The last CMH heard from Monash University management was that there was no budget cut in the Arts faculty. Good-o, but this is not the same as reducing spending on teaching and a month back students stared protesting that casual staff were having hours cut, which meant larger and fewer in-person classes. Just before Easter the campus branch of the National Tertiary Education Union got involved and the Monash Students Association has a petition calling on Arts dean Sharon Pickering to; “to reverse the changes and include student consultation on any future course changes. It is the only way to protect the quality of your education.” There is talk around the traps that the university might reinstate caps of 25 per class in some courses and recall some casual teachers but as of the Easter break nothing was confirmed.
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