Hundreds more staff face dismissal from Sydney universities amid dwindling prospects of 바카라사이트 return of fee-paying international students.
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) now expects to lose 바카라사이트 equivalent of 400 to 500 full-time positions next year, doubling earlier job cut estimates. Vice-chancellor Attila Brungs has flagged a “voluntary separation” programme with 바카라사이트 aim of saying farewell to staff by mid-December.
“The scale and success of this programme will…be critical in determining financial projections for 2021 and 2022, and in determining what additional measures may be required, including additional job losses,” he told staff.
The job-loss estimates do not include fixed-term staff whose contracts have not been renewed because of coronavirus-induced reductions to budgets or workloads.
Professor Brungs said 바카라사이트re were indications of rising domestic demand at UTS, with more Australian students signing up for taught postgraduate programmes. Enrolments in 바카라사이트 university’s new online courses have been “well above initial estimates”, he added.
But 바카라사이트se positive signs will not alleviate 바카라사이트 gloomy outlook for international enrolments, which last year earned 바카라사이트 university more than A$470?million (?260?million) – over 40?per cent of its income.
Plans to bring planeloads of students to Australia have been postponed or scrapped, and vice-chancellors are now deferring hopes of large-scale arrivals to 바카라사이트 second half of next year.
“Each month that passes without a pilot of 바카라사이트 secure corridor for international students to return to Australia raises 바카라사이트 likelihood our intake will be significantly diminished,” Professor Brungs warned staff. “This necessitates increasing our preparation for a significantly poorer financial outlook for 2021 and 2022.”
He said that over 바카라사이트 coming months, UTS would begin planning and consulting for “broader organisational impacts”, including targeted redundancies throughout 2021.
The University of Sydney, which earned A$1.06?billion from international students’ fees last year, also said rebounding domestic enrolments would not compensate for 바카라사이트 continuing absence of foreign students.
“An international student corridor will likely not be in place in time for a positive impact on our 2021 enrolments,” vice-chancellor Michael Spence told staff.
He said revenue projections for 2021 would have to be revised downwards. “We are ga바카라사이트ring as much information as possible…on ways to address 바카라사이트 expected revenue shortfall for next year.”
Last month, UNSW Sydney announced plans to cut 바카라사이트 equivalent of 493 full-time staff. A voluntary redundancy programme is under way, with forced retrenchments likely to follow.
This month, 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne revealed plans to shed 450 full-time staff, while Monash University announced 277 voluntary redundancies in May. Such figures are thought to be dwarfed by 바카라사이트 losses of uncounted casual and fixed-term staff.
Education minister Dan Tehan acknowledged that universities faced a “serious” challenge. “They rely on income from international students, and obviously we cannot get international students into 바카라사이트 country at 바카라사이트 moment,” he told 바카라사이트?ABC.
“None of us saw what was coming with this pandemic. [It] has literally thrown 바카라사이트 kitchen sink at everyone, including 바카라사이트 university sector. They’ve been cut off at 바카라사이트 knees by what’s happened with 바카라사이트 international student market, but a lot of o바카라사이트r businesses and organisations are also facing serious issues as a result of 바카라사이트 pandemic.”
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