<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has axed 130 staff and more than 1000 subjects in massive cost-cutting measures that unions </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/uts-university-of-technology-sydney-australia-safework-nsw-cuts/f51723d8-72d0-4030-baf1-f024b02236f0" rel="" target="_blank" title="tried to block"><span>tried to block</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The university, based in the heart of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> and boasting 51,000 students, announced the measures last night as it looks to save $100 million.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The university's School of Education will be discontinued alongside the schools of International Studies and Public Health, with the number of faculties downsized from 24 to 15.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-uk-visit-king-charles-iii-prepares-to-welcome-trump-windsor-castle/3fc8ad29-f31f-4424-9b29-6c6fbd5fe706" target="_blank"><strong><span>Trump fixated on 'so healthy, so beautiful' host</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Faculties of Business and Law will also be combined in a new Faculty of Business and Law.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As a result, 134 full-time staff will lose their jobs, and 1100 subjects and 167 courses will be discontinued.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is a reduction on the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/university-of-technology-sydney-australia-course-suspension/293e4608-e4cd-4af2-95b0-49f0ad40c080" rel="" target="_blank" title="previously proposed job losses"><span>previously proposed job losses</span></a><span> which were expected to number over 400.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/university-of-technology-sydney-uts-job-cuts-australia-education/66fb453b-bc3c-449e-9735-7386f791d9bc" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"With policy constraints limiting both domestic and international student revenue growth, our main source of operating revenue, we have been faced with difficult choices to reduce our costs," Vice-Chancellor Andrew Parfitt said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jimmy-kimmel-show-pulled-offair-indefinitely-after-charlie-kirk-remarks/2d96c5ce-aa33-4e98-9406-1e9b48a30e0f" target="_blank"><strong><span>Jimmy Kimmel yanked off air over Charlie Kirk comments</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I do not underestimate or take lightly the anxiety and concern staff may be experiencing and I deeply regret the need for job losses. During this time of proposed change across UTS, we are keenly aware of the potential impacts on the health, wellbeing and safety of our staff."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The university said the measures would save around $80 million, whilst a further $20 million would be saved through other measures, including "limiting executive and senior staff remuneration".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, the cuts were actually delayed after Safework NSW intervened on behalf of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), with the ruling saying staff "would be subject to "serious and imminent risk of psychological harm".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a statement, the NTEU said the process lacked transparency and disregarded the feelings of staff.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/charlie-kirk-shooting-updates-tyler-robinson-feared-being-shot-at-home-turned-himself-in-sheriff-says/03643245-9275-4229-9d35-fe216f769dae" target="_blank"><strong><span>Sheriff reveals why Charlie Kirk suspect turned himself in</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Why call for consultation if staff won't be listened to? The lack of transparency, the decisions made without consulting staff and students, and the shutting down of valid criticism have all led to staff losing faith in the leadership at UTS," NTEU UTS Branch President Dr Sarah Attfield said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Staff who have dedicated their working lives to this institution are being treated as expendable."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The proposed changes will not take place until next year, and current students already enrolled in the impacted courses will not be affected, according to UTS.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They also claim to be offering extended support to staff during the process.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/usa-jeffrey-epstein-files-kash-patel-fbi/1d498445-f6fa-4410-a280-d732fb60b25a" target="_blank"><strong><span>The Epstein files question the FBI Director refused to answer nine times</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Staff are being regularly updated and given opportunities to ask questions and offer suggestions or feedback," the university said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Staff are being offered support and training relating to their health and well-being, financial circumstances and their career, as well as increased access to trained counsellors."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Parfitt appeared at a Senate inquiry on governance in higher education </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/university-of-wollongong-cuts-senate-inquiry-hearing-australia-michael-still/11bf4571-d15b-4d6b-8b62-77feb8c0145b" rel="" target="_blank" title="last week"><span>last week</span></a><span> to defend UTS' actions, whilst the university had previously defended their cost-cutting actions to 9news.com.au</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is not financially or operationally sustainable as continued losses erode our cash position and have the potential to compromise our ongoing operations," they said earlier this month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's important we address this to protect and invest in our teaching, research and our students."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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