University of Western Sydney
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Cut casual teaching, says NTEU University of Sydney Branch
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) Sydney University branch has called for the reduction of casual academic teaching at the University in its log of claims for a new enterprise bargaining. ...
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Teaching Focused Roles update
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(229 KB) - DOCUWS Lets Down its Casual Staff Once Again (17th July 2012)
Published: 26 Jul, 2012
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Teaching Focused Role case update. What Happened at Fair Work Australia? What can you do?
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National Survey reveals a Casual Academic workforce struggling to make a living and do their job
A national survey of casual academic staff in Australian universities has revealed a workforce struggling to make a living and do their job with the resources they are given.
Nearly 1500 ...
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(579 KB) - PDFCasual Teaching & Research Staff Survey 2012 - Summary of Key Results
Published: 29 May, 2012
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NTEU media release: Governments must listen to Insecure Work Inquiry on need for increased investment in skills and education
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) welcomes the report of the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work, Lives on Hold, released at Australian Council of Trade Unions Congress in Sydney today.
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Higher education workers support teachers in their fight against casualisation
It has been reported this week that nearly 20,000 new primary and secondary teachers will need to be employed over the next five years to replace staff reaching retirement.
This comes as proposed NSW government reforms will hand control of staffing to local principals, allowing them to replace long-serving, permanent teachers with casual and short-term arrangements.
NSW Teachers Federation President, Maurie Mulheron, is concerned recent graduates will be exploited to achieve a cheaper workforce. He said:
“What we will have is a totally deregulated staffing structure, with an increasing number of temporary positions, no incremental pay scale and no guaranteed executive structure."
''The department and the minister see this as a golden time. They can exploit the fact there are a lot of young people coming in and a cheaper workforce. But they can also change the culture by putting them on short-term or casual arrangements. We're extremely worried about the future of the profession.''
The attacks facing NSW teachers are similar to those faced by higher education staff. Our sector has already seen a dramatic increase in precarious employment, with as many as 77,000 staff in Australian universities employed as casuals. Large-scale casualisation has begun to undermine the sustainability of the academic profession in Australia.
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Teaching Focused Role Meetings
Dear Members and Colleagues,
Further to our email dated 1st May we would like to remind you of our schedules meetings this week to discuss the implementation of Teaching Focused Roles.
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NTEU wins big on Teaching Focused Roles.
The NTEU has achieved a breakthrough after twelve months of pushing to have university management implement Teaching Focus Roles (TFRs) which were won by the NTEU in the last round of bargaining.
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Latest issue of Connect, vol. 5, no. 1
The semester 1, 2012 issue of Connect, NTEU and CAPA's magazine for academic casual staff, is now available.
Click below to read online (PDF and ebook). Members will receive a copy in the mail ...
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(3 MB) - PDFConnect, March 2012
eBook: http://issuu.com/nteu/docs/connect_05_01
Published: 01 Mar, 2012
Year: 2012
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
ISSN: 1836-8522
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NTEU Casual Survey
NTEU online survey for all casual and research staff
- We are conducting this survey to assist in better understanding what is going on at your university, and whether the conditions you and your ...
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It is all too casual at UWS… Did you know the Higher Education Sector has one of the highest proportions of insecure employment in the Australian Workforce?
NTEU: Improving job security @ UWS
Your union has had a strong focus on improving the security of employment for employees in the University Sector. As most people will know, the ...
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Casual Voices
Have something to say? Add your voiceI am not invited to any meetings, and this year not even to the Christmas party or convening meeting for the program. It is useful to go, if only to be seen by the Head of School, but I never get paid if I do go.
