A total of 137 staff are likely to lose their jobs at the University of Wollongong in the latest round of university cuts, with the potential to cut whole disciplines, including history.

Interim Vice-Chancellor John Dewar released the University’s latest change proposal on Monday, identifying 25 disciplines that could be deleted or downsized. While consultation is underway, individual staff received letters informing them their jobs were under consideration for the chopping block, with the university seeking to shed the equivalent of 90 full-time positions, shaving $15-20 million off the UoW wages bill.