Denied access to paid sick leave, casual academic staff on precarious incomes at universities across the country are often faced with the choice to forfeit…
SLAM faces axe; two departments likely to be cut with job losses expected
The Departments of Studies in Religion and Theatre and Performance Studies are likely to be closed entirely.
April 29, 2021
In a meeting this afternoon, about 90 staff in the School of Literature, Art and Media (SLAM) were informed that their School could be abolished under a scheme codenamed ‘Operation Bluestar.’
SLAM faces extinction despite posting a surplus last year.
‘Operation Bluestar’ involves the complete disbanding of SLAM, reducing the number of FASS schools from six to five, while the Departments of Studies in Religion and Theatre and Performance Studies are likely to be closed entirely.
University considers ‘mitigating’ 12 week semesters with alternative proposal
Student representatives and casual staff say they have not been consulted about the new proposal.
April 22, 2021
Professor Pip Pattison, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education) has proposed that the University retain 13 contact weeks a semester, but that Week 13 become a revision week and that non-examination assessments be due during Stuvac.
Pattison will recommend to the Academic Board that for the 2022-2026 academic calendar, they choose between the new proposal (Option B) and the 12 week semester one (Option A), which has been met with overwhelming opposition from students and staff. An option to keep the existing structure is not included.
Casual university staff speak on precarious employment before Senate Committee
The ‘uberisation’ of universities was criticised for degrading education and the lives of staff.
April 13, 2021
Representatives from the Casualised, Unemployed & Precarious Uni Workers AU (CUPUW) spoke to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security today. The Committee was established in December 2020 to inquire into the impact of insecure or precarious employment on workplace rights and conditions, the economy and wages.
Speakers Dr Yaegan Doran, Dani Cotton, and Morgan Jones presented evidence on the impact insecure work had on their lives and on the quality of education for students.
The ‘financial, personal, educational and health impacts’ of job insecurity
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