The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has called for an urgent parliamentary inquiry into wage theft in universities after revealing institutions have now underpaid staff by almost $400m since 2009. The data released on Wednesday showed a total of $382m ...
More »JCU finds more underpaid staff
James Cook University (JCU) has launched a review into its payroll system amid concerns thousands of staff have been underpaid. The “historical compliance concerns” relate to casual employee payments across the north Queensland university, which has staff mainly based in Cairns ...
More »NTEU outraged over UOW Council decision
The Ramsay Centre’s Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation and associated double degree will commence in 2020 at the University of Wollongong, despite the university’s Academic Senate disagreeing with the decision. At its meeting last Friday, the University of Wollongong ...
More »Survey shows staff scathing of industry changes
Less than three per cent of university staff think federal policies are taking higher education in the right direction, a new survey has found. The latest National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) State of the Uni survey revealed that not only ...
More »Safety fears after UTS crane fire
The National Tertiary Education Union is calling for a public inquiry following the collapse of a construction crane at the University of Technology Sydney. Simon Wade, president of the UTS NTEU branch, witnessed the accident and said he was concerned ...
More »Deakin staff grapple with IT cuts
A number of employees at Deakin University are reporting that they have been left to struggle with computer problems and dealing with such technology as video-conferencing following a restructure of information technology services. The National Tertiary Education Union said staff ...
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