“I'm earning less that I did when I was 14 at McDonalds”, says PhD candidate Alexandra Paton.
#RaiseTheStipend
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
#RaiseTheStipend
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Alex loves doing her PhD, but says she's earning under the minimum wage
Alexandra Paton, who researches how to manage feral cat populations, says her PhD is important for Australia's wildlife but her income is lower than what she earned as a teenager at Macca's.
www.abc.net.au
January 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“I'm earning less that I did when I was 14 at McDonalds”, says PhD candidate Alexandra Paton.
#RaiseTheStipend
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
#RaiseTheStipend
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Folks, we gotta raise the Australian PhD stipend. It's BELOW MINIMUM WAGE! 😠
Sign this petition! And share this with any friends and family in Australia 🙏
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#RaiseTheStipend #PhD
Sign this petition! And share this with any friends and family in Australia 🙏
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
#RaiseTheStipend #PhD
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July 20, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Folks, we gotta raise the Australian PhD stipend. It's BELOW MINIMUM WAGE! 😠
Sign this petition! And share this with any friends and family in Australia 🙏
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
#RaiseTheStipend #PhD
Sign this petition! And share this with any friends and family in Australia 🙏
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
#RaiseTheStipend #PhD
I was 35 when I started my PhD and my stipend was $26,500 that first year. The year after I finished it went up to $35,000 a year, which is still too low!
#RaiseTheStipend
#RaiseTheStipend
“The PhD stipend is $33,511 … well below minimum wage of $47,627”
“Universities can raise the stipend to a maximum of $52,352, but a ACGR survey found none have done so. The highest stipend is just over $40,000 … with the average at $34,244.”
#RaiseTheStipend
“Universities can raise the stipend to a maximum of $52,352, but a ACGR survey found none have done so. The highest stipend is just over $40,000 … with the average at $34,244.”
#RaiseTheStipend
PhD student Jesse Gardner-Russell earns $20 an hour. Experts say low pay is turning Australia’s best and brightest away
The University of Melbourne student whose work could contribute to curing blindness says ‘people are shocked to find out how unlivable it is’
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I was 35 when I started my PhD and my stipend was $26,500 that first year. The year after I finished it went up to $35,000 a year, which is still too low!
#RaiseTheStipend
#RaiseTheStipend
“The PhD stipend is $33,511 … well below minimum wage of $47,627”
“Universities can raise the stipend to a maximum of $52,352, but a ACGR survey found none have done so. The highest stipend is just over $40,000 … with the average at $34,244.”
#RaiseTheStipend
“Universities can raise the stipend to a maximum of $52,352, but a ACGR survey found none have done so. The highest stipend is just over $40,000 … with the average at $34,244.”
#RaiseTheStipend
PhD student Jesse Gardner-Russell earns $20 an hour. Experts say low pay is turning Australia’s best and brightest away
The University of Melbourne student whose work could contribute to curing blindness says ‘people are shocked to find out how unlivable it is’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“The PhD stipend is $33,511 … well below minimum wage of $47,627”
“Universities can raise the stipend to a maximum of $52,352, but a ACGR survey found none have done so. The highest stipend is just over $40,000 … with the average at $34,244.”
#RaiseTheStipend
“Universities can raise the stipend to a maximum of $52,352, but a ACGR survey found none have done so. The highest stipend is just over $40,000 … with the average at $34,244.”
#RaiseTheStipend
❗️Everyone sign this new petition❗️
🔗 www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
PhD students shouldn’t be in poverty. Simple as that.
The Universities Accord said #RaiseTheStipend, but nothing’s happened.
Tell parliament you want action!
📢 And tell everyone you know in Oz to sign as well❗️
🔗 www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
PhD students shouldn’t be in poverty. Simple as that.
The Universities Accord said #RaiseTheStipend, but nothing’s happened.
Tell parliament you want action!
📢 And tell everyone you know in Oz to sign as well❗️
June 27, 2024 at 6:51 AM
❗️Everyone sign this new petition❗️
🔗 www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
PhD students shouldn’t be in poverty. Simple as that.
The Universities Accord said #RaiseTheStipend, but nothing’s happened.
Tell parliament you want action!
📢 And tell everyone you know in Oz to sign as well❗️
🔗 www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
PhD students shouldn’t be in poverty. Simple as that.
The Universities Accord said #RaiseTheStipend, but nothing’s happened.
Tell parliament you want action!
📢 And tell everyone you know in Oz to sign as well❗️
This #RaiseTheStipend petition👇 has just over 2,000 signatures. It should be 20,000!
If you haven't signed, please do. It's super quick & easy. And if you have, spread it to your colleagues, friends & family via email, word-of-mouth, printing out the flyers below, anything! 🙏
If you haven't signed, please do. It's super quick & easy. And if you have, spread it to your colleagues, friends & family via email, word-of-mouth, printing out the flyers below, anything! 🙏
❗️Everyone sign this new petition❗️
🔗 www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
PhD students shouldn’t be in poverty. Simple as that.
The Universities Accord said #RaiseTheStipend, but nothing’s happened.
Tell parliament you want action!
📢 And tell everyone you know in Oz to sign as well❗️
🔗 www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
PhD students shouldn’t be in poverty. Simple as that.
The Universities Accord said #RaiseTheStipend, but nothing’s happened.
Tell parliament you want action!
📢 And tell everyone you know in Oz to sign as well❗️
July 4, 2024 at 12:30 AM
This #RaiseTheStipend petition👇 has just over 2,000 signatures. It should be 20,000!
If you haven't signed, please do. It's super quick & easy. And if you have, spread it to your colleagues, friends & family via email, word-of-mouth, printing out the flyers below, anything! 🙏
If you haven't signed, please do. It's super quick & easy. And if you have, spread it to your colleagues, friends & family via email, word-of-mouth, printing out the flyers below, anything! 🙏
The #RaiseTheStipend petition 👇 has passed 5,000 signatures!
But how will it get to 20,000 in the last week?
By you sharing it with friends & family (not just other academics & students) by word of mouth, email, WhatsApp groups etc.
Get to it! ▶️ www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
But how will it get to 20,000 in the last week?
By you sharing it with friends & family (not just other academics & students) by word of mouth, email, WhatsApp groups etc.
Get to it! ▶️ www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
❗️Everyone sign this new petition❗️
🔗 www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
PhD students shouldn’t be in poverty. Simple as that.
The Universities Accord said #RaiseTheStipend, but nothing’s happened.
Tell parliament you want action!
📢 And tell everyone you know in Oz to sign as well❗️
🔗 www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
PhD students shouldn’t be in poverty. Simple as that.
The Universities Accord said #RaiseTheStipend, but nothing’s happened.
Tell parliament you want action!
📢 And tell everyone you know in Oz to sign as well❗️
July 17, 2024 at 6:50 AM
The #RaiseTheStipend petition 👇 has passed 5,000 signatures!
But how will it get to 20,000 in the last week?
By you sharing it with friends & family (not just other academics & students) by word of mouth, email, WhatsApp groups etc.
Get to it! ▶️ www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
But how will it get to 20,000 in the last week?
By you sharing it with friends & family (not just other academics & students) by word of mouth, email, WhatsApp groups etc.
Get to it! ▶️ www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Friends, the #RaiseTheStipend petition closes tonight ▶️ www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Please, if you are yet to sign, consider doing it now.
Most importantly, even if you’ve signed, send it to family & friends now – ask them to help.
Thanks to everyone who has supported this!
Please, if you are yet to sign, consider doing it now.
Most importantly, even if you’ve signed, send it to family & friends now – ask them to help.
Thanks to everyone who has supported this!
July 24, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Friends, the #RaiseTheStipend petition closes tonight ▶️ www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Please, if you are yet to sign, consider doing it now.
Most importantly, even if you’ve signed, send it to family & friends now – ask them to help.
Thanks to everyone who has supported this!
Please, if you are yet to sign, consider doing it now.
Most importantly, even if you’ve signed, send it to family & friends now – ask them to help.
Thanks to everyone who has supported this!
Universities Accord: "#RaiseTheStipend!"
Everyone: 🥳 By how much?
UA: "$47k is “more competitive with other countries”.
Me👇: Wow, "a sweet $10 per week more than minimum wage. I’m sure the best students will be beating down university doors … probably looking for food."
Everyone: 🥳 By how much?
UA: "$47k is “more competitive with other countries”.
Me👇: Wow, "a sweet $10 per week more than minimum wage. I’m sure the best students will be beating down university doors … probably looking for food."
I wrote a grumpy-but-hopeful little summary of some ARC-related things in the Universities Accord Report for the EduResearch Matters blog edited by Jenna Price👇
Also, read the other articles by people who know much more than me!
blog.aare.edu.au/after-all-th...
Also, read the other articles by people who know much more than me!
blog.aare.edu.au/after-all-th...
After all this time, are we in Accord now?
Federal Minister for Education Jason Clare released the final Universities Accord report on Sunday. Experts for EduResearch Matters respond. From left to right: Andrew Norton, professor in the Practic...
blog.aare.edu.au
March 5, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Universities Accord: "#RaiseTheStipend!"
Everyone: 🥳 By how much?
UA: "$47k is “more competitive with other countries”.
Me👇: Wow, "a sweet $10 per week more than minimum wage. I’m sure the best students will be beating down university doors … probably looking for food."
Everyone: 🥳 By how much?
UA: "$47k is “more competitive with other countries”.
Me👇: Wow, "a sweet $10 per week more than minimum wage. I’m sure the best students will be beating down university doors … probably looking for food."
The proposed $10,000 cash splash for apprentice tradies proves that the Albanese Labor Government is willing to improve conditions for people earning a qualification, so why not HDRs? #RaiseTheStipend
Anthony Albanese will head to the National Press Club today in a bid to set the scene as he prepares to ask Australians for a second term as PM. Follow live.
Live: PM ramps up his pitch to voters in major address
Anthony Albanese will head to the National Press Club today in a bid to set the scene as he prepares to ask Australians for a second term as PM. Follow live.
www.abc.net.au
January 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The proposed $10,000 cash splash for apprentice tradies proves that the Albanese Labor Government is willing to improve conditions for people earning a qualification, so why not HDRs? #RaiseTheStipend
The AVERAGE PhD student is now 37. While we need to consider that stipends are tax free (and so the number is a little higher than it looks on paper), if we want people to be able to retrain and contribute in turn to educating young people, and solving big social problems, we must #raisethestipend
“I'm earning less that I did when I was 14 at McDonalds”, says PhD candidate Alexandra Paton.
#RaiseTheStipend
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
#RaiseTheStipend
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Alex loves doing her PhD, but says she's earning under the minimum wage
Alexandra Paton, who researches how to manage feral cat populations, says her PhD is important for Australia's wildlife but her income is lower than what she earned as a teenager at Macca's.
www.abc.net.au
January 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The AVERAGE PhD student is now 37. While we need to consider that stipends are tax free (and so the number is a little higher than it looks on paper), if we want people to be able to retrain and contribute in turn to educating young people, and solving big social problems, we must #raisethestipend
#RaiseTheStipend
Finally, PhD stipends.
The problem we all know is one of the “findings” of the Report (p14)⤵️
Finally, PhD stipends.
The problem we all know is one of the “findings” of the Report (p14)⤵️
February 26, 2024 at 5:46 AM
#RaiseTheStipend
Finally, PhD stipends.
The problem we all know is one of the “findings” of the Report (p14)⤵️
Finally, PhD stipends.
The problem we all know is one of the “findings” of the Report (p14)⤵️
Oh, and #RaiseTheStipend!
I hope the Universities Accord strongly recommends a huge increase to the minimum government PhD stipend. Any hints, Jason Clare?
Many PhD students live below the poverty line. That’s simply disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I hope the Universities Accord strongly recommends a huge increase to the minimum government PhD stipend. Any hints, Jason Clare?
Many PhD students live below the poverty line. That’s simply disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 14, 2023 at 11:18 PM
Oh, and #RaiseTheStipend!
I hope the Universities Accord strongly recommends a huge increase to the minimum government PhD stipend. Any hints, Jason Clare?
Many PhD students live below the poverty line. That’s simply disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I hope the Universities Accord strongly recommends a huge increase to the minimum government PhD stipend. Any hints, Jason Clare?
Many PhD students live below the poverty line. That’s simply disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...