 10 under a proposed restructure circulated to staff . The Australian reports that academic staff positions in accounting will be cut in half from something currently over 30, though about eight new positions will be created. La Trobe wasn’t able to confirm the exact number of jobs that will be lost in economics, but … [Read more...]
ACPET National Monday Update Edition 557, 9 June 2014
11/06/2014 by
In Focus Great news for VET and a tussle in higher education... As members will have seen from ACPET's comments on Friday on our social media platforms - we are as pleased as our RTO members with news that from 1 July ASQA will automatically update scope of registration for equivalent training package products and not charge fees for these administrative changes. Details have been sent by ASQA to all RTOs it registers. In case you missed it, the information is on the ASQA website. ... Read more National ACPET's Health Check offer for members As part of members’ renewal for 2014/15, ACPET is offering a $500 discount on any of its Health Check services … [Read more...]
Higher education policy seminars 2014
06/05/2014 by
6 May 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Has Australia the imagination and will to create and maintain international pre-eminence in higher education? Key issues must be tackled across the next few years if an excellent higher education system is to be designed and built. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….................................... Since 2007 the University of Melbourne has hosted an influential series of high-profile public seminars on higher education policy. With higher education becoming ever more important to Australia’s prosperity it is essential to engage deeply in open discussions of how to plan and steer the tertiary system. The … [Read more...]
La Trobe facing strike amid job cuts
24/03/2014 by
NTEU News | 14 March 2014 The Australian | 15 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… NTEU members at La Trobe University have voted to strike on 26 and 27 March across the university’s campuses as the university’s plan to cut 350 jobs inflamed stalled pay negotiations. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… The union says the job cuts are unnecessary and has demanded management agree to a pay increases of around 3% a year. Management have offered an 11 per cent pay rise over four years — an average 2.75% annual increase. NTEU Victorian secretary Colin Long says the cost cutting agenda isn’t an excuse to offer a below-sector pay rise because it was … [Read more...]
UQ staff to strike
10/03/2014 by
10 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… NTEU members at the University of Queensland (UQ) will strike on 11 March for better pay and conditions. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… NTEU UQ Branch President, Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell, said that the University languishes behind others when it came to pay, workloads, and indigenous employment. He said UQ is in the top three universities in Australia on most indicators but ranks 23rdfor pay and that, despite student numbers having risen by 20% over 5 years, there has been no increase in teaching staff. The strain this places on workloads obviously has negative consequences for student … [Read more...]
Macquarie staff to strike
10/03/2014 by
The Australian | 10 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… NTEU members at Macquarie University are striking on Tuesday 11 March for more permanent and early career academic staff to address casualisation and ensure fairer workloads. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Management has offered staff a 9 % pay rise over three years in a proposal largely in line with recent agreements elsewhere in the sector of around 3 per cent a year. But the union is seeking 11% over three-and-a-half years, or just over 3.1% a year. The key disagreement is over the NTEU’s national campaign to get universities to convert more casual positions into permanent … [Read more...]
EBAs: Monash settle – Swinburne, Macquarie and UQ unsettled
10/03/2014 by
10 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and Monash University have reached in-principle agreement on a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) , following strike action on 3 March, while NTEU and Swinburne appear headed to court. Staff are striking at Macquarie and Queensland over pay and workload issues. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The deal provides for a salary increase going forward of 13% for the life of the new agreement, in addition to the 2% administrative pay rise which Monash University staff received last year making a total salary increase of 15% to be delivered by 30 June … [Read more...]
