Howard Guille discusses the issues associated with negotiating with universities as corporate entities. He comments on the impact of the Dawkins changes on universities.
Howard Guille discusses the tension between more academic and more trade based universities with references to the Darling Downs University and the University of Queensland.
Mary Kelly speaks about becoming more involved in activism and campaigning during university. She recalls that trade unions were an important factor in this activism.
Diane Zetlin states that she has no regrets from her time as a union leader, and reflects on her greatest achievements, which include the award restructuring she oversaw, as well as her part in bringing universities into the wider dialogue of education and training.
Diane Zetlin discusses the amalgamation of universities and the Colleges of Advanced Education, and the anxiety over this within FAUSA and the general university atmosphere.
Diane Zetlin discusses finishing her Bachelor of Arts with Honours and getting her first academic job at the University of Queensland in 1976. She speaks about joining the Federated Australian University Staff Association (FAUSA), and becoming a union official. She became President, and later, in 1986 General Secretary.
