Family Say In Teachers' Pay Faces All-round Ridicule

A PROPOSAL that students and parents have a say in teacher pay rises has been universally ridiculed. Teachers, academics and the NSW Government all favour pay rises founded on performance, but said basing them on parent views and student results was absurd.

O-week Anger At Uni Ban On Politics

CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY will prevent political groups setting up stalls during Orientation Week, but Macquarie University has backed down from a ban on the academics' union during the week-long festival.

Academics Disturbed By University's Deal To Limit Research

ACADEMICS at the University of Sydney are disturbed by its decision to restrict the research that can be conducted at a new medical institute and will meet today to discuss the decision.