Holding the new government to account
With the Federal election now over, the NTEU, along with others in the higher education sector, is watching and assessing the first actions of the new Abbott Coalition Government. NTEU National …Read More
Thousands protest over the future of higher education
On 20 August thousands of university staff and students across Australia took part in the National Day of Action aimed at pushing higher education further up the political agenda for the federal …Read More
Masterly inactivity or ‘unmasterly activity’ on academic freedom?
The NTEU has condemned Tony Abbott’s proposed Commission of Audit which will “re-prioritise” about $900 million in annual Australian Research Council (ARC) grants and not …Read More
Election 2013 is a left-of-centre wipe-out
The 2013 election has been a disaster for the Labor Party and, as a consequence, for the Greens as well. Dr Nick Economou, edXpress’s own political commentator for the seemingly never-ending …Read More
What’s in a ranking?
The 2013 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (http://www.topuniversities.com/qs-world-university-rankings) released on 10 September raise an important question, according to Paul …Read More
Staff and student opposition to tutorial cuts at the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Calling the announcement to replace tutorials by ‘teaching forums’ at ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences a ‘teaching innovation’ is simply window-dressing for budget cuts, says NTEU ACT Division …Read More
Conga line protest outside Melbourne’s Centre for Adult Education
Staff at Melbourne’s Centre for Adult Education (CAE) formed a conga line weaving in and around their building for 30 minutes on 5 September, over management’s threat to remove the right …Read More
Equal Pay Day: Universities must close the gap, NTEU says
Victorian and Western Australian universities are amongst the worst employers when it comes to the gender pay gap for general staff, according to 2012 figures released by NTEU President Jeannie Rea …Read More
Student debt clock ticking: Will a university degree cost a second mortgage under Abbott?
A student debt clock on a website set up by the NTEU shows just how fast student debt in Australia is growing – an estimated $500,000 an hour or $12 million a day. Click here to view….Read More
NTEU slams Victorian Government outsourcing its Apprentice and Traineeship Regulatory Field Services
The NTEU has slammed a decision of the Victorian Government to outsource its Apprentice and Traineeship Regulatory Field Services (ATFS) to a Queensland company that has no previous presence or …Read More
Union successful in settling disability discrimination case at the Equal Opportunity Commission
Swinburne University of Technology agreed on 11 September to settle a discrimination claim made to the Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission by Joanne Waldron, an administrator …Read More
(Nano-) diamonds are a boy’s best friend: Professor Lloyd Hollenberg and his Eureka Prize
NTEU member, Professor Lloyd Hollenberg, and the team at the University of Melbourne won the Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research on 23 August for their breakthrough …Read More
“Not feelin’ the love” – JCU staff member tells it like it is
The stalled negotiations at James Cook University (JCU) have occasioned lots of all staff emails from management. …Read More
Word of the month: ‘entitlement’
A few months back, a friend told me the company her husband had worked for had gone bust and that he’d ‘lost’ his entitlements, …Read More
Dreaming of your next big trip?
Whether you’re trekking through Borneo or planning a romantic Whitsundays getaway, there are lots of ways you can save on travel when you use your NTEU benefits. Travel benefits include:…Read More
XFiles - edXpress 11, Sept 2013
Double-take
edXpress did a double-take on 2 September when we opened the paper to read this critique of then Prime Minister Rudd’s plans for TAFE by Julie Hare: “What seemed like a good …Read More
