{"id":18435,"date":"2019-07-13T18:40:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T18:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=18435"},"modified":"2019-07-13T18:40:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T18:40:28","slug":"job-cuts-charles-darwin-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/job-cuts-charles-darwin-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Around 100 teachers fear severe job cuts at Charles Darwin University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a recent comment on the severity of the <strong>expected job cuts at Charles Darwin University in Australia<\/strong>, Vice-Chancellor Simon Maddocks has detailed that around one hundred positions might be affected.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This news has caused great concern among faculty members. According to the Vice-Chancellor, <strong>the University is facing severe funding deficits, which has never happened before.<\/strong> This extreme financial situation has made it necessary to reduce the number of faculty members in the institution.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In response to faculty member concerns <strong>Teachers\u2019 Unions have started investigating this downsizing.<\/strong> According to union members, the University is suspiciously laconic about the expected job cuts, and this is <strong>purposeful misinformation of the teachers employed there.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unannounced job cuts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dariuspfitzner.net\/CV\/CV.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the Education Union NT division, Darius Pfitzner, teachers of all departments have expressed their worries. The main reason for concern is the fact that <strong>the University administration is not presenting sufficient information to teachers.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This last estimation by Vice-Chancellor Maddocks is the first detail teachers learned about the planned downsizing. Teachers and union representatives are also claiming that Charles Darwin University has been <strong>actively reducing the number of faculty members by leaving vacant positions and not interviewing prospective candidates.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University representatives have claimed that the lack of funding is mainly associated with costs related to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/unesco-advocates-broadband-for-education-via-ict-whats-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vocational training<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Mr. Maddocks also pointed out that <strong>the most significant piece of the University\u2019s budget is going towards faculty member salaries, and salary increases.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to education ministers, the Australian government has been providing a record amount of state funding to higher education institutions in recent years, and the financial struggle of Charles Darwin University is surprising.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent comment on the severity of the expected job cuts at Charles Darwin University in Australia, Vice-Chancellor Simon Maddocks has detailed that around one hundred positions might be affected. This news has caused great concern among faculty members. 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