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- A Commentary on the Proposed Merger of The University of Adelaide and University of South Australia
- PUBLIC HEARINGS ON UNIVERSITY BUDGETS,GOVERNANCE AND PERFORMANCE
- Submission to the Australian Universities Accord
- Open Letter to the Government Dear Prime Minister Albanese
- AAUP’S RESPONSE TO THE CENSORSHIP OF ARC
- AAUP recommends reform of the Freedom of Speech Act
- University Management and Academic Freedom
- Academic Freedom
- Management is not “The University”
- Job-ready Graduates Package — draft legislation submission
- UNIVERSITIES AND NATION LEADING
- What will university be for 14-year-olds like me? (work of a 14-year-old member of the generation that has to be most concerned about the future of our universities)
- Press Release – DE-FUNDING THE UNIVERSITIES: DISMANTLING MENZIES’ LEGACY
- Press release: Current financial crisis for universities and rebuilding the sector
- Support for International Students during the COVID-19 Crisis
- A Call For Action: Australian Professoriates, Self-Organise!
- The Australian Association of University Professors invites support for a Senate enquiry into rebuilding the Australian university system
- COVID-19 and Workplace Equity
- Immediate lock-down required to control COVID-19
- Executive elected
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A Commentary on the Proposed Merger of The University of Adelaide and University of South Australia
Merger Issues Mergers worldwide — such as the California State University System 50 years ago — are often introduced in response to a crisis of rapid population growth and huge unmet demand in a particular State or region. That is … Continue reading
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PUBLIC HEARINGS ON UNIVERSITY BUDGETS,GOVERNANCE AND PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON UNIVERSITY BUDGETS,GOVERNANCE AND PERFORMANCE
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Submission to the Australian Universities Accord
Submission to the Australian Universities Accord
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Open Letter to the Government Dear Prime Minister Albanese
The current composition of the Australian Universities Accord Panel and Reference Group gives professional academic staff no distinct voice. The academic staff and students are not a mere stakeholder group but ARE the University (as specified under the relevant state … Continue reading
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AAUP’S RESPONSE TO THE CENSORSHIP OF ARC
6 January 2022 The Acting Minister of Education, the Hon Stuart Robert MP, has vetoed the funding of six Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Discovery Project applications. These projects out of 3500 applications had been approved for funding by the ARC’s … Continue reading
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AAUP recommends reform of the Freedom of Speech Act
Recently, the Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Act came into force and Minister Tudge is calling on all universities to implement it. However, there are serious issues with the Act, as explained below. We encourage all AAUP chapters to seek out their … Continue reading
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University Management and Academic Freedom
In 2019, Murdoch University management sued one of their own academic staff members for damages after Associate Professor Gerd Schroeder-Turk publicly expressed concern over the welfare of international students and admissions standards at the University. The action was withdrawn in … Continue reading
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Academic Freedom
Academic Freedom Academic freedom is the freedom to conduct research, publish research outcomes, teach and make public comment within general areas of expertise, without improper interference or restriction from governments, corporations, managerial interventions, from institutional regulation, or from public … Continue reading
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Management is not “The University”
letters@smh.com.au Dear Editor, Management is not “The University” The Australian Association of University Professors (AAUP) notes with interest the ongoing debate regarding the proposed University funding overhaul, including your recent article about the support for the government proposal from UTAS: … Continue reading
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Job-ready Graduates Package — draft legislation submission
Job-ready Graduates Package — draft legislation submission https://docs.education.gov.au/node/54992
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