The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training is current conducting an Inquiry into Funding Australia’s Research. More...

Australian universities are established under individual Acts of Parliament, which specify the governance structures and underlying operational processes for the university governing body. More...

The IPA is a conservative think-tank, founded by big business in the early 1940s, to counter the rise of perceived dangerous left-wing sentiments. Over the decades it has championed the free market. It insistently advocates for the privatisation of state-owned enterprises and wage deregulation. More recently it has trumpeted climate change skepticism. More...

On 14 June, the ABC published data obtained under Freedom of Information from the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training which showed how much the Department expected each university’s funding to be reduced as a consequence of the funding freeze announced as part of the Turnbull Government’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) Statement of December 2017. The data revealed that, as a result of the freeze, universities will be more than $2 billion worse off over the period 2018 to 2021. More...

The primary objective of the inquiry should be on developing a coherent and consistent regulatory and funding framework for post-secondary education, that avoids the temptation of focusing upon exploring different funding models which simply distribute a limited and inadequate funding envelope. Instead, the ALP should commit to providing the level of public investment necessary to ensure Australia has a world class public post-secondary education system. More...

Almost six-out-of-ten of 2,500 respondents to a recent NTEU survey of members reported a response rate on student evaluation surveys of 30 per cent or less. Almost nine-in-ten believed that surveys are used to appraise and manage staff performance. More...

NTEU National Executive unanimously carried a resolution expressing NTEU’s deep appreciation of Senator Rhiannon’s consistent and positive support of our union in both our industrial and political campaigns, and for free, accessible and fully funded public education. More...