RMIT sets a standard

The university is giving continuing and fixed term staff five-days “wellbeing leave” – that’s on top of entitlements. “It’s a chance … to simply step away from work, to take a break and recharge, Interim VC Dionne Higgins told the community (CMM yesterday). To which the National Tertiary Education Union state official Sarah Roberts was out early yesterday asking (via Twitter), “where are other Victorian universities on this?”

Good question.