In 2017, the Japanese and Australian governments aggressively pursued a revived Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) without the United States. These negotiations continued to progress until Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau failed to appear at a Heads of Government meeting in November. More...
In late December 2017, the Turnbull Coalition Government announced that it was abandoning core aspects of its higher education reform package.1 In effect the Government has waved the white flag on policies related to the number and allocation of government supported university places. More...
In an environment where industry collaborations are rewarded, and the risks of improper conduct are tangible, it is timely to reflect on the people deemed to govern. By university governance, I refer not only to management of university finances, but strategic direction and expression of the university’s values. What roles do university councillors/senators play and what rules do they play by. More...
If you have been hiding under a rock for the past 6 months, you may not have noticed that the ACTU has been spearheading a new campaign to “Change the Rules”. This campaign is about recognising that the past 20 years or so of industrial regulation have delivered working people a decrease in economic equality, diminished access to real, permanent jobs and a reduction in purchasing power. More...
The first issue of Australian Universities' Review for 2018 (vol. 60, no. 1) is now available online. Members who have opted-in will received their paper copy in the post in the coming fortnight. More...
Fourteen days of strikes across more than 60 universities are due to start across the United Kingdom this week, as the University and College Union (UCU) calls out members to protest the cutting of their pension rights. More...
Fourteen days of strikes across more than sixty universities started yesterday across the United Kingdom, as the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) called out members to protest the cutting of their pension rights. More...
Over the past decade the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has consistently called on governments, both Labor and Coalition, to develop a coherent regulatory and funding framework for post-secondary education in Australia.
As such NTEU supports the Australian Labor Party (ALP) announcement today that it will conduct a thorough investigation into post-school education and training in Australia within 100 days of being elected. More...
This year for International Women's Day (IWD) the ACTU and unions are continuing efforts on paid domestic violence leave and supporting the International Trade Union Confederation's (ITUC) global campaign on violence against women at work. More...
Hello everyone from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit!
We hope the academic year is going well so far. To those new to the NTEU, eYarn is the unit’s email circular – a short guide to what is going on around the traps. We send it out roughly every couple of months as needs be to keep you all informed of developments. More...
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