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31 août 2019

Media Release: TEQSA finds High Student : Staff Ratios and Heavy Reliance on Casual Academic Staff are Greatest Risks...

Media Release: TEQSA finds High Student : Staff Ratios and Heavy Reliance on Casual Academic Staff are Greatest Risks for Higher Education Providers
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) said today that the release of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency’s (TEQSA) first ever Key Risk Findings Report confirms that a heavy reliance on casual academic staff and high student : staff ratios are two of the factors presenting the greatest risks to Australia’s higher education sector. More...

31 août 2019

Research Integrity

A story appearing in the Nine (formally Fairfax) press today by Liam Mannix titled,   'Bad science': Australian studies found to be unreliable, compromised’ claims, based on the  Retraction Watch database, that hundreds of scientific research papers published by Australian scientists over the last two decades have been found to be unreliable or compromised. More...

31 août 2019

Media Release: NTEU welcomes federal government support for academic freedom

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) today welcomed news that the Federal Government is considering supporting protections around academic freedom in the NTEU negotiated Collective Agreement with James Cook University, through funding legal support to Dr Peter Ridd. More...

31 août 2019

Not quite the French revolution: No crisis of free speech (Advocate 26 02)

In late June, the report of former Chief Justice of the High Court, and UWA Chancellor, Robert French, entitled Review into University Freedom of Speech was released. French had been commissioned by the Federal Education Minister to conduct an investigation into the ‘crisis of free speech’ on our university campuses – a crisis that was generated by conservative media commentary and a back-lash against several high-profile protests on campuses. More...

31 août 2019

NTEU National Executive statement on Academic and Intellectual Freedom and Freedom of Speech (Advocate 26 02)

NTEU has a long and proud history of defending academic and intellectual freedom in the higher education sector. The only effective protections for academic freedom and intellectual freedom of university staff are the relevant clauses in enterprise agreements, negotiated and enforced by NTEU. More...

31 août 2019

NTEU National Executive statement on inappropriate student enrolments, profiteering by universities and the rights...

NTEU National Executive statement on inappropriate student enrolments, profiteering by universities and the rights and obligations of university staff to participate in public debate (Advocate 26 02)
From time to time, NTEU National Executive believes that a matter is so important that the policy that guides the Union needs to be restated in the context of the moment. The wash-up from the Four Corners report was one such occasion. More...

31 août 2019

Whistleblowers expose uni’s profiteering from international students (Advocate 26 02)

Practices in the higher education sector which seek to profit from international students without taking responsibility for their welfare and academic success are deeply concerning. We’ve had two decades of funding declines and university managements have responded with aggressively cost cutting and chasing alternative income streams. The result is rampant casualisation and an over-reliance of income generated from international student fees. More...

31 août 2019

Preserving A&TSI sign language (Advocate 26 02)

2019 is the UN’s International Year for Indigenous Languages and, as we saw in the previous edition of Advocate, some are choosing to highlight the importance of language preservation on campus. More...

31 août 2019

Division forums raise members’ voices (Advocate 26 02)

The annual NTEU Division Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (A&TSI) Forums have now been held across the country. Kicking off in the Northern Territory, representatives have gathered at campuses, Division offices and A&TSI education centres to discuss our business on campus and prepare for the annual NTEU National A&TSI Forum – to be held in Sydney from 8–10 August. More...

31 août 2019

Two important wins for casuals at Melbourne (Advocate 26 02)

NTEU’s Sessional and Casual Staff Network at the University of Melbourne secured two important wins for casual and sessional staff in May. More...

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