Last-minute course cuts shake up FASS degrees, students and staff left in dark
Ostensibly an administrative slip-up, the cancellations follow a long line of attacks on arts education by University management and the federal government.
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Cuts in the time of COVID
The quality of the staff and student experience at the University of Sydney is suffering.
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Fed Uni offers all staff redundancies, replaces Deans with CEOs
Academic schools will be replaced with ‘Interdisciplinary Employment and Start-Up Centres’.
Job cuts imbroglio lands UWA in Fair Work Commission
The case comes after the University used misleading data to justify wide-ranging course cuts and redundancies.
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“Shameful, anti-intellectual actions”: Education protests continue as more cuts loom
The EAG presented a gift to Jagose: an oversized cardboard replica of a pair of scissors.
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Up to 250 undergraduate Arts subjects under threat at Sydney Uni in “major attack”
Subjects that are at risk of being cut include many from Hebrew, Biblical & Jewish Studies, Visual Arts, Philosophy and more.
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Students call second Student General Meeting of the year to oppose cuts to the Arts
Undergraduate students will vote on a motion to oppose the continuing cuts and school restructures in FASS.
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FASS Draft Change Proposal unveils further mergers and cuts
Enrolment numbers will determine what will be cut, merged or otherwise diminished.
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GIPA documents shed further light on Sydney University’s approach to protesters and police
Documents from later education protests last year cement a picture of the University’s antagonistic attitude towards student activists and willingness for police intervention.