UTS announces a suspension of the 2026 intake for 146 courses across campus. It’s a guide to the state of the study market.
Management explains the suspensions are necessary because the Academic Change Proposal for job cuts is not complete but deadlines for UG applications and the university handbook are imminent.
Vice-Chancellor Andrew Parfitt is at pains to point out that the end may not be nigh for courses on-hold and the people who teach them – although there is no mention of casuals or when final decisions will be announced.
With existing classes in suspended degrees to be taught-out, job losses driven by all-together abolishing courses may not happen all at once.
Programs have been spiked in five faculties, Design-Society, Engineering-IT, Health, Law, Science plus the Business and Trans-disciplinary schools.
Higher degrees are hard hit as are niche joint degrees, for example, Bachelor of Animation Production / Bachelor of International Studies and Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation are on-hold.
Some 16 communications joint degrees are frozen and International Studies takes a huge hit, with 40 plus degrees offered jointly with other courses cancelled for the start of next year.
UTS made an $80m loss last year, the third deficit in a row with another three expected. And if savings to be made teaching and course support staff are where to search for savings. Teaching revenue was $1bn last year, 75% of total earnings.