Dr Kate Dempsey

organisation consultant, academic, mentor and leadership development coach - passionate about making workplaces safe and inclusive.

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

A lovely review just out of our book (with @LyTran18 and chapter writers) on #intled and #vet. Please RT. https://t.co/7xtHPibNeJ

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.

The share of national income going to the richest 10% was lowest (and share to the bottom 90% highest) when union membership was high.

This is why the UAW victory in Tennessee is a big deal.

We must build back union power.

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

Really thoughtful article about the place and purpose of universities historically and now

[UniversityWorldNews @uniworldnews]

International #highereducation must reject #neocolonialism - writes Simon Marginson

#HigherEd #GlobalEd https://t.co/BpxJ5zdPlz

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

Good position for judgement but not as warm as a keyboard!

[Playmobil (Adjunct) Professor @playmoadjprof]

I definitely need this

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

Really this is laughable. Craig Laughton says it’s not deliberate wage theft it’s just really complicated to pay correctly & the NTEU now says more needs to be done. Where was the NTEU when I asked for help with wage theft? They took my money as a union member and did nothing

[NTEU Victoria @NTEUVictoria]

Finally, pressure is building on #universities from Parliament and regulatory bodies over governance abuses, including wage theft , VC's pay and much more. The Universities Accord must surely address governance too?
#BetterUnis #HigherEd #highereducation
https://t.co/LczLKmLS5u

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

I’ve been a casual academic across 4 universities for 16 yrs. The under payment is deliberate & systemic and the NTEU has turned a blind eye to it the whole time.

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

What’s the good news?

[Dr. Henry Bowen @HBSalts]

Love starting my day with some good news!!

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

Great example of how well democracy works inside capitalism!

[Rick Watt @RickWatt9]

@JaneCaro

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

I raised it again as an LTU casual NTEU member a few years later. Got no help again. In fact, I was told that the union does not support casualisation of the workforce, so they can’t help. Even though they took my union dues. I am no longer a union member 😏

[La Trobe University Casuals Network @LTUcasuals]

@katedempseycom @AlisonBarnes25 @deakincasuals @CasualsMonash We are also very sad to hear that you received this response, Kate! Casual wage theft is absolutely fundamental to the corporate uni business model and exploitation of all higher ed workers.

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

@CasualsMonash I am pretty jaded😏

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

I have been a casual academic for 16yrs. This has occurred for me from my first contract, at each university for which I worked. Each time, I went to the union: they told me there was nothing they could do. Fairwork is taking it up because the NTEU never did.

[John Ross @JohnRoss49]

NTEU report proves that “systemic wage theft” has been “baked” into universities’ business models. “Our public universities are being run like greedy corporations with no respect for paying hard-working staff what they’re owed." https://t.co/WG70bI1ROe

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

16 yrs ago @AlisonBarnes25 I asked the NTEU to help me with wage theft and corrupt hiring practices. I was told ‘there is nothing we can do’. NTEU has known about this for decades and done nothing @deakincasuals @LTUcasuals @CasualsMonash

[Alison Barnes @AlisonBarnes25]

The Wage Theft Report exposes what we’ve known for some time - systemic wage theft has been baked into universities’ business models.

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

You can tell immediately it is plagiarized because item 2 speaks to investing in staff and providing them with the resources they need 😂 @deakincasuals @CasualsMonash @LTUcasuals

[Eric Fournier @ejfourni]

I asked ChatGPT to write a 300-word Strategic Plan for a major research university. It took 10 seconds.

[NTEU Victoria @NTEUVictoria]

"Serious governance problems across the university sector" Fair work ombudsman describing Australian #universities at Senate Estimates on Wednesday.
Watch the video of @fairwork_gov_au officials speaking to @senator_sheldon here:
https://t.co/g9xZkpBRz6
#betterunis #highered

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

There is so much written about leadership, but so little to link any research on leadership to outcomes

[Rob Briner @Rob_Briner]

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄

A really useful just-published review of #leadership styles research. Invaluable for anyone who works in the field.

https://t.co/sWaPYjOfrr

#HR

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

Banned? Surely that’s not true. I’ve read all of them and we studied Huck Finn in school in Aust. 😳

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

@kangaroos991 8 of them. All good too.

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

Thanks for the citations, Rob. This sort of simplistic thinking seems to be ubiquitous. I’m always looking for evidence to counter it.

[Rob Briner @Rob_Briner]

I think what you're referring to here is possibly an age effect and almost certainly not a generational effect.

Generational differences of this kind don't seem to exist.

See, for example:

https://t.co/W7GY1P2hm8

https://t.co/vRQeeQuoFC

https://t.co/Ppp2WPMhRI

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

Some uni students I teach, told me the decline happens at 50yrs. It’s a fact they said that you can’t learn anything new after 50. Phew, lucky I finished my PhD at age 50 then!

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

Just heard on @RNBreakfast a listener suggesting voting for those over 70 should be curtailed because - apparently - of cognitive decline! Ageism is the most stupid of all prejudices & they are all dumb, because - sooner than they imagine possible - that listener will be over 70!

[Monash Casuals Network @CasualsMonash]

Tomorrow we're meeting to escalate our bargaining campaign at Monash - we want to see all Monash members in the room.

It's been 221 days since our agreement expired and the VC has earned $726,427 while we wait for a pay offer.

See you on Zoom at 12pm tomorrow (Tuesday).

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

Thanks for being there Rick (and others as you point out). It’s a disgraceful chapter and we need to hear the hideous detail of it.

[Dr Kate Dempsey @katedempseycom]

That’s my experience too Rob. They pay for their credential and undertake it to get a job or a better job. It’s transactional. It’s no longer about learning, thinking, developing…

[Rob Briner @Rob_Briner]

To put it crudely, most students (~70% in my experience) want to get in, get a qualification, and get out.

But what we think they want is a challenging learning process that will change them and the way they think.