Capping uni funding would be a lose-lose for everyone

09/11/2013 by
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The Conversation    |     9 November 2013 Melbourne University’s Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis has called on the federal government to reform the university funding system and allow universities to “decide their own student profiles within the funding envelope”. “Decide student profiles” sounds better than “restricting access” and “within the funding envelope” certainly sounds more agreeable than “cutting higher education funding” but they amount to the same thing. If Davis’ suggestion is taken up by the government, there will be significant consequences with regards to who will be able to get into university and what they will be able to study. The current uncapped system, where there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budget, Coalition policies, Curtin University, Government, Higher education policy, University of Melbourne Tagged With: , , , ,

Forrest donates $65m to WA universities

18/10/2013 by
Twiggy Forrest

ABC News   |  15 October 2013 Mining billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest has made one of the biggest single philanthropic donations in Australian history, and called on other tycoons to share their wealth. Forrest will contribute $65 million to higher education in Western Australia.  He says he wants the money to attract some of the best minds in the world to West Australian universities. I expect this to be one of the best, if not the best, investments we ever make.I'd like to see the University of Western Australia and the other four or five universities in Western Australia really excel through having some of the greatest minds in the world attracted to it. Philanthropy Australia … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University, University of Western Sydney Tagged With: ,

Pay deals and benchmarks

23/09/2013 by

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...]

Filed Under: Charles Sturt University, Curtin University, Deakin, Government, Industrial relations, National Tertiary Education Union Tagged With: , , , , ,

Campus Review 11 February 2013

14/02/2013 by
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This is Campus Review's own summary of lead items in its online edition.  As Campus Review is a subscription service,  you or your organisation need to have a  subscription to Campus Review to view the full article.   All non subscribers to Campus Review can  have access to a free online trial offer provides free online access to the website for 28 days ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Good research goes missing Australia does well in world academic rankings but the success rate for researchers applying for grants is only about 20%, writes Louise Williams. The research sector is … [Read more...]

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WA Main Round offers down 2%

17/01/2013 by

TISC    |    17 January 2013 WA’s Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) reports that WA universities received 19,065 applications in 2012/13, down from 19,258 last year (-1%) and that 16,189 offers were made in this year’s Main Round, down from 16,524 (-2%).  The decline in offers due to the decrease in application numbers and to a change in policy by one university to require direct application by those who deferred their 2012 offer. Applications from 2012 WACE students showed a modest increase (1%), while other applications decreased 4%. Compared with last year, the total number of offers made has decreased by 2%, Eight-five per cent of applicants were successful. Numbers of offers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Curtin University, Edith CowanUniversity, Higher education policy, Murdoch University, Univesity of Western Australia Tagged With: , , , , ,

Curtin deal sets standard

29/10/2012 by

The Australian    |    29 October 2012 Curtin's staff agreement sets the standard for universities across the country, writes Stephen Matchett.  While NTEU officials at state and national levels say the creation of teaching only positions opens a career path for casuals which is not there now, the teaching fellow strategy constitutes a concession on the union’s standard position.  Under existing university agreements permanent academic staff generally spend 40 per cent each of their working week on teaching and research with the balance allocated to administration. However, the union expects this to change.  According to NTEU official Kevin Rouse: Teaching only (positions) reflect … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Curtin University, National Tertiary Education Union Tagged With: , ,

Curtin 17% wage deal

29/10/2012 by
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NTEU  Newsroom    |    26 October 2012 Staff at Curtin University in Perth have won an in-principle agreement to provide 17% wage increase over 4 years.  The in-principle agreement, which has been endorsed by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) Executive and members, is the first to be negotiated in any of Australia’s 37 public universities in the current round. Key improvements in the deal include: Reasonable salary increases Firm workload caps for academic staff Equal treatment for general and academic staff in serious misconduct and unsatisfactory work performance issues The creation of more secure work for casual staff with the introduction of Scholarly Teaching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Curtin University, National Tertiary Education Union Tagged With: , , ,

Australian Financial Review Education Supplement 22 October 2012

22/10/2012 by
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Benefits-based fees plan under attack The controversial call by the Grattan Institute think tank for students to pay more for university degrees has been challenged by one of the authors of the Federal Government's review of higher education funding. Education briefs The federal government announced $652 million in National Health and Medical Research Council grants on Friday, the first since a grant freeze was imposed ahead of the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook. Business study is key: accountants The two key bodies representing the accountancy profession have called for compulsory business education in the middle years of high school. Australia's unis seek to make name for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Curtin University, Grattan Institute, Higher education policy, MOOCs, National Tertiary Education Union, universities Tagged With: , , , ,

Curtin leads way on pay

18/10/2012 by
dollars

Australian Financial Review    |    15 October 2012 Curtin University staff are set to receive a 16% salary rise over four years after agreement was reached on a ground-breaking deal last week, the National Tertiary Education Union says. The Curtin agreement is the first to be struck in a new enterprise bargaining round for universities and will probably be mirrored nationwide. Along with the pay rises, it makes way for the introduction of a new, union-sanctioned category of academic devoted to teaching, as well as caps on teaching workloads overall. The deal will run over four years – not the typical three – in a deliberate union strategy to secure pay and conditions for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Curtin University, National Tertiary Education Union Tagged With: , ,

Australian Financial Review Education Supplement 15 October 2012

15/10/2012 by
afr LOGO

As the Australian Financial Review is a subscription service, links will not work unless you or your organisation is a paid subscriber. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Uni limits fee rises as it cuts costs Private Bond University will keep fee rises below the inflation rate next year as it attempts to stem a 10 per cent decline in new students. Curtin leads the way on pay rises Curtin University staff will receive a 16 per cent salary rise over four years following a ground-breaking deal reached by university executives and the National Tertiary Education Union. More students get taste of the real world When … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budget, Curtin University, MOOCs, National Tertiary Education Union, Teaching & learnig, TEQSA, universities, University of Newcastle Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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