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Casual academics aren't organised, so units can do what they like

--> SO: coordinate, organise, demand better conditions together; lack of casual involvement in unions means that we're underrepresented

--> have a monthly meet up, possibly through NTEU, to discuss, share, coordinate

BUT some tutors are apathetic - happy to reap benefits, unwilling to push for better conditions

Get people talking about pay discrepancies, etc., even if it's not formal industrial action

Speak to NTEU reps to organise meetings

Link in with NTEU Super Casuals Campaign

NTEU can only do so much, casuals themselves need to organise alongside NTEU

--> formulate desires, ideas for how to achieve them (e.g. knowing in Nov what you're talking in Sem 1 next year, then ideas for how to achieve this, obstacles, etc.)

--> start an email list? Time and date for first meeting, coordinate with NTEU reps to negotiate bureaucracy

Date for meeting to discuss casual stuff: third Friday of the month, afternoon, 17/3, Tsubu, 4pm (under the trees) (reconsider future times to accommodate e.g. parents with pick up time)

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Hard to institute change

--> even handbook changes are tedious, difficult and long term projects in themselves

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How about part-time positions, e.g. X tutorials - what about treating our jobs in a sense like secondary school teachers?

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Marking - sometimes guidelines so vague

Increasing casualisation - less professionalism, more precariousness, then sold as 'more flexibility'

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More jobs rather than squabbling over fewer jobs

Value education, value teaching (not just research)

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Schools have their own budgets which affect casual recruitment volumes

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Some who speak out get their contracts un-renewed

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Some get paid for attending lectures, some don't

Tutorial prep time - how used? What is payable?

IDF subjects, breadth subjects - tutors get paid to attend lectures (not expected to be fully across all material)

--> others: welcome to come, not paid

Getting paid to listen online to lecturers for prep; paid for travel time?

Pay rate: 'hourly rate' - misnomer - doesn't actually correspond to an hour's work, more like 3 hours' worth in some cases

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Official formal system - still some backroom decisions - inconsistencies, unfairness

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Part time - should be able to manage workload

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Unofficial policies - post-PhDs getting tutoring after finishing theses

Inconsistencies with load allocation - nice if Unimelb gives preference to unimelb PhDs/past tutors to get positions

- -> up to individual schools, etc.

Restrictions on late PhD tutoring - what about income? Why should food come after submission priority-wise?

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Casual recruitment system - issues with previous subject experience not recognised; informalities and uncertainties of applying; not treating casual positions as fully professional

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Something you will do or change in your teaching this semester

Forming a research or interest group to meet up regularly

Identifying a need for a resource or new training session

Proposing an event at School or Faculty level

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Facilitator/s directing discussion

Lightning talks from group members

Think - Pair - Share

6 Thinking Hats

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2. Do the awkward 'So, we're a group' thing. Count to about 20 before someone takes charge and moves to ...

3. Take this laptop with you. Find a space where you can work together. You can use the breakout spaces in the building, head to one of the rooms from the workshops, anywhere you like!

4. Your task as a group is to:

Discuss the topic

Arrive at at least one practical response or outcome from your discussion. A problem solved? A thing to do? Be productive. (Stuck? See below for some suggestions.)

5. Debate. Discuss. Do. You have until 3pm.

6. You can use this padlet wall to keep a record of your conversations and outcomes. Easiest way: choose a scribe. Just scroll to make more space.

7. At 3pm, head back to the Forum Theatre. Bring this laptop with you. Yes, you will be asked to report back ... so pick a reporter now to save everyone looking expectantly at each other later on ;)

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