MQ Uni Faculty Funding Model and Job Cuts Petition
We, the undersigned staff and students of Macquarie University, condemn and deplore the University's under-funding of the Faculty of Science at a time when the Vice-Chancellor, Steven Schwartz, has touted a $60 million surplus, a double star rating from Moody's credit agency, and the general financial health of Macquarie University. Continued under-funding had resulted in increases of student:staff rations and Academic and General Staff workloads, threatening the quality of education provided by all Faculties of the University. We demand accountability and transparent access to information about how the Faculty Funding model is calculated and why the return to the Faculties has increasingly diminished over time. We reject the cuts to Faculty and Department budgets. We reject the proposition that staff and students should have to pay for central accounting decisions by the loss of jobs, conditions or educational opportunities. We call for the reconfiguration of the Faculty Funding Model to ensure that Faculties are provided with suffiecient funds to cover pay rises, infrastructure costs and a full staffing complement, and to ensure that any appointments imposed on the Faculty are fully funded.
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