The University and College Union (UCU) congress has voted to boycott Senate House, the administrative centre of the University of London (UoL), because of its treatment of cleaning, catering and security staff and others not directly employed. More...
Unions Seek Higher Residuals for New Media
Les défenseurs syndicaux des Hauts-de-France
Le défenseur syndical intervient au nom d’une organisation syndicale de salariés ou professionnelle d’employeurs pour assister ou représenter les parties devant les conseils de prud’hommes ou les cours d’appel en matière prud’homale à titre gratuit. Liste des défenseurs syndicaux des Hauts-de-France. Arrêté régional mis à jour le 18 avril 2019. Plus...
NTEU position on inappropriate student enrolments and profiteering by Australian universities
The statement below sets out the Union’s position on inappropriate student enrolments and profiteering by Australian universities, particularly at the expense of international students, and the rights and obligations of staff to participate in public debate.
It was adopted by the National Executive on 11 May 2019, is consistent with NTEU's comprehensive set of policies that have been adopted via the democratic structures of the Union. More...
Murdoch Chancellor refuses to guarantee jobs of whistleblowers
The NTEU have today released a letter (see below) sent to Murdoch University’s Chancellor and Vice Chancellor demanding a clear commitment that no action will be taken against employees who participated in the recent Four Corners program ‘Cash Cows’. More...
Media Release: NTEU welcomes ALP plan to cap fixed term contracts
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) today welcomed the ALP’s announcement that it will cap the number of fixed term contracts that an employee can be offered before conversion to ongoing employment, if it wins office at the federal election this Saturday. More...
Adjuncts at Mercy, Occidental Form Unions
By Colleen Flaherty. Non-tenure-track professors at Mercy and Occidental Colleges voted to form unions affiliated with Service Employees International Union, they announced this week. At Mercy, where there were 831 eligible adjunct voters, 406 voted for a union and 100 voted no, according to information from SEIU. More...
International students are the victims of exploitation – greater public accountability needed
Letter to members re Four Corners "Cash Cows"
Latest issue of Advocate out now
This special Federal Election edition of the Advocate contains a 20 page guide covering the main election issues. We've scored the major parties on their promises and commitments in higher education policy & funding, research policy, industrial relations, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander policy, and climate change. Plus, meet the Defenders of Tertiary Education, hear from the major parties on education, and discover where the pork has been dished out to recently. We also cover the latest news from across the country, with features on standing up to racism, the Year of Indigenous Languages, China's crackdown on dissent and much more. More...