The 12th ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) Training of Agency Reviewers in Madrid (Spain) met all those requirements. ESU’s Quality Assurance (QA) Pool had the opportunity to attend ENQA’s event hosted by The Madrimasd Knowledge Foundation (FMID) and join the most advanced experts on QA. More...
The Steering Committee of the ESU’s Quality Assurance Students Experts’ Pool has decided to reopen a specific call of ESU QA pool for three members. The call is for additional places in the pool focused on certain areas (arts/ sociology/linguistics/philology/MBA) of studies since these backgrounds are being required often during the review/accreditation calls. More...
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training is current conducting an Inquiry into Funding Australia’s Research. More...
Reinforcing the unique place of universities in our society is critical according to the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) in response to today’s release of Reimagining tertiary education: From binary system to ecosystem. More...
The Defence Trade Controls (DCT) Act 2012 is legislation that regulates the export (supply, brokering and in some cases publication) of defence and strategic goods and technologies as listed on the Defence and Strategic Goods List (DSGL). For more detailed explanation of how the DCT might affect individual researchers please refer to the NTEU’s FAQs. More...
The ACT Division Seminar Series came about this year as an attempt to address the need for a regular forum at ACT universities where researchers can speak on matters of concern for our campuses, the Australian academy, and universities worldwide. More...
There has been a significant change in the power imbalance between academics and students. Previous work has highlighted the difficulties experienced by academics and especially the perceptions of contra-power harassment enacted by students. Shouting, swearing, physical violence, stalking and character assassination on social media are some of the more defining experiences academics may encounter from students, however other studies have highlighted that additional unwarranted behaviour does occur; behaviours such as sexist comments, inappropriate eye contact, physical advances of a sexual nature, sexual bribery, sexual assault and obscene phone calls or emails. More...
The semester 2 edition of Connect, NTEU's magazine for casual and sessional university staff, is now available. Copies for casual/sessional members will start mail out next week, while members who have opted for 'soft dfelivery' (email delivery) will be notified shortly. More...
The research station is supervised by staff of the University of Queensland, but obtains significant funding from other research organisations and educational activities. Groups of school and university students were there when I was, as well as tourists staying in the island’s resort, experiencing the reef system by diving and snorkelling. More...
Elections for some full-time and honorary positions at NTEU branch, division and national level are currently underway. Ballots open on Friday 3 August 2018 and close at 10am on Friday 24 August 2018. More...
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