Archive for May, 2009
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10,000 University Staff Take Action in Victoria
More than ten thousand university professionals at five Victorian universities stopped work yesterday in support of their enterprise bargaining claim for improvements which will redress the deterioration in working conditions within the sector during recent years and enable quality education and res...
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Budget 2009-10 briefing paper
As part of the 2009 -10 Budget, Higher Education has been allocated an additional $5.7 billion over four years in new programs which represent the Government’s funding commitments to delivering the most important reforms proposed by the Bradley Review of Australian Higher Education and Cutler Revi...
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Budget delivers strong investment for universities and research
Treasurer Wayne Swan’s 2009 Budget contained good news for universities and their staff and students. The total commitment over four years is in the order of $6 billion. Tonight’s Budget provided for a 2.5% increase in core learning and teaching grants and introduced more sustainable indexat...
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Increased Public Investment Vital for the Future of Australian Universities
NTEU will assess the Government’s Budget response for universities based on the extent of increased public investment in key priority areas. These include: · Fully funding the cost of publicly supported research; · Increasing the real level of funding pe...
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NTEU applauds MOU in bargaining at University of Sydney
NTEU National Executive notes the 30 April 2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Sydney and the University of Sydney NTEU Branch, and congratulates the University of Sydney Branch for achieving a strong framework for a new comprehensive single collective bargaining Agreement co...
