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Macquarie IT academics protest cuts
Renai LeMay
Friday, 24 December 2010 14:45
The warning took the form of a email issued under the names of senior lecturers Christophe Doche, Michael Hitchens, Rolf Schwitter and associate professors Anthony Sloane and Dominic Verity to students in the Faculty of Science (which the Department of Computing sits within) shortly after midday yesterday.
In it, the academics warned several teaching positions were slated to be cut by the university in the faculty, including two alone in their computing department.
As a result, the quintet claimed, a number of subjects dealing with fundamental computer science concepts, knowledge systems, computer graphics and operating systems would be 'rested' in 2011. In addition, students would get less time in general with teaching staff. 'For certain subjects, we will have no choice but to offer less face-to-face hours to students,' they wrote.
A spokesperson for Macquarie University has not yet responded to a request for comment on the issue, however, in a statement issued on 7 December, the university said it remained committed to negotiating fair pay and conditions for all staff.
At the time, the university highlighted the fact that it had come to an agreement with the Community and Public Sector Union, which also has members on its campus.
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