The General Assembly brings together ministers and ambassadors from all UN member states and is responsible for fixing key elements of UNESCO’s worldwide work plan and priorities. EI was one of only two non-State actors (the other being the Global Campaign for Education – a key EI partner) to be given speaking rights for the duration of the General Assembly meeting. Ministers were given time limits of three minutes for their contributions and EI was given a two minute limit. More...

NTEU turns 25 this year. As many of us know from our own experience, 25 years is a pretty significant milestone.
It is the time of life when as individuals we are starting to mature into fully functioning adults and make decisions that impact on the rest of our lives. It is the time we start the serious planning for our future. More...

Since the last issue of Advocate (Nov 2017), Agreements have been reached at a further six universities in Round 7 of higher education bargaining. More...

In 2017, the Japanese and Australian governments aggressively pursued a revived Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) without the United States. These negotiations continued to progress until Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau failed to appear at a Heads of Government meeting in November. More...

In late December 2017, the Turnbull Coalition Government announced that it was abandoning core aspects of its higher education reform package.¹ In effect the Government has waved the white flag on policies related to the number and allocation of government supported university places. More...

In an environment where industry collaborations are rewarded, and the risks of improper conduct are tangible, it is timely to reflect on the people deemed to govern. By university governance, I refer not only to management of university finances, but strategic direction and expression of the university’s values. What roles do university councillors/senators play and what rules do they play by. More...

If you have been hiding under a rock for the past 6 months, you may not have noticed that the ACTU has been spearheading a new campaign to “Change the Rules”. This campaign is about recognising that the past 20 years or so of industrial regulation have delivered working people a decrease in economic equality, diminished access to real, permanent jobs and a reduction in purchasing power. More...

The first issue of Australian Universities' Review for 2018 (vol. 60, no. 1) is now available online. Members who have opted-in will received their paper copy in the post in the coming fortnight. More...

Fourteen days of strikes across more than 60 universities are due to start across the United Kingdom this week, as the University and College Union (UCU) calls out members to protest the cutting of their pension rights. More...

Fourteen days of strikes across more than sixty universities started yesterday across the United Kingdom, as the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) called out members to protest the cutting of their pension rights. More...