
by Jess Harris, Kathleen Smithers and Nerida Spina The National Tertiary Education Union this week struck an agreement with universities that no ongoing university staff member would be stood…
by Jess Harris, Kathleen Smithers and Nerida Spina The National Tertiary Education Union this week struck an agreement with universities that no ongoing university staff member would be stood…
Steve Hanson, 44, part-time lecturer in political sociology I have a doctorate from a great university; I’ve worked on government research projects, and have more published work…
The following was posted to CASA, a "home online for casual, adjunct, sessional staff and their allies in Australian Higher Education." In case you thought higher ed.…
by Nicki Smith The phrase ‘Make me a sandwich’, which distills the age-old sexist stereotype that women belong in the kitchen, is something that I have…
by Jack Grove With so many variations of lecturer, fellow, reader and professor – such as senior, associate, visiting and principal – academic job titles are sometimes seen as…
by John MacGanhann Among the most damaging effects of the cutbacks in education is the casualisation of teaching and lecturing. Ironically, this is exacerbated by the abuse of…
by Geoff Maslen The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) will use a forthcoming higher education enterprise bargaining round to call for the creation of 2,000 new ongoing jobs…
January was a little scary...ok...a lot scary. We watched, more than slightly terrified, as sales dropped and dropped and, well, you get the picture. February, normally a…