By Ian Dobson. The first issue of Australian Universities' Review for 2016 (vol. 58, no. 1) is now available online. Members who have opted-in will received their paper copy in the post in the coming days.
https://issuu.com/nteu/docs/aur_58-01. More...

By Jeannie Rea. This briefing paper from the NTEU Policy and Research Unit provides an analysis of the most recent Australian university staffing data. Our analysis of Departmental data demonstrates that since 2000 the rising tide of insecure employment has become a tidal wave, not only corroding the Australian university workforce but potentially displacing the very concept of academic tenure. More...

By Paul Kniest. The Federal government seems to be adopting an interesting approach to stopping the rorts and rip-offs that have undermined the quality and integrity of Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector as a direct result of failed demand driven fully contestable market policies in this sector of tertiary education. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. A manager at Murdoch University has told an academic staff member who tweeted an image of staff and students rallying in support of refugees that their tweet is incompatible with Murdoch’s brand, which cannot be associated with political views.
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is appalled that the staff member was asked to edit the Twitter image supporting the compassionate treatment of refugees, particularly as the rally was held on campus. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. University of Western Australia (UWA) management has threatened to sue the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and any of its officers who publish or disclose any information provided to the union under right of entry provisions in the Fair Work Act. More...

By Andrew MacDonald. Vocational Education (formerly TAFE) teachers at RMIT University plan to strike this Tuesday (23 February) morning after conciliation proceedings in the Fair Work Commission failed to resolve the protracted dispute over a new Enterprise Agreement.
At the heart of the dispute is RMIT management’s dogged refusal to offer RMIT's Vocational Education (VE) teachers wages and conditions which reflect the level of teaching they are providing. More...

By Paul Kniest. In our 2016-17 Pre-Budget Submission the NTEU is advocating for a coherent tertiary education policy which learns from the complete and utter failure of the demand-driven, fully-contestable market experiment in vocational education and training (VET) and builds on the strengths of the higher education funding and regulatory framework. More...