Workforce
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Staff from NSW universities strike for better pay
Union members from two NSW universities took action to support claims for a 20 per cent pay increase.
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Melbourne Uni staff request four-day week
The tertiary union has requested that University of Melbourne professional staff work a four-day week, and that management no longer…
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Gender pay gap remains: Search your university
Universities still pay men more than women even though their workforce is majority women, new Workplace Gender Equality Agency data…
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2025 Shaping Australia Award winners
Researchers leading breakthroughs in finding a cure for cancer and offering free financial advice to vulnerable communities have taken home…
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UQ takes home gold in teaching awards
A leading physiotherapist from the University of Queensland has been named the 2025 Australian University Teacher of the Year.
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Uni staff report high mental health risk
A new report that ranks universities on psychological safety has found almost all institutions foster working environments that pose staff…
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UTS walks back redundancies, course cuts
Teacher education and public health courses will continue, and staff will be offered voluntary separations, under major changes to the…
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Monash Uni ordered to back-pay $10m
Monash University will fork out more than $10 million to cover the underpayments of thousands of staff, after investigations into…
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Deakin University underpaid staff $3m
Deakin University has found it underpaid casual staff $2.9 million over the last eight years, adding to the growing list…
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Algal bloom expert loses job amid outbreak
After nearly three decades researching South Australia’s oceans at Flinders University, a leading algal bloom expert now faces an uncertain…
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Canberra finds staff underpaid $1.5m
The University of Canberra will review casual academic staff payslips after it found professional employees have been underpaid $1.5 million…
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UOW to backpay $6.6m to underpaid staff
The University of Wollongong is set to backpay more than $6.6 million to thousands of underpaid staff.
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UTS can’t blame policy for cuts: Minister
The University of Technology Sydney has been met with widespread criticism from the federal and NSW governments for its plan…
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Two watchdogs scrutinise UTS job cuts
The University of Technology Sydney is now under dual scrutiny from regulators, with both the tertiary education and workplace health…
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Union takes UTS to Fair Work over course cuts
The tertiary education union will take the University of Technology Sydney to the Fair Work Commission over the university's decision…
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Western Sydney, Wollongong confirm job cuts
The University of Wollongong and Western Sydney University have confirmed a combined 338 staff will be cut from the institutions…
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UTS cuts 400 jobs, suspends 140 courses
The University of Technology Sydney has “temporarily suspended” new enrolments to more than 100 bachelor and postgraduate programs, with 400…
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$218m in wages recovered by Fair Work
The Fair Work Ombudsman is probing 28 universities about wage underpayment scandals and have recovered $218 million in unpaid wages…
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UOW reduces job cuts again
The University of Wollongong (UOW) on Monday announced it now only needs to cut between 85 and 118 full-time positions…
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Canberra staff “in the dark” after council review
A review of the University of Canberra’s management said governing body members should be held more accountable after staff felt…
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New UOW leadership reduces job cuts
The new University of Wollongong leader will cut senior staff and reduce non-salary spending to save some non-academic positions in…
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Charles Sturt cuts jobs to fill $35m budget hole
The Charles Sturt University vice-chancellor said the institution's need to cut an unknown amount of jobs amid a budget deficit…
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Academics working 9 hours a day, 365 days a year
A survey has found academics are working 3,256 hours a year, about double the Australian average, and are suffering worse…
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Talking about Palestine a “career killer“: report
Over 150 students and staff from 20 separate universities claim free speech about Palestine has been restricted on campus in…
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Griffith to pay $8m back to 6,000 staff
Nearly six thousand current and former staff at Griffith University have been underpaid more than $6m over the past decade…
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