VCA Student Union - Some news about Melbourne Uni’s plans to cut everything under the sun at the Victorian College of the Arts
A post from the VCA Student Union…
The VCA has only been a faculty of the University of Melbourne since the beginning of 2007 and already the little grubs in the university’s administration are pawing over VCA programs looking for the most suitable courses to cut
On the 15th of May University of Melbourne Provost Peter McPhee announced plans for a new “restructure” of courses at the VCA. The restructure will be effective as of 2009. The new faculty labelled “The Faculty of the VCA and Music” will see the 6 schools of the VCA reduced down to 3 and represents the introduction of the Melbourne Model at the college. The schools of Dance, Drama and Production will be merged into a single school of Performing Arts, The School of Music will be merged with the Faculty of Music at the Parkville campus of Melbourne Uni and the School of Film and television will be incorporated into the School of Art. Undergraduate studies in Film and Television (currently the only undergraduate degree in Film and TV in Australasia) will be axed. Read more
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Please find below an email from Peter McPhee to the staff mailing list sharing the announcement of the new Faculty of the VCA and Music. Discuss this post by clicking here.
Dear colleagues,
We write to share with you the announcement (below) of the new
Faculty of the VCA and Music.Peter McPhee
ProvostPhilippa Pattison
President
Academic BoardNEW FACULTY OF VCA AND MUSIC TO SET ‘GOLD STANDARD’ IN ARTS
EDUCATIONA ‘gold standard’ in higher education and training in the arts will
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be the hallmark of a proposed new Faculty of the VCA and Music at
the University of Melbourne. Read more