The Australian Catholic University will cut more than 110 jobs because of plunging enrolments and a forecast $30 million deficit, with staff at its Melbourne campus expected to take the biggest hit.
nears completion. The $250 million Saint Teresa of Kolkata building is being built to accommodate student and staff growth over the next 10 years.
“Among the measures we are considering, we are proposing to reduce professional services staff costs by $16 million in the current academic year.” “ACU has had significant operating surpluses over the past six years of more than $224 million,” Kaufmann said. “While student enrolments have been declining for some years, our workforce has grown, and our professional workforce has grown disproportionately and beyond our academic workforce,” the plan notes.
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