Joint Review on Casual Conversions
Your union has commenced a formal joint review (with UQ management) of Clause 16 of the current UQ EBA, which establishes the Teaching Associate pathway for casual academic staff. This review is a critical opportunity to assess whether the clause has reduced reliance on casual employment and provided a fair and meaningful route to continuing work. It will examine how conversion processes have operated in practice, including eligibility, applications, outcomes, and workload arrangements. Casual academics and Teaching Associates are central to this process, and their experiences will inform the findings and any recommendations arising from the review.
Your union is currently seeking input from:
Casual academic staff who are thinking of applying for conversion;
Casual academic staff who have applied, and been refused conversion; and
Those who have been converted to Teaching Associate positions.
We want to hear about your perspectives and experiences! We know there have been problems with the implementation of this casual conversion scheme, so we need to hear from the people directly affected! To have your say, fill in this this survey: https://forms.gle/iHqUgsDNRps9UEfW7
Please note: all survey responses will be de-identified: in our analysis and report, if you provide any identifying information, we will remove it to protect your identity.
At the end of the survey, there is an option to self-select to take part in a follow-up interview. If you wish to take part in an interview, you will be asked to provide your name and email address. These interviews will take place in the second half of March. Again, your personal information will not be shared with management, and any data from your interview will also be de-identified in the analysis and report.
If you would like more information about the Review, you are welcome to reach out to us – Annie Pohlman (a.pohlman@uq.edu.au) and Christian Rizzalli (c.rizzalli@uq.edu.au) – we are serving as the NTEU representatives on the Review panel. You can also reach out to the UQ organiser, Kate Warner (uq@nteu.org.au).