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  1. My University Website

    Posted 3 April 2012 by Paul Kniest (NTEU National Office)

    MyUniversity to go live today.

    The Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans has announced that MyUniversity website (myuniversity.gov.au) is due to go live today, Tuseday 3 April ...

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  2. NTEU Lodges Submission to Review of Fair Work Act

    Posted 21 February 2012 by Ken McAlpine (NTEU National Office)

    The Federal Government introduced the Fair Work Act in 2009, to replace the previous “WorkChoices” regime. At that time, it indicated that it would conduct a Review of the operations of ...

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    Submission
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  3. Jeannie Rea on Crisis of Confidence in Universities

    Posted 28 November 2011 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    Jeannie Rea, NTEU President, is reported today in Campus Review discussing changes in the culture of Australian universities, and the role of university managerialism in stifling the creativity and ...

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  4. Greater Specialisation of Academic Work

    Posted 28 October 2011 by Paul Kniest (NTEU National Office)

    Greater specialisation in academic roles

    Professor Frank Larkins, has published an interesting paper on staffing trends at Australian universities since 20002.  Despite the fact that the ...

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  5. Dangers of Demand Driven Funding

    Posted 20 October 2011 by Paul Kniest (NTEU National Office)

    Demand Driven Funding Already Starting to Bite at La Trobe

    A story entitled Uni faces funding black hole, in today’s Australian states that:

    LA TROBE University appears to be the first ...

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  6. Government Plans for $265m Boost Student Income Support to Benefit Regional Students

    Posted 14 September 2011 by Terri Macdonald (NTEU National Office)

    NTEU today commended the Federal Government's $265m increase in Student Income Support, noting that the targeted changes will significantly improve levels of support for regional students.

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  7. Compacts and Performance Funding

    Posted 8 September 2011 by Paul Kniest (NTEU National Office)

    Mission Based Compacts and Performance Funding

     

    The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) released the final Performance Funding administrative and technical ...

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  8. IP FAQs updated

    Posted 5 September 2011 by Dan Coughlan (Central Queensland University)

    The IP FAQs and advice to members has been substantially revised and updated.

    The purpose of this Intellectual Property FAQ is to assist staff coming to grips with IP issues facing the university ...

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  9. IP FAQs UPDATED

    Posted 5 September 2011 by Paul Kniest (NTEU National Office)

    Intellectual Property Frequently Asked Asked Questions (FAQs) UPDATED

    The IP FAQs and advice to members has been substantially revised and updated.

    Link: ...

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  10. New Name and Look for Science and Technology Advocacy Group

    Posted 13 July 2011 by Paul Kniest (NTEU National Office)

    FASTS re-Badged

    The Federation of Australian Scientific and Technology Societies (FASTS) has renamed and rebadged itself as Science and Technology Australia (S&T Australia).

    S&T ...

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