Queensland University of Technology has published its reports concerning gender issues in higher education. 
  

THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN

The NTEU has now released a briefing considering the implications of the Productivity Commission's Draft Report into National Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave for staff employed by the higher education sector.

The NTEU briefing can be accessed at the bottom of this message.

For the original report from the productivity commission please go to: http://www.pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/parentalsupport/draft

Issued by: House of Representatives Liaison & Projects Office, Wednesday 24 September, 2008.

LOOKING AFTER WOMEN’S INTERESTS - PAY EQUITY INQUIRY

The Office for Women is situated in the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and will appear before the House Employment and Workplace Relations Committee in Committee Room 1R3 Parliament House Canberra on Thursday 25 September from 11 am to discuss recent trends in pay equity and possible priority areas.

The Australia Institute would like to bring to your attention an exciting event - 'Inspiring Women at Tilley's' to be held at Tilley's cafe in Lyneham on Monday 25 August at 5:30 until 7pm.

The event features The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Housing and the Status of Women, in conversation with The Australia Institute Director Professor Barbara Pocock, Director of the Centre for Work + Life at the University of South Australia. The event promises to offer an intriguing insight into issues of work-life balance faced by modern families.

Dear CAPA Women and Supporters

In recent weeks, CAPA has been in contact with the Australian Federation of University Women. AFUW is keen to encourage further ties with CAPA including an exchange of ideas about government policy in the area of women's involvement in higher education.

Here is the citation for a recent article on the effects of marriage and children for academic women's career paths in the humanities and social sciences.

Nicholas H. Wolfinger and Mary Ann Mason and Marc Goulden. "Problems in the Pipeline: Gender, Marriage, and Fertility in the Ivory Tower." The Journal of Higher Education 79.4 (2008): 388-405. Project MUSE. 28 Jul. 2008 .

The Endeavour Research Fellowships provide financial support for postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows from Australia to undertake short-term research (4-6 months), in any field of study. The research is to be undertaken in participating countries within the Asia/Pacific region and the Middle East.

The Endeavour Research Fellowships aim to:

enable high achieving scholars from Australia to undertake research within the Asia/Pacific region and the Middle East
further develop Award Holders’ knowledge and skills in their field of research

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