This is quite an extraordinary (and damning) report. One class at UNSW saw an average tut enrolment increase of 614.5% from 27.5 to 169... This class size increase is occurring across unis. A class I taught last year at Sydney Uni for example has had a 260% class size increase

Great work again by UNSW Casuals Network! We need to resist this ongoing creep in class sizes. Accepting it as the new norm will not only lock out our casual colleagues from much of their regular work, but it will entrench our inflated workloads and diminish student experience.

With every change at universities I ask myself “have the students noticed?” When students are only around for a few years, it’s easier to get away with sweeping cuts and mass casualisation - but class size is pretty hard to ignore. Awesome work UNSW Casuals Network

Georgia Carr UNSW Casuals Network The cap on our online classes is 40! But if there are just a few students over, then no new tutorials are created, and one of mine started with 45 students. The cap on on-campus tutorials varies from 25 to 30. I believe when I was an UG, in the late 90s, the cap was 20.

Our report on class sizes featured on the front page of today's Sydney Morning Herald! If you missed it yesterday, you can read the report here: unswcasuals.net/2020/09/21/Cla…

Today at 4:30pm -- Forum on the UNSW cuts, mergers, and the broader fee hikes. Some great speakers including Kynan Tan from the UNSW Casuals Network. Talking about building towards more actions to fight for the rights of students and staff! fb.me/e/3QqKcxSE0

We’re holding an open members forum next week where you’ll have a chance to speak, organise and fight. Come along, share what’s happening in your area & let’s push back against these attack together! #highered #stopthecuts facebook.com/events/s/discu…

This is tomorrow: UTS forum on the decimation of (what was left of) public education & jobs across the university. UNSW Casuals Network representatives will share organising strategies and members will have a chance to share what's happening in their areas.

students have been unstoppable in fighting back against job cuts and fee hikes! join the protest at UNSW tomorrow at 11am, for the Student National Day of Action: facebook.com/events/3525648…

we love our USyd Casuals Network comrades!

Students at UNSW are wondering why there are police on their campus instigating violence and assaulting students? Speakout on Wednesday 1pm facebook.com/events/9854796…

Forum tomorrow 7:30pm run by the Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN) - talking about fighting back against the cuts in universities. facebook.com/events/5302566…

Forum next week ~ please join us!

farewell and good riddance, wage thief

UNSW Casuals Network has just released an open letter in response to the conversion emails sent to casual workers - calling on casuals and supporters to sign and share! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Our regular meeting next Monday has a special guest - Anastasia Kanjere (isn't on Tw1tter) from the A New NTEU campaign. Hear about her vision for the union and organising casuals. We'll also discuss enterprise bargaining and our plans for upcoming campaigns. Message for link and the full agenda.