Posts tagged with la trobe
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La Trobe University Research Plan Launched
NTEU La Trobe Branch Committee members Dr Jack Reynolds and Professor Rhonda Small were warmly thanked for their detailed feedback on the La Trobe University Research Plan 2012-2015 at its launch ...
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Compulsory meetings about retirement options
Officially the University has denied in The Australian that over 60 year olds are being asked to compulsory meetings to discuss their retirement options. So why are people who are over 60 and ...
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Research KPIs disadvantage staff in FSTE
The Faculty of Science Technology and Engineering 'Research KPI' scheme places unrealistic research expectations on academics with disturbing implications for their workloads, promotion prospects, ...
Discussion Paper
(239 KB) - PDFThe Research Rating System in FSTE - Another pseudoscientific use of the impact factor (La Trobe)
Published: 02 Dec, 2011
Tags: ERA, wms, workload management system, la trobe, LTU, FSTE Research KPIs,
Citation data collected for over 40,000 articles in the Information systems and Statistics disciplines demonstrate that the FSTE Research KPI scheme disadvantages academics in relation to workloads, promotion, reputation and academic freedom.
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(105 KB) - PDFFSTE initial response on Research KPIs
Published: 02 Dec, 2011
Tags: LTU, la trobe, research, wms, equity, FSTE Research KPIs,
This is a Faculty response to the NTEU discussion paper, "The Research Rating System in FSTE - Another pseudoscientific use of the impact factor (La Trobe)".
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LTU sanitises the Personal Qualities and Behavioural Characteristics in the PDF
NTEU notes, but does not endorse, changes to the performance development framework which still forces all staff to have a conversation about their behaviour even if there is no reason to do so.
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(135 KB) - PDFNTEU further response to LTU on personal and behavioural characteristics in performance appraisal
Published: 07 Dec, 2011
Tags: LTU, la trobe, performance,
NTEU argues for a broader view of professional behaviour in the workplace rather than the tick box approach set out in the new performance appraisal system.
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(329 KB) - PDFLTU further response on personal and behavioural characteristics in performance management
Published: 30 Nov, 2011
Tags: LTU, la trobe, performance, behaviour,
LTU has changed some of the language in the new performance appraisal system in response to pressure from the Union but it is still not satisfactory.
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(395 KB) - PDFLTU response on personal and behavioural characteristics in performance appraisal
Published: 15 Nov, 2011
Tags: la trobe, LTU, performance, behaviour,
LTU response to NTEU member motion: "This meeting emphatically rejects the demeaning, insulting and ridiculous personal and behavioural characteristics set out in the new performance development system."
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Response to NTEU on Voluntary Flexibility Arrangements
Management has responded in writing to our questions concerning what happens if someone is made redundant while on a 'career break', and the interraction between a temporary reduced time fraction ...
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ACTU Secure Jobs Better Future campaign promoted in Wodonga
On 28 October, unionists from both sides of the border came together to hear ACTU President Ged Kearney speak at the annual Labour Day dinner in Wodonga about the ACTU's Secure Jobs Better Future ...
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Editorial: La Trobe staff deserve respect at work
La Trobe University staff are fed up with unfair workloads and unreasonable and, in some cases, retrospective performance expectations. Lack of genuine consultation about issues has also become ...
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The financial squeeze at La Trobe is not justified
The Federal Government has released a Ministerial Statement which indicates that La Trobe University has achieved a $99.2 million operating surplus in 2010, which is the highest operating surplus in ...
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Conservative budget approach harming staff and students
NTEU La Trobe Branch has written to the Vice-Chancellor after hundreds of union members across six campuses were briefed last week about the fundamentally sound position of the University's budget. ...
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(138 KB) - PDF111107 Conservative budget approach for 2012 is causing harm to staff and students
Published: 08 Nov, 2011
Tags: LTU, La Trobe University, Budget,
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(744 KB) - PDFLTU NTEU Presentation on Budget
Published: 08 Nov, 2011
Tags: LTU, Budget,
This budget presentation was given to a general meeting of the NTEU La Trobe Branch on 3 November 2011. Note the inclusion of an additional slide about the increased use of non-academic casual staff.
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'La Trobe No Victim' - The Australian - 24 October 2011
"TERTIARY education minister Chris Evans has dismissed as "complete nonsense'' the idea that La Trobe University is an early casualty of the new demand-driven funding system."
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