WEST AUSTRALIANA UWA –
Written for UWAASA by historian Dr. Ian Duckham. Foreword by Professor Raymond da Silva Rosa. Numerous b&w and colour photographs throughout, including fascinating vintage shots. Includes bibliography, appendices, plus index. From rear cover (in full): “A campus collective catering solely for academic staff: is it an anachronism, elitist or empowering? Some would say an academic association is redundant and the National Tertiary Education Union makes it superfluous to requirements. Others might complain that it is un-Australian and elitist to have an association just for academic staff to the exclusion of general staff. Those who passionately believe in the need for an ongoing Academic Staff Association in the 21st century argue that it still has a valuable role to play on campus, at least at the University of Western Australia. They argue that in this managerial age, its role on campus has become more, rather than less pivotal. As academics have less and less say in the conduct of the University, an Academic Staff Association committed to ideals of academic freedom can offer a voice not otherwise heard. Furthermore, the national organisation is preoccupied with salary justice and working conditions issues at the national level and cannot get involved in matters peculiarly the province of UWA. In this book I argue that the Association, has, from the beginning, had a roller coaster ride of ambivalent attitudes toward power throughout its life and only recently has it come to terms with industrial disempowerment whilst finding empowerment as an academic voice”. Scarce title.
pp. 148 #041126