While the government commits billions of dollars to the black hole of AUKUS, universities are underfunded, allowing a听management culture,听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鈥檚 Executive Council听in support of their enterprise agreement.听Brenna Dempsey reports.
The National Tertiary Education Union at the University of Melbourne has begun a week of industrial action,听after more than a year of failed negotiations. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
While concrete details remain patchy,听job security is not the only troubling aspect of Premier Peter Malinauskas'听decision to merge听the University of Adelaide and UniSA. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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More than 150 staff and students at the University of Melbourne听 supported a 24-hour strike over a management plan听to fund a staff pay rise from their superannuation. Jordan AK reports.
NTEU members struck and rallied at James Cook Universities鈥櫶齮wo larger campuses in Townsville and Cairns,听joining the union鈥檚听nationwide campaign. Jonathan Strauss reports.
National Tertiary Education Union members at the University of Technology Sydney听struck for improved pay and better job security for a half day. Jim McIlroy reports.
National Tertiary Education Union members went on听strike 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.
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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 on听students to search for help听to maintain their grades has risen under the pandemic and as a result of university cuts. Binoy Kampmark reports on how educational 鈥渟ervices鈥 are capitalising.
The recently released 2021 National Student Safety Survey听shows 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,听John Smith reports.
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