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Otago University was founded on geology and medicine, and has recently targeted both with considerable budget cuts.
According to documents seen by Critic Te Ārohi, the Geology Department is facing a proposed reduction of about a third of their staff, despite boasting the title of
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“You were meant to CUT support staff, not double them you dingus” Harlene Hayne, probably
The University initiative which cut 160 support staff jobs for “efficiency” has led to the hiring of at least 170 full-time equivalent staff to replace them.
The Support Services Review (SSR) was implemented by then Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne, and basically involved yeeting many services previously handled within departments into centralised, university-wide teams. The business case for the review claimed that these job losses, and the freed-up office space, would save the Uni $15 million a year. However, an Official Information Act request from Critic Te Arohi shows that admin staff numbers have actually increased since the SSR was implemented.
It’s August 2018. You’re in Year 13. You’re covered in pimples, you don’t know how to blowdry your hair, and your fashion sense is what can only be described as preppy-grunge. Your on-and-off high school girlfriend has just broken up with you because you had a Skype call with