By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is a supporter of Universities Australia’s and the Australian Human Rights Commission’s first comprehensive national survey to assess the extent of sexual assault and sexual harassment within universities.
Just one week after the 23 August launch of the Respect. Now. Always. student survey, the ABC reports that; 150 “deeply disturbing” submissions about sexual assault or harassment at Australian universities have already been received by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). More...

By Andrew MacDonald. During the week people are encouraged to ask others to sponsor them to commit to three actions on climate change, to kickstart lasting changes to how energy resources are used. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. Universities Australia (UA) and the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) have today (23/08/16) launched Australia’s first comprehensive national survey to assess the extent of sexual assault and sexual harassment within universities. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. Despite over a century of women enrolling in higher education and more women graduating than ever before, gender equity is still out of reach at Australia’s universities, according to the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). More...

By Andrew MacDonald. In the aftermath of this week’s shocking ‘Nauru files’ revelations of the mistreatment of asylum seekers in offshore detention, it is timely that the Academics for Refugees Steering Group is urging colleagues to sign an open letter to the Prime Minister and all members of parliament calling for ‘A Just and Humane Approach for Refugees’. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. The signatories of the open letter are academics and scholars from across Australia who wish to lend their support to the chorus of Australians speaking out against recent statements by several media personalities and politicians which have instigated and accentuated a worrying trend of hate speech in Australia especially towards those of the Muslim faith. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. James Cook University (JCU) management is seeking the right to fine staff for misconduct and to remove the requirement for misconduct to be ‘serious’ in order to sack staff, its latest draft bargaining document has revealed. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. Immediate and meaningful action is needed following the exposé on ABC television of severe human rights abuses of children, most of whom are Aboriginal, in juvenile detention in the Northern Territory, says the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). More...

By Andrew MacDonald. On Tuesday 2 May 2016, the Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham not only announced that the government was abandoning its plans for full fee deregulation, but also that it was delaying the implementation of its higher education policies to allow it to undertake further consultation. At the same time, the government released a discussion paper entitled: Driving Innovation, Fairness and Excellence in Australian Higher Education. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) welcomes Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s statement in announcing the new Labor front bench that: “education is a first-order economic and social priority for Labor in the 45th parliament.” More...