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    Welcome! This site is specifically designed for casual and sessional staff (CASS) who are commencing employment at UNE. Whether this is your first or twenty-first contract, you should find something useful in the materials below, and a community of people in similar employment situations with whom you can collaborate and seek support.

    Aside from the handbook, you'll find various resources on both functional issues and teaching practice. Before you get started, don't forget to introduce yourself in the Introductions forum too, so we and other new staff can get to know you.

  • Useful resources

    Links to useful external resources - check back from time to time as these will be periodically updated.

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      BLASST URL

      A project funded by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching to support and enhance quality teaching by sessional staff in higher education.

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      CASA URL

      A home online for casual, adjunct, sessional staff and their allies in Australian higher education.

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      The Smart Casual URL

      Blog written by a long-term casual academic

  • Training and Development opportunities

    UNE offers professional development opportunities through a number of different areas. Casual staff are always welcome to attend, and support to attend workshops etc may be able to be negotiated with your head of school. LIH in particular offers some flexible options that do not require on-campus participation.

  • Teaching Practice

    This section is about collegiality and shared practice. The forum is an open online roundtable to talk about your teaching practice, raise issues and solve problems with your colleagues. You can also learn about the teaching practice of other academic staff (some of whom are casual/sessionals) by watching the videos in the teaching practice playlist below.