By Jeannie Rea. The university enterprise bargaining round is opening up around the country, but not surprisingly we are looking to the west; this latest edition of Advocate has all the bargaining news, including the Murdoch story so far. More...
By Jeannie Rea. The value of wages declining, job insecurity rising, house unaffordability skyrocketing, penalty rate cuts, Centrelink harassing ‘clients’, tax cuts for business, and the gap between rich and poor widening every day. More...
By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is appalled at the proposal by the Turnbull government to remove and amend wording contained within Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. More...
By Michael Evans. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) supports students rallying around the country today in protests organised by the National Union of Students (NUS) against the Turnbull government’s sustained attacks on higher education and young people. More...
By Celeste Liddle. Over the New Year’s break, the University of Melbourne made an announcement of a new banner they had placed at their Parkville Campus Grattan Street entrance. Stating proudly on social media that the banner “acknowledges the significance of the traditional owners, the people of the Kulin nation”. It welcomes visitors, staff and students in Wurundjeri language: “Wominjeka”, and received many accolades from those who saw the post. More...
By . On this very date, in the year 2012, the EAIE launched its first blog post. Today, 419 blog posts later and with a growing weekly readership, the EAIE blog is still going strong! We take this occasion as an opportunity to say thank you to our readers for inspiring us to produce quality original content week after week. A big thanks goes out to our volunteer bloggers, whose generous contributions have made the past five years possible. More...
By . These are issues primarily affecting the USA and sectors other than higher education. However, two orders directly affect not only American universities and colleges, but also the global higher education community: “the creation of a contiguous, physical wall” along the USA–Mexico border and the ‘travel ban’ which prohibits the admission to the USA of anyone arriving from six (originally seven) Muslim-majority countries and imposes a temporary halt to the admission of refugees. More...
By . How can the EAIE best support you in achieving your goals? What products and services do you need? The EAIE is currently conducting a comprehensive survey to find out how we can better serve professionals like you. Your input will help to ensure that the EAIE continues to add value to the international higher education community. In return, we will offer you a chance to win a fee waiver to EAIE Seville 2017. It’s a win-win. More...
By . In Harry Potter books, the supreme villain is one whose name should not be spoken. At the AIEA conference sessions, keynote speakers and conversations among colleagues did make repeated reference to the new President and his allies. He was almost constantly talked about, both indirectly and in name. And his policy initiatives both ridiculed and riled against. More...
To highlight government research institutions that have achieved the greatest impact in innovation and did the most to advance science and technology, Clarivate Analytics teamed up with Reuters News to create the second annual ranking of the top 25 World’s Most Innovative Research Institutions - ranking of government research institution. More...
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