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Issue #2112
LETTERS
Neoliberal universities and the raygun effect In my opinion, the nightmare around “b girl raygun,” Australia’s disastrous and embarrassing competitor in the inaugural breakdancing competition...
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Issue #2018
Universities suffer epidemic of insecure work
Job insecurity in universities is reaching record levels. According to a recent report, one third of employees working in a university are casual or contract...
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Issue #2121
University rankings plummet: capitalist destruction
It’s nothing short of a catastrophe. Australian university rankings have plummeted to their lowest ever records in the latest world rankings. While rankings aren’t completely...
Read moreCampus action as report reveals university job devastation
Uni staff will launch a week of action as a new report lays bare the devastation of COVID in tertiary education, with close to one in five staff losing their jobs in 2021.
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Issue #2101
PEACE NOTES
Australian universities are deeply involved in military research and development. Western Sydney University, the University of Wollongong, University of Technology Sydney, and the University of...
Read moreMcCarthyism on the rise in Australian universities
In Australia’s latest self-sabotaging attack on China, the Morrison government has released a proposal that targets students and academics at Australian universities
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Issue #2174
GLOBAL BRIEFS
BRAZIL: President Lula da Silva has announced the creation of two new higher education institutions – the Federal Indigenous University (UNIND) and the Federal University...
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Issue #2198
An Australian in Beijing
I live in a room with a few other people for free as part of my scholarship. This university is being rocked by AI just...
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Issue #2115
PEACE NOTES
Dr Bev Hall The fast-growing expansion of the defence industry and the rapid increase of militarisation in Australia, particularly in South Australia, have established us...
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Issue #2041
Make wage theft a crime
Last year Monash University launched an extraordinary bid to avoid repaying millions of dollars in wages allegedly owed to sessional and casual staff. The University...
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Issue #2068
Victorian Uni strikes roll on
Melbourne University’s Student Union has given its full support to the strike action by National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members, commenced on Monday 28th August....
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Issue #2101
People’s budget – Working class solutions
The 2024-25 Budget threw crumbs to workers, their families, the unemployed, and the environment while lining the pockets of fossil fuel corporations and the military-industrial...
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Issue #2186
Urgent action needed after uni revelations
Australian universities are under fire after revelations of secret government audit findings, a $1.8 billion consultancy bill and mass job cuts driven by flawed data....
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Issue #2201
Call to boost uni staff and student voices
Victorian universities would have a minimum of three staff and two student representatives on governing bodies under new recommendations in a landmark parliamentary report. The...
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Issue #2151
Universities: Ranking the rankings
It’s university rankings time again. Yet again, there’s angst about Australian universities sliding in the league tables yet again. What are these rankings anyway? Where...
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Issue #2069
Can you guess what these numbers represent?
Two. One million, thirty-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine. Thirty seven. We won’t leave you in suspense. Two is the number of years since the...
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Issue #2102
EDITORIAL
Universities – Why you care This paper isn’t ‘the Workers’ Weekly’ for nothing. Workers produce all the wealth. Workers are the majority of the population....
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Issue #2190
Julie Bishop resigns as ANU Chancellor
Julie Bishop recently resigned as Australian National University (ANU) Chancellor. Bishop is a former politician, Foreign Minister, Deputy Liberal Leader, and former lead lawyer for...
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Issue #2206
Union shuts down Sydney University
On Wednesday 2 September the National Tertiary Education Union closed Sydney University with a very tight union picket line. Each of the entrances to the...
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Issue #2117
The Universities Accord: Will it work?
The Universities Accord is the first major review of higher education policy since 2008. It comes on the back of a disastrous decade for the...
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Issue #2103
EDITORIAL
What is ‘Israel-Palestine’ about? Is it about demonstrations outside MP’s offices? Is it about how protestors at Australian campuses behave? Is it about which slogans...
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Issue #2099
EDITORIAL
Students have a bad name in Australian politics. A lot of politicians cut their teeth in student politics – you’ve got to start somewhere –...
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Issue #2181
DINGO
“Barbarism is not potent enough to describe this depravity,” said Jason Hickel, an eco-socialist activist and commentator. Hickel was referring to the brutal murder by...
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Issue #2148
Destructive job cuts at ANU and USQ
The National Tertiary Education Union has strongly condemned foreshadowed job cuts at the Australian National University. The University has just announced that ‘Change Proposals’ to...
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Issue #2196
Uni governance broken
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has saved more than 140 jobs at Deakin University after successfully pressuring management to scrap its damaging plan. Two...
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Issue #2199
In defence of dissent
More than 40 civil society groups are calling on Australian universities to protect the right to peaceful protest, freedom of expression and academic freedom on...
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