As thousands of unionists marched to Change the Rules this May, staff at the University of Melbourne walked off the job in one of the most successful strikes at the University in recent memory. More...
6 août 2018
6 août 2018
Bargaining update (Advocate 25 02)
Agreements at the University of Queensland (UQ), University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), and Charles Darwin University (CDU) are close to settlement and NTEU recently reached agreement with the Australian Catholic University (ACU) and University of Tasmania (UTAS). More...
6 août 2018
University Funding Freeze
Based on data obtained from the Department of Education and Training under a Freedom of Information request, the ABC today published a story by Dan Conifer entitled University funding freeze hits regional campuses worst, which shows how much the Department expects each university’s funding to be reduced as a consequence of the funding freeze announced by Senator Birmingham in December 2018. More...
6 août 2018
Changes to HELP repayment thresholds delayed in the Senate
The legislation would have resulted in the income threshold at which students must start repaying their HELP loans dropping from about $56,000 to $45,000 from 1 July this year. More...
6 août 2018
NTEU welcomes Inquiry into Sexual harassment in the workplace
The federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, has announced a 12 month Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in workplaces.
For NTEU members, this comes off the back of our high profile joint work on the Inquiry into sexual assault and harassment in Universities, which produced startling results. More...
6 août 2018
NTEU on RN's Saturday Extra
The segment examined the relationship between universities and private donations and the issues of autonomy, governance, democracy, philanthropy and transparency which must be considered. More...
6 août 2018
Culture and quality: France’s appeal to students
With a young new president making headlines and a recent World Cup victory, France has enjoyed its fair share of the limelight lately. For international students, this prominent place of French culture in the global consciousness is often a major influencing factor in choosing la République for a home abroad, according to the 2017 Kantar Sofres survey of international students. More...
6 août 2018
How governments can support study abroad
The first among them was that New Zealand offered international PhD courses at a domestic fee. I looked at other English language destinations like the US and UK, but the course fees alone would have been astronomical. PhD students are also allowed to work full time in New Zealand. I got a job at the university café, which meant I could support myself financially. More...
6 août 2018
The new problem of being ‘too international’
Higher education institutions that have successfully internationalised their education over the past decades are confronted with a new challenge. Even in an open and outward-looking society like the Netherlands, where conditions for internationalisation have been rather favourable, the internationalisation of higher education is increasingly being questioned. More...
6 août 2018
Furthering internationalisation in Hungary
Hungary has recently made headlines around the globe with the controversial higher education law passed in 2017, which particularly endangered (and continues to threaten) the operations and very survival of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest. More...
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