National Tertiary Education Union

National Tertiary Education Union
NTEU
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Full name National Tertiary Education Industry Union
Founded 1993
Members 26,000
Country Australia
Affiliation ACTU, EI
Key people Jeannie Rea (President), Grahame McCulloch (Secretary)
Office location Melbourne, Victoria
Website www.nteu.org.au

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is an Australian trade union for all higher education and university employees. It is an industry union and the only union working exclusively in the Australian university sector.

NTEU workers protest Howard's IR reforms

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About the NTEU

NTEU is a specialist national union solely representing staff in tertiary education. In all Australian universities, NTEU represents professional staff, academic staff, research staff, general staff, ELICOS teachers, and staff of Student Unions and university companies. In Victoria, NTEU represents TAFE general staff and all staff in Adult Education.

NTEU is a relatively recent union, formed out of previous university staff associations. It is generally considered to be more towards the left of the union movement, and has a high focus on self-directed membership branches and the organising model of unionism. The NTEU often engages in organising campaigns to build its membership density.

The NTEU is not affiliated with any Australian political party.

Campaigns run by NTEU

Our Universities Matter is the major national campaign being run by NTEU, launched in 2008.[1]

The campaign seeks to:

  • Achieve higher levels of government funding and better funding mechanisms.
  • Protect university independence and freedom of inquiry.
  • Introduce controls on excessive workloads, better job security and a competitive pay rise for university staff.
  • Win a better deal for students around affordability and improved student services.

Academic Freedom Watch is a site established to promote academic freedom in Australia's universities. Created by the Victorian Division, the site includes debates and articles written by high profile academics in this area.[2]

Our TAFEs Matter is the campaign to promote Victoria's TAFE system, which is being undermined by changes in funding systems by the Victorian Government. The changes would introduce a HECS-style loan scheme, more than double student fees and reduce public TAFE funding certainty.[3]

Publications

The NTEU publishes:

  • Advocate - a monthly journal
  • Australian Universities' Review - a scholarly journal (ISBN 0818-8068)[4]
  • Agenda - a women's publication
  • Connect - a twice yearly publication for university casuals
  • Nexus - a regular publication for NTEU members in Victoria
  • Sentinel - a yearly publication for NTEU members in New South Wales

References

External links

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