The University of Sydney Association of Professors (USAP) has strongly backed its president, Manuel Graeber, who was sacked from the university after a three-person committee reviewed allegations against him and ruled he had committed “serious misconduct”. In a statement on ...

The body representing Australian university staff has petitioned to save the job of a Sydney University (USYD) lecturer facing termination of his contract because he has asked to continue to teach remotely due to ill health. Dr Niko Tiliopoulos, senior ...

Staff at the University of Southern Queensland will strike for the first time in 20 years this Wednesday after negotiations with university management about fair redundancy measures fell through. National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members want to see the university ...

Sexual harassment incidents in tertiary education settings have more than doubled over the last four years, according to a recent survey. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) released the results of its 2023 survey on sexual harassment, sexism, and gender-based ...

Monash University is facing an estimated $9 million back pay claim from its casual academics after the Fair Work Commission rejected the university’s bid to head off the claim by retrospectively altering its enterprise agreement with staff. The commission’s full bench ...

University staff experiencing sexual violence and harassment on campus are dissatisfied with the university’s response when they make formal complaints, according to a recent national survey. In late 2022, Monash University conducted a national survey of 1,412 victim-survivors of workplace ...

Union members at one of the nation's richest universities plan to strike for up to one week after negotiations between the union and the institution allegedly reached a stalemate. Members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) at the University ...

Staff at the University of New South Wales have gone on strike today to secure more permanent roles for casual academic and professional staff. After a year of delayed negotiations, hundreds of UNSW staff and students will be on the ...

Seasonal academic Dr Jack Kirne said he has been driven well past his breaking point and will be striking for better working conditions during this week's nationwide university strikes. This week, thousands of university staff across Australia will strike against ...

Staff from multiple universities will stage major strikes this week over rising frustrations around wage theft, heavy workloads and workforce casualisation. On Wednesday, staff from the University of Melbourne, Monash University and Deakin University will walk off their jobs with ...