Teaching loads, family responsibilities and lack of research resources and mentors have hampered the progress of women in universities. And when the pandemic hit, it made the situation worse.
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Three decades ago, in another time of upheaval in higher education, 7% of working-age Australians had a degree. Today 33% have one. More people than ever have a stake in what happens to universities.
Decades of legislative change made the councils that govern universities more like corporate boards and less accountable to academic communities. The problems this created are coming home to roost.
The early and mid-career researchers who bear most of the teaching and research workload are exhausted and underpaid. Many won’t survive the funding squeeze, but Australia can’t afford to lose them.
Universities have financial resources — property, bequests and philanthropic funds, and access to lines of credit — they can access rather than forcing staff to sacrifice their jobs.
Are the Australian government’s successive changes to JobKeeper specifically designed to exclude universities? And if so, why?
The National Tertiary Education Union has agreed to a deal with universities that aims to save at least 12,000 jobs. But universities aren’t obliged to sign up.
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Honorary Principal Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus and Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
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CEO/Adjunct Professor, Victoria University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, LH Martin Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emerita (social science), University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor in Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Senior Deputy Dean, UNSW Business School, Co-DVC Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Science and Technology Studies, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer in Accounting, RMIT University
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Social policy and consumer finance researcher, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer of Religion, University of Sydney
