Advocate, March 2022

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Why we resigned from the ARC College of Experts after Minister vetoed research grants On Christmas Eve 2021, the pub-test folly struck again. The two of us found ourselves, angry and heartsore, resigning from the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) highly respected College of Experts in protest at the Minister for Education's rejection of grant funding recommendations.

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Andrew Francis, Western Sydney University

Aidan Sims, University of Wollongong

Professor of Mathematics

Professor of Pure Mathematics

ADVOCATE VOL. 29 NO. 1 ◆ MARCH 2022


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Monash issued with PIN

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page 31

Obituary: Professor Pat Ryan 1946–2021

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pages 44-45

Massive teacher strikes rock Iranian dictatorship

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pages 40-41

UK universities at breaking point

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Exodus hits Hong Kong universities as professors and students leave

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Remaking universities: Notes from the sidelines of catastrophe

12min
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Why we resigned from the ARC College of Experts after Minister vetoed research grants

5min
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Return to work, safely

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pages 30-31

In their own words Statements to the Inquiry into Unlawful Underpayment

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pages 28-29

Shining a spotlight on unlawful underpayment

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In their own words

18min
pages 23-26

Leaving academia: The harm and heartbreak of precarity

13min
pages 19-21

Insecure work & the war on wages a devastating double

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page 22

Pandemic adversely affects Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander employment

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pages 17-18

NTEU stands up for international students on new bill

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Your union has a big 2022 ahead

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NTEU stands against the Coalition's Religious Discrimination Bill

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page 13

Envoy urged to secure Sean Turnell's release from Myanmar imprisonment

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Supporting our members in crisis

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Political interference threatens the future of Australian research

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Fighting illegal piece-rates at La Trobe

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'Class in Australia' book launch

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