Students and staff at the University of Melbourne are campaigning against management's attempts to establish a right-wing think-tank. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Australian universities
Students and staff opposing Mark Vaile鈥檚 appointment as chancellor of the University of Newcastle are celebrating his decision to withdraw.聽Kathy Fairfax reports.
Helen Masterman-Smith speaks to 91自拍论坛聽about how university workers are learning as they campaign against management's job cuts.
The University of Melbourne once enjoyed a reputation of being the highest-ranked tertiary institution in Australia. Now, it has been exposed as being among the top tertiary educational institutions for wage theft, reports Leo Crnogorcevic.
Staff at the University of Western Australia are set to vote on a proposal to vary their聽entreprise agreement after a union ballot approved the proposal, reports Alex Salmon.
Students at Monash University have successfully campaigned to force the administration to put students鈥 needs and rights first, reports Leo Crnogorcevic.
Jonathan Strauss writes that many university workers are questioning the National Tertiary Education Union's leadership during the COVID-19 crisis, sparking a debate among members about the union's strategy to protect workers' conditions.
It is an open secret that Australian universities are underpaying casual academics. However, casuals and their allies,聽with the support of union officials, are fighting back by forming union member-led groups such as the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) Casuals Network.
Murdoch University is facing widespread criticism for its decision to seek potentially millions in compensation by suing one of its employees, associate professor Gerd Schroeder-Turk. Murdoch has聽also attempted to remove him from his elected position on the university鈥檚 senate.
Just days out from first-year Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) students beginning exams, University of Technology Sydney鈥檚 (UTS) Dean of Science Professor Dianne Jolley sent out an email saying the course was to be discontinued.
Vice-chancellor of Australian National University (ANU) Brian Schmidt released a long statement on June 5 explaining why the university had ended negotiations to partner with the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation. He said it was because the centre wanted 鈥渦nprecedented influence鈥 as part of the deal.
Staff and employers of the Murdoch University Student Guild have reached an in-principle agreement in the latest round of bargaining after four weeks of negotiations.
Despite the short time frame, the negotiation team for the workers, which constituted an NTEU Industrial Officer and two Murdoch Guild staff members, were able to keep members in the loop throughout the entire process.
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