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  1. Cambodian Women's Workers Project

    Posted 9 September 2011 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

     

    NTEU pledges support for Cambodian women workers

    Last week the NTEU National Office raised over $400 through organising a morning tea for the National Executive, Victorian Division Office ...

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  2. A short story of academic oppression in Egypt

    Posted 30 June 2011 by Paul Clifton (NTEU National Office)

    From The Guardian, Wednesday 29 June 2011, by Amira Nowaira

    The real scandal at Cairo University is not the lesbian scene in a reading list text, but the cynical propaganda launched against it.

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  3. NTEU Submission to the Strategic Review of the Student Visa Program 2011

    Posted 8 June 2011 by Terri Macdonald (NTEU National Office)

    NTEU's submission to the submission to the Strategic Review of the Student Visa Program 2011 is attached below.

    In our submission to the 2009 Baird Review of the ESOS Act, NTEU recommended that a ...

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  4. Maid in Dominique Strauss-Kahn case Protected by Union Membership

    Posted 27 May 2011 by Terri Macdonald (NTEU National Office)

    The UK's Guardian online has reported that one very important fact has been largely absent from the coverage of the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the ...

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  5. Media Coverage: 'Pass Marks can be Degrading' The Australian

    Posted 17 March 2011 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    An article today in The Australian looks at recent research on the alleged "soft marking" of international students.

    Jeannie Rea is quoted stating that some academic staff have been pushed into a ...

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  6. Worldview Conference

    Posted 16 March 2011 by Paul Kniest (NTEU National Office)

    The Ontario Confederation of University of Faculty Associations (OCUFA) one of our Canadian fellow fellow unions is holding the following conference in Torornto in June.

    Worldviews international ...

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  7. University of Toronto Campus Groups Start Alternative Governance Structure

    Posted 10 March 2011 by Julie Smith (University of New South Wales)

    University of Toronto Campus Groups Start Alternative Governance Structure

    General assembly created out of lack of confidence in current governance of the university.

    More than 200 academic ...

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  8. Celebrate International Women's Day, Tuesday 8 March 2011

    Posted 23 February 2011 by Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office)

    Of particular significance for the NTEU is that the United Nations theme in 2011 is Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women

    This year also ...

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  9. Media Release: Leadership on international student welfare begins with human rights

    Posted 25 January 2011 by Jen T. Kwok (NTEU National Office)

    NTEU President Jeannie Rea today called for the Australian Government to sign the Migrant Workers Convention as a catalyst to transforming the public debate on international student rights and ...

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  10. Falling international student numbers threatens viability of universities

    Posted 1 September 2010 by Michael Evans (NTEU National Office)

    The number of International Student Visa applications for higher education fell by 15,499 or 11.5% in 2009-10 compared to 2008-09, according to the most up to date information published by the ...

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