Jobs are now top of the HE agenda

Vice chancellors and the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association, representing most universities, were scheduled to talk with the National Tertiary Education Union over the weekend.

They were looking for a common approach to the coming crisis in university employment, as internationals leave and locals struggle with on-line learning. A unified approach would help Education Minister Dan Tehan with any support package he takes to cabinet. The NTEU also has a social-media push today, urging members and supporters to tweet the PM “to defend jobs in higher education”.