Protest at La Trobe University Council - Monday 13th August @ 5pm

NTEU and LTSU are running a joint protest against the proposed cuts to 25% of academic staff, 5 discipline areas and 60% of subjects in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Further clarification of questions following the meeting of 16 July - cross referenced

Responses to our questions relating to the 16 July meeting are still sketchy and we will be following this up again.

Management response to additional NTEU questions on the La Trobe HUSS restructure - 27 July 2012

A more detailed response to our most recent questions on the HUSS restructure, which includes information about professional staff issues - 27 July 2012.

Management response to additional NTEU questions on the La Trobe HUSS restructure - 18 July 2012

Note that NTEU has complained about the sketchy response to our questions in this feedback from management on the HUSS restructure. They have provided additional information in the set of answers and we are covering off the remaining issues the week comm

Email correspondence on HUSS cuts between LTU VC and Jack Reynolds

Jack Reynolds sought modelling of lesser cuts from the Vice-Chancellor but the attached document shows no sign of movement on the budget driven rationale of the cuts.

Letter to La Trobe Vice-Chancellor from Jack Reynolds on behalf of Program Coordinators in FHUSS

A plea for modelling of a lesser number of redundancies.

Requested data HUSS vital stats - 13 July 2012

Includes SSR ratio data (but not disaggregated as requested so that we can see the number of non-casual versus casual staff)

Media release: Language studies cut, academic staff to be sacked in radical restructure of humanities and social sciences at La Trobe University

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) today expressed alarm at plans for a major restructure of La Trobe University’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, which will see academic staff sacked and subjects cut back, including Asian languages.

USYD: Open Letter to the Chancellor

USYD: Open Letter to the Chancellor