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Submissions for this year’s counter-course are now open! The handbook gives students a chance to give their opinions of subjects and courses to their fellow students, and gives you more of an insight into how uni life really is.
‘UNI CUTS, DUMB CUTS’ national protest: take action and join students, staff & our supporters on campus and in your city against the cuts in the Federal Budget. Tuesday 14 May, meet everybody at 1pm on South Lawn before joining hundreds of students from around Victoria at 2pm at the State Library.
Procrastination workshops, free jumping castle, puppies and kittens to play with! The UMSU Education Public Department is ready for a ‘Stress Less Week’: Wednesday 8 May and Thursday 9 May at lunchtime.
The Federal Government wants to replace Start-up scholarships with student loans and cut $52 million from the University of Melbourne alone. Think that’s fair? Neither do we. Get involved and maintain the rage: next meeting will be at 2pm, Monday 29 April, Joe Nap A room in Union House.
So for a long time, Women weren’t able to study at University. Sounds shit hey? Blue Stockings Week celebrates the pioneering women who fought for the right to have a University education, and empowers those still fighting for women’s rights in education.
So the government wants to cut funding for education to fund education. Makes sense doesn’t it?
These cuts mean that Universities will be forced into finding savings however they can, and could threaten the quality of education and the provision of services here for students.
The Education Department is organising events around the National Day of Action (NDA) – ‘Our Education is Not For Profit’. If you want to show your dissatisfaction with course cuts and the unreasonable costs associated with uni, join us for a free BBQ with our giant monopoly board + march to the State Library on Wednesday 27 march at 12.30pm in South Lawn.
Yesterday the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings were released, and the University was quick to celebrate the fact that we have broken into the top 40 Universities worldwide. Welcome to the 39th best University in the World!
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