The National Tertiary Education Union survey of more than 7000 academics across the country has revealed that only 35 per cent of academics at the University of Sydney felt their job was secure, while 81 per cent believe their workload has increased significantly in the past five years.
The State of the Uni survey, one of the largest of Australian academics in the past decade, found that more than 40 per cent of staff at the sandstone university feared they would be made redundant if they did not work overtime.
The results are even worse at the University of Melbourne, where 69 per cent of staff said the university relied too much on casual staff and 46 per cent feared being made redundant if they did not work more hours than they were contracted.