News Articles for National Tertiary Education Union

A plan for hundreds of Curtin University staff to walk off campus and work from home for the next eight months has been significantly scaled down over fears of docked payment.

The National Tertiary Education Union claimed the average vice-chancellor in an Australian university was paid more than $1 million in 2023.

A recent report has found a shortfall of up to $160 million in employee remuneration at some of the nation's universities.

Strikes, or the threat of them, may prove a potent force for change at some universities.

Staff at a West Australian university have become embroiled in an unusual industrial dispute over the right to not answer phone calls or emails.

Staff cuts at the height of the pandemic are continuing to bite universities across Australia.

One of the country's most progressive unions has come out in support of universal access to higher education.

ECU has denied allegations of improper grading were unearthed amid a culture review that has led to the university's executive dean of education handing in his resignation.

With the question of when international students will return to Australia still up in the air, ECU is preparing for a return to normal.

UWA has revealed it will reduce its executive team as part of an effort to seek $70 million in savings.

University students will soon pay much more for law and arts degrees under controversial changes set to pass the Senate.

Murdoch University has signalled it will cut staff ahead of 2021, one day after Curtin University confirmed it was considering widespread redundancies.

Murdoch University has withdrawn legal action against staff and senate member Gerd Schröder-Turk after the academic had reportedly criticised the university's admission processes for international students.

A breakdown in talks between universities and the national teaching union is unwelcome news for WA's higher education sector.

The two-speed economy that hampered Western Australia during the peak years of the mining boom continues to linger in sectors where labour markets lack flexibility.