While the government commits billions of dollars to the black hole of AUKUS, universities are underfunded, allowing amanagement culture,which now pervades universities, to look for course and job cuts. Rowan Cahill reports.
Australian universities
The National Tertiary Education Union at Monash University protested outside a meeting of the university’s Executive Councilin support of their enterprise agreement.Brenna Dempsey reports.
The National Tertiary Education Union at the University of Melbourne has begun a week of industrial action,after more than a year of failed negotiations. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
While concrete details remain patchy,job security is not the only troubling aspect of Premier Peter Malinauskas'decision to mergethe University of Adelaide and UniSA. Binoy Kampmark reports.
More than 150 staff and students at the University of Melbourne supported a 24-hour strike over a management planto fund a staff pay rise from their superannuation. Jordan AK reports.
NTEU members struck and rallied at James Cook Universities’two larger campuses in Townsville and Cairns,joining the union’snationwide campaign. Jonathan Strauss reports.
National Tertiary Education Union members at the University of Technology Sydneystruck for improved pay and better job security for a half day. Jim McIlroy reports.
National Tertiary Education Union members went onstrike at the University of Newcastle and UTS for job security, manageable workloads, fair pay and for casuals to be given permanent contracts. Steve O'Brien and Kerry Smith report.
Charles Sturt University will repay millions in unpaid wages to current and former casual staff, in a life-changing win for casual employees. Susan Price reports.
The stresses onstudents to search for helpto maintain their grades has risen under the pandemic and as a result of university cuts. Binoy Kampmark reports on how educational “services” are capitalising.
The recently released 2021 National Student Safety Surveyshows that sexual harassment and assault is widespread on university campuses. Sarah Hathway reports.
After a year of job cuts, Federation University has just announced a restructure of its academic portfolio, which will make teaching and learning harder,John Smith reports.
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