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Bauman Moscow State Technical University. El № FS 77 - 48211. ISSN 1994-0408
AUSTRALIA: Ageing academics set university time bomb
23.01.2011
Universities face a new crisis: up to 40% of academics and lecturers are expected to retire over the next decade, with no one to replace them, writes Sarah Whyte for the Sydney Morning Herald.As the higher education sector prepares for loss of revenue caused by falling international student numbers, government figures show universities are also under threat from within. Half the full-time academic workforce is over 50, according to the Department of Tertiary Education. Experts said the best students are being put off an academic career by limited job security and poor pay.
National Tertiary Education Union President Jeannie Rea said international surveys showed job satisfaction of Australian academics was among the lowest in wealthy countries. Ariadne Vromen, a political science lecturer at the University of Sydney, said the pathway to a lecturer's position was a "really tough road". It required a decade of full-time study and then casual contracts until a permanent job came up.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
with reference to University World News
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