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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: Why tertiary institutes are planning massive job and course cuts
Description: The Government has stepped in to announce a $128 million funding package to assist our struggling universities. This comes after a proposal to cut more than 200 jobs at Victoria University of Wellington, which would have seen entire courses removed from the syllabus and others folded into neighbouring departments - just one of many universities that have had to take this measure amid growing budget holes. While the Government has responded to the furious calls from staff to plug the funding gap, serious questions persist about whether these steps go far enough. So why are our...