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NTEU Future of Higher Education Conference

Has anyone heard of this conference? I hadn’t – even as a union member and a Sydney employee – but am interested to know who would go based on the speakers listed. From the titles alone, it’s not clear that any of the academic speakers are active teaching staff in the present, let alone the [...]

Active campuses

It’s great to see two big campaigns hitting campuses at the moment. Today’s rally for international students is a great initiative that deserves serious attention. We hear a lot about the value of the international student market to the national economy, which is why Julia Gillard is overseas right now at her most eloquent. But [...]

Overload

Think your job is bad? Read this. Overload reports on “the role of work-volume escalation and micro-management of academic work patterns in loss of morale and collegiality at UWS.” Apart from highlighting the inadequacies of workload formulae across every level of academic life, it’s also one of the best reports I’ve read showing the impact [...]