Employment

‘Psychosocial harm’ clauses in workplace safety laws elevate administrators’ mental health obligations, expert warns

With national talks aimed at ending the marking boycott at a standstill, some universities are looking to take matters into their own hands

Berkeley biologist Randy Schekman tells researchers to stop ‘posting pet photos’ if they want to leave the lab on time

UCU branch is first to settle dispute locally with frustration mounting at national impasse

Staff ‘shell-shocked’ as declining enrolments, mounting costs and investment reversal trigger call for voluntary redundancies

University says 77 professional staff and 36 academics will go, on top of those taking voluntary severance

Interventions from universities urging a restart of talks struggle to move the dial, with hopes of preventing summer of disruption fading

Academics on receiving end of 7.5 per cent over three years in what AAUP cites as key driver of ongoing labour unrest

Case prompts renewed concern over plight of lecturers on temporary contracts

Rapid growth of country’s universities and inadequate teaching have short-changed students, according to scholars

Huge hike in costs plunges institutions into dire situation as academics call on government to urgently raise higher education spending

Constant rejections for academic jobs took a bigger emotional toll than anything they encountered during their PhDs, says Michelle de Souza

Senior faculty are trying to prove their worth by making the lives of others so unpleasant that they agree to leave. It is time to call them out, says Aymen Idris

As Australia pins workforce hopes on generous post-study work rights, research suggests universities must improve careers services

The lost golden age of hiring and wider social appreciation of the disciplines never existed, says Harvey Graff

Judges find university’s policy of compulsory retirement at 68 not ‘proportionate’ as aims not proven

Fluctuating foreign fee flows helped fuel Australian sector’s addiction to sessional staff

Disquiet as sandstone university hires interstate corporate lawyer to bargain on bosses’ behalf

Dutch university can now dismiss Susanne Täuber, who had long accused it of flawed approaches to handling gender equality, discrimination and harassment

Move may help minimise the need for compulsory redundancies, acting vice-chancellor claims

Union endorsement proves crucial, as direct pitches to staff falter

Scholars call for greater transparency on institutional hiring processes

All staff covered by national negotiations to receive 2 per cent or £1,000 more in March

Australian armed forces need new blood but are also keen on exchange, says Tanya Monro

Poll reveals how once ‘non-existent’ path to top tier of academia has now become ‘common’

UCU leadership criticised for making ‘unilateral’ decisions as academics scramble to get back to work

Labour deputy leader promises to raise staff concerns about pay deductions with shadow education secretary 

In THE survey, university leaders rebuff unions’ calls for double-digit pay rises as some stress current offer is already unaffordable

Maria Toft sparked national conversation about exploitation with #pleasedontstealmywork campaign, but she says it came at the cost of her Copenhagen fellowship

Acas to mediate between unions and employers in an attempt to resolve deadlock on pay

Institution famed for its brutalist campus has paid price for bad luck and bad decisions, staff say

The ‘sector’ may be able to afford more than the current offer, but many individual universities cannot, says Peter Sloane

European Commission warns of further legal action after Italian universities refuse to offer back pay to unjustly treated foreign lecturers

Female academics are more likely to be employed on zero-hours contracts than male colleagues

Graduate student workers energised after record walkout, though meaningful improvements remain a long slog for majority still in economically precarious contingent teaching

Even institutions that have been feeling the financial pinch can better invest in their employees by rethinking their priorities, say striking workers

Another 18 days of strikes to hit universities across the country in February and March, with UCU promising ‘most disruptive action ever’

Leaders warn more universities likely to face financial difficulties in coming months as pay stretched to ‘limits of affordability’

Early taste of academic precarity reported in biggest-ever survey of student-employees, although rectors’ conference questions reliability of a union-commissioned study

Unions ‘disappointed’ and say ‘marginally improved’ rise ranging from 5 per cent to 8 per cent would not fix sector’s problems

Union calls 18 days of action in February and March ahead of crunch meeting in pay talks

Two authors who taught on university’s creative writing course were employed on temporary contracts for 15 years

Government with decade-old birth policy must strengthen support for post-maternity return to work, young academicians say

Court fines Auckland University of Technology over breach of regulator’s order

Highly regarded institution cuts back due to falling student numbers, high dropout rates and rising energy costs

Policy requiring dons to depart at 67 ‘has not opened up opportunities for younger people’, say professors

Meeting between unions and employers ends with no new proposed wage increase presented

Union may have united membership again but 18 days of strikes could lead to support ‘withering away’, commentators suggest

UCU committee backs escalating action in February and March after rejecting employers’ initial pay rise offer

Union’s higher education committee meets to finalise next steps in campaign after messy debate

Lack of agreement on whether industrial action should continue while talks are in progress hampers chances of resolving dispute

Pay and working conditions to be a key priority for incoming leader

Poorly understood clause in new Australian act may oblige universities to reach terms with representatives, just as they develop a taste for dealing directly with staff

Systems with national hiring and promotion systems such as Italy, Poland and Spain may struggle the most with European agenda

Long-running divisions brought back to the fore at crucial period in UK pay negotiations

Agreement on pay hikes and better benefits for graduate student instructors would end biggest-ever job action in US higher education, although many workers dissent

First meeting between Ucea and unions breaks up before negotiations begin due to disagreement over ‘de-escalating the dispute’

Union leader Jo Grady distances herself from higher education committee decision as key pay negotiations begin

Professional staff say ‘yes’, academics say ‘no’ as another Australian university bypasses the union

While unions see applications in the private college sector, Australian universities worry about being forced to enter collective bargaining