A response to Andrea Hull - VCA Student Union

May 06th, 2008 | Category: Melbourne Model

A post from the VCA Student Union…

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On Fri 22 May, VCA Head, Andrea Hull sent an email to students containing a number of outright lies. Here is the VCA Student Union’s response:

Andrea Hull claims: “There has been no move to implement the Melbourne Model at the VCA at this time. Of course, how the Melbourne Model might fit in to the VCA to the benefit of students has been a subject of discussion between the VCA and the University of Melbourne over the last year.”

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VCA Student Union - Some news about Melbourne Uni’s plans to cut everything under the sun at the Victorian College of the Arts

May 06th, 2008 | Category: Melbourne Model

A post from the VCA Student Union…

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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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Media Release - VCA Student Union

May 01st, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized

A media release from the VCA Student Union Website (www.vcasu.org.au) Discuss this here!

VCA STUDENTS TO PROTEST MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL MEETING

On the 15th of May University of Melbourne Provost Peter McPhee announced plans for a new restructure of courses at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). The restructure will be effective as of 2009. Read more

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Notes from VCA Student Union “Emergency Meeting”

April 28th, 2008 | Category: Melbourne Model, VCA Campus

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Notes from VCASU Emergency Meeting
Monday the 28th of April 1pm, CFI Tutorial Room, VCA

Azlan McClennan, the General Secretary of the VCA Student Union introduced the agenda and spoke about the article from The Age that has been posted around campus on yellow posters. He spoke about the VCA funding cut of 35% in 2004, and explained that the VCA has never really recovered from it. He suggested this as a major reason the VCA have now joined Melbourne University. Read more

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