ABC Online | 28 February 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… La Trobe University has confirmed it is cutting 350 jobs as part of a restructure. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… University management told staff at a meeting this afternoon. It is understood the redundancies are compulsory, and will affect the university's Bundoora campus in Melbourne's north west as well as its regional Victorian campuses. Virginia Mansel-Lees of the National Tertiary Education Union says it is not known what faculties will be targeted. "Staff are outraged and also worried about their jobs and job security, wondering whether their area will be targeted, if so … [Read more...]
Malthouse signs up with La Trobe
13/02/2012 by
Sunday Age 12 February 20-12 Retired Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse will swap a tracksuit for the tweeds of academia this week, becoming a vice-chancellor's fellow at La Trobe University. In a job switch few predicted after Malthouse's 40 years as an AFL player and coach, he will lecture in a range of subjects, including physiotherapy, sports administration and marketing. Despite having no tertiary qualifications after starting with the Saints as a 17-year-old from Ballarat, Malthouse has always been an inveterate reader with a particular fondness for military history and eastern philosophy. ''Mick is probably not someone who would automatically be associated with … [Read more...]
