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UOW to backpay $6.6m to underpaid staff – Campus Review
Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth. Picture: Paul Hermes
The University of Wollongong is set to backpay more than $6.6 million to thousands of underpaid staff.
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Senators ask VCs to justify $1m salaries – Campus Review
Jennifer Westacott said WSU executive salaries are benchmarked against the public sector. Picture: Gary Ramage
An Inquiry into the quality of university governance has asked the vice-chancellors of universities who are cutting staff why they are paid up to $1 million per year.
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Western Sydney, Wollongong confirm job cuts – Campus Review
Vice-chancellor Max Lu. Picture: UOW
The University of Wollongong (UOW) and Western Sydney University (WSU) have confirmed job cut numbers, with a combined 351 staff to be cut from the institutions.
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UOW reduces job cuts again – Campus Review
The University of Wollongong campus. Picture: Newswire
The University of Wollongong (UOW) on Monday announced it now only needs to cut between 85 and 118 full-time positions instead of the originally proposed 155 to 185 jobs.
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New UOW leadership reduces job cuts – Campus Review
Professor Lu thanked staff for contributing to the change proposal process. Picture: John Pryke
The new University of Wollongong (UOW) leader will cut senior staff and reduce non-salary spending to save some non-academic positions in the university’s restructure.
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USyd makes $500m surplus, Mark Scott gets $150k pay rise – Campus Review
Mark Scott received a 150k pay rise last year. Picture: Martin Ollman
The University of Sydney (USyd) recorded a $500 million surplus in 2024 and boosted its vice-chancellor Mark Scott’s pay by $150,000 to a $1.349 million salary, its 2024 financial result showed.
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Why are universities cutting languages? – Campus Review
The University of Tasmania’s (UTAS) move to cut its Indonesian language program amid plummeting enrolments has been described as “shortsighted” and “strategically incoherent” by a long-running provider of study tours to the Southeast Asian country.
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University of Wollongong job cuts climb from 95 to 270 – Campus Review
Troy Wright from the Community and Public Sector Union said staff have been left wondering if they have a job. Picture: David Swift
Planned job cuts at the University of Wollongong (UOW) could hit 270 after the university announced it will extend its cost-cutting measures to non-academic staff.
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92 jobs cut and subjects ‘disestablished’ at Wollongong uni
University of Wollongong interim vice-chancellor John Dewar said ‘support arrangements are in place to ensure continuity in [students’] studies’. Picture: NCA Newswire
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has confirmed 91.6 full-time equivalent positions will be cut in a financial restructure, after revealing it offered redundancies to 137 staff in November 2024.
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