For years, we have been relentless in our fight to fix the broken governance model that has allowed almost $265 million in wages to be stolen from 150,000 staff—while vice-chancellors rake in more than $1 million each year on average.
Australian public universities have made commitments to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment in their enterprise agreements – but few have met them. Together we can pressure university leaders to honour their commitments and build more representative, culturally appropriate, safe and socially reflective universities.
With at least another 181 staff jobs on the line and over 650 University of Wollongong (UOW) staff impacted in some way, the proposed change to how UOW is run and how students are supported, if left unchanged, will do huge damage to our public university. This is off the back of Subject Cuts and the loss of 91 Academic Teaching Positions in early 2025.
The Trump administration’s changes to research funding, Title IX regulations, DEI initiatives, and institutional policies are having far-reaching effects on researchers in universities worldwide.
NTEU is over 27,000 members standing up for secure jobs, fair pay and a say about how our universities and higher education providers are run.
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