La Trobe Uni to cut 300 more jobs, laments ‘unsympathetic’ government

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Staff at La Trobe University have been told it will shed hundreds more full-time equivalent jobs, taking the number of lost jobs at the institution past 500. university covid19 auspol

Staff at La Trobe University have been told the university will shed another 250 to 300 full-time equivalent jobs this year, potentially taking the total number of lost jobs at the beleaguered institution past 500.

“I don’t think they’re right obviously, but we have to get better at addressing those perceptions,” he said. Staff took pay cuts of 5 to 10 per cent, saving an estimated 225 jobs last year, although 239 staff took voluntary redundancy. La Trobe faces a revenue downturn of about $170 million this year, compared with its pre-COVID projections.

He also told staff the university had been relatively unsuccessful in attracting fee-paying postgraduate students in recent years, and would look to “reconfigure” course offerings and build closer links with TAFEs.

 

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How come latrobe university gave $73,000 worth of scholarships to Indian/Overseas ppl when Australians need that money. Why uni is paying 17% superannuation when Australians get 9.5% not fair. Governament should not support them. Pademic is serious risk to Australia latrobe

'the university would withdraw from the framework, and that staff would receive a mid-year pay rise' FactsMatter not withdrawal: AUJPF ends. Not pay rise: return to 'actual' salary less indexing. Mismanagement by latrobe johnnodvc contributed, not 'just' international students

The Uni sector has spent years selling us out to the CCP, now their business model has blown up in their faces. Not before time.

This bloke is still laughing - with his $1,000,000.00 plus pay packet

Meanwhile the chancellors etc ate on millions.

Why have the Federal Government walked away from Universities at this time ?

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