Archive for News
-
ALP to consider legislation to enshrine academic freedom
NTEU National President, Dr Carolyn Allport, was a guest on ABC Radio National's National Interest programme on 23 October 2009 to discuss the issue of the Federal Government enshrining academic freedom in legislation. Listen to the podcast here....
-
University staff take action for a better education system
Thousands of National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members at 16 universities around Australia will take industrial action today, Wednesday 16 September, by stopping work for 24 hours (except University of Tasmania, which will stop work for 4 hours). FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.UNIVERSITYB...
-
National bargaining website
NTEU has launched a national website dedicated to the current round of bargaining in universities. For all the latest news and updates on what's happening at your institution, visit www.universitybargaining.com.au...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
