Following on from the establishment of the Women’s Action Network (WAN) at the ANU on International Women’s Day this year, our NTEU survey of women at the ANU identified several issues of concern, leading to the development of the WAN Charter. More...
Under the banner ‘Organised Women Can...’ the conference participants examined challenges and opportunities facing women working in higher education, and how the Union women can effectively improve our members’ working lives. A strong focus on building networks was seen as a key factor, with participants exploring what this means in practical terms. More...
The 2018 General Elections and extension of nominations period have both been held. We are therefore pleased to announce that the following people have been successfully elected to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Committee for the next term of office. More...
Equal Pay Day this year has fallen on the last day of August (31st, to be precise) and in doing so, marks 62 additional days that women need to work following the end of the financial year to earn the same pay as men.
The good news (if there is such a thing as good news about inequity) is that the gender pay gap has fallen to a 20 year low, to 14.6% (down from 15.3%). What this means is that women are earning $245 less than men each week, instead of $253.70 less a week last year. More...
On Tuesday 14 August the Federal Government finally managed to get its Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 through the Senate. More...
Over the last five to ten years, career services have been increasingly more integrated into the university internationalisation process, fuelling a profession-wide sense of imposter syndrome. A young field made up of often self-taught professionals trying to develop international standards whilst the global environment is rapidly changing – how to keep up. More...
This past year has been a very intense one on many fronts. And, as a result of the conflict that has made itself apparent in the little corner of the world where I live – Catalonia – I have reflected long and hard on the role of internationalisation in higher education. More...
The September 2018 issue of the Journal of Studies in International Education addresses a wide range of topics in internationalisation. Authors in this issue explore questions ranging from international student satisfaction, to funding, to migration outcomes of international graduates and more. More...
The Closing Plenary of the 2018 Conference was as realistic as it was hopeful, drawing the audience’s attention to the fork in the road we face in this pivotal moment in history. Down one path awaits a “technological apocalypse” of automation, mass production and insular impulses that together drive individuals and societies to turn inward and “close the city gates” to outsiders. More...
The kick-off of the 30th Annual EAIE Conference and Exhibition was framed not only by the physical setting of Geneva – a world city full of international organisations and with a history of global cooperation – but also the current reality in which we live and the novel challenges it presents to international educators. More...
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