University cuts up to 180 more jobs amid student visa changes
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The University of Wollongong will cut up to 10 per cent of its non-academic staff in its latest round of redundancies, which it claims is a consequence of changes to international student visa processing.

In short:

The University of Wollongong is set to cut up to 10 per cent of its non-academic staff in Australia, or around 185 jobs.

It comes on top of a confirmed plan to cut 95 academic jobs, bringing to total number of job cuts to 276.

What’s next?

Students are worried about the impact on their education and say there is growing disquiet on campus.

The university also said it planned to reduce its faculties from four to three, and cut the number of schools from 18 to 11, aiming to save between $22 million and $26 million.