The University of Wollongong (UoW) announced potential cuts to 25 disciplines across four faculties yesterday, as part of a Draft Workplace Change Proposal.
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In an email to all ANU staff, ANU Vice Chancellor Genevieve Bell requests staff forgo their expected 2.5% December pay rise under the current Enterprise Arrangement to assist the University to meet their budget shortfall.
Staff are outraged they will no longer will able to teach students in person
In the best interests of students, the Business School is being increasingly pressured to re-consider the four mandatory subjects, culling BUSS1000 and 2000 whilst only making BUSS1020 and 1030 mandatory for students undertaking Accounting, Finance, and Banking majors.
Macquarie University has gone through with a plan proposed in October last year by the Executive Representatives of the Faculty of Arts to cut Croatian, Modern Greek, Italian, and Russian from its language offerings.
They are incredibly popular courses that receive significant enrolment numbers well above the level required for the University to receive a profitable return on its investment.
In a submission to the Undergraduate Studies Committee, the University has proposed 12 2000-level and 13 3000-level units in the Philosophy department be cut or merged.
Students do have a large range of faculties to choose from, however the desire of the university to offer such a large range of OLEs makes the difference between an OLE and an elective increasingly unclear.
The rally railed against the proposed merger of the Politics and IR degree with Global Studies, as well as 50% of Philosophy units that will be cut.
According to a University spokesperson, the “curriculum refresh” has been favourably accepted by different faculty-based committees.
