University of Sydney's 'secret' cut condemned

By Rachel Olding
Updated January 27 2016 - 3:17pm, first published January 25 2016 - 6:22pm
Opponents of the University of Sydney's move to cut the senate from 22 to 15 members say the decision will reduce diversity on the senate and quash smaller voices within faculties. Photo: Fiona-Lee Quimby
Opponents of the University of Sydney's move to cut the senate from 22 to 15 members say the decision will reduce diversity on the senate and quash smaller voices within faculties. Photo: Fiona-Lee Quimby

A move to slash the size of the University of Sydney's faculties and decision-making body is indicative of a tendency to favour "the corporate elite" within the public institution, one member of the university senate says.

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