Archive for Policy initiatives
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Towards environmentally sustainable universities
Australia’s universities are high energy users and producers of waste, but are also important environmental researchers and key leaders in developing solutions to reduce greenhouse emissions. As the nation’s engine rooms for knowledge and innovation, universities should pay key leadership rol...
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What happened to the clever country?
Uniquely within the OECD, Australia is the only country where expenditure on tertiary education as a share of GDP has fallen since 1995. As a consequence Australia now spends less on tertiary education than the OECD average and has one of the lowest levels of public investment. Without a reversal...
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Finding a balance between work and home
As a result of NTEU’s negotiations in the last ‘round’ of collective bargaining, university staff now enjoy Australia’s leading standard on paid maternity leave. However, returning to work is often difficult. We now need to focus on more flexible working arrangements and better carers’ lea...
