Changing university conversations (Advocate 22 03)

By Jeannie Rea. At our National Women’s Conference in August we had a Q&A where a panel of university staff, union officials and students were asked: What would you do if you were Vice-Chancellor for a day?
Not surprisingly panellists focused upon respecting staff; workloads, career progression and job security; reallocating funds away from the latest bright and shiny fad; introducing transparency and accountability of management; fair dinkum staff and student involvement in decision making; and not just acknowledging, but dealing with the real impacts of gender discrimination. More...