Submissions are invited to the Legislative Council’s inquiry into the university

This is a problem for university management, what with the inquiry having Nullarbor-wide terms of reference, (CMM May 9).

It follows, and may well result from, an anthology of antipathy towards university policies on fewer UG lectures and more small group classes, enterprise bargaining, claims that some departing staff had to sign non-disclosure agreements and the transformative plan to relocate most of  the Hobart based teaching from Sandy Bay to the city (CMM March 29)

Friday’s announcement of a 4.6 per cent pay rise may go some way to calm on-campus criticism but a short-lived open comments board indicates there are a bunch of issues that staff may want to raise (CMM June 27).

And then there are opponents to the university’s plan to relocate into the CBD, widely criticised off-campus for years, who will surely seize the opportunity.

When the inquiry was proposed VC Rufus Black responded, “we look forward to supporting the work of the Legislative Council in any way we can,” not that he had any choice.