Fill out the form below to let your friends know about this website, and invite them to get involved in the campaign to support the staff and students at Victoria University.

You’re help can make a difference.

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Send an email to the Vice-Chancellor Elizabeth Harman to express your opposition as an alumni to the campus closures and mass-job cuts at Victoria University.

Below is an email form that you can fill out with your name and email address, to automatically send an email.

Email a friend about Friends of VU

By filling out this email form, you will be sending the following message:

Dear Professor Harman,

I am writing to express my opposition to the job cuts, campus closures and course phase-outs in 2009.

As an alumni of Victoria University, I am extremely concerned that the changes will have an adverse effect on current and future students, as well as staff and the community. I am also unhappy that these changes were made without extensive consultation with students, staff, the community and local and state government.

Furthermore, I am concerned that the changes will undermine the institutional reputation of Victoria University, reducing the value of my degree and those of my fellow and future alumni.

Victoria University is supposed to be the university of the West, but it appears that you and other members of the University Council are disconnected from the mission of VU.

I urge you to reconsider your approach, and to engage in genuine consultation with affected staff, students and the community.

Yours sincerely
[your-name]

Your email will be sent to Elizabeth Harman, Vic Uni Vice-Chancellor, and cc’d to the NTEU.

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You can email your local Member of Parliament about the campus closures and massive job cuts planned at Victoria University.

This is an important way to let your representative know that you want the State Government to take action to stop the closures and the staff cuts.

How to Email Your Local MP

To email your local MP, simply fill out your name and email address in the form below. You can type in your own message, or cut and paste from the one provided. You also need to put in the email address of your MP (available as a download from the list, or online at the Victorian Parliament website).

Email a friend about Friends of VU.

You can use the sample message below by cutting and pasting.

Example Email

Cut and paste, and change as you want

Dear [Name of MP],

I am writing as your constituent to express my concern about the proposed campus closures and mass-redundancies at Victoria University.

I am extremely concerned that these staff cuts – over 270 jobs representing around 25% of teaching staff – will seriously undermine Victoria University’s ability to ensure reasonable class sizes for students. It will dramatically increase workloads for remaining staff. The breadth of courses available to students will also decrease. The communities affected by the campus closures will also suffer, as amenity and learning opportunties dry up, and associated jobs are lost.

With higher education making up Victoria’s largest single export industry, and with skills and training essential to the future prosperity of the state, not to mention the rights and dignity of the staff whose jobs are under threat, I am calling on you, as my elected representative, to oppose the campus closures and job cuts. I further request that you express that opposition in Parliament and to the Victoria University Vice Chancellor.

Yours sincerely,

[Your Name]

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The NTEU represents all staff at Victoria University (higher ed), and all administrative staff at Victoria University (TAFE).

You can find out more about the NTEU Victoria University Branch by visiting their website. You can also visit the NTEU campaign website, UniversityBargaining.com.au for the latest news in collective bargaining.

Send An Email

Send an email to the Vice-Chancellor Elizabeth Harman to express your opposition to the campus closures and mass-job cuts at Victoria University.

Below is an email form that you can fill out with your name and email address, to automatically send an email.

By filling out this email form, you are sending the following email:

Dear Professor Harman,

I am writing to express my opposition to the job cuts, campus closures and course phase-outs in 2009.

As a staff member at Victoria University, I am extremely concerned at the impact that these changes will have on me and my colleagues. I am also unhappy that these changes were made without extensive consultation with staff, the staff union, the community and students.

I urge you to quickly conclude negotiations with the NTEU for a new union collective agreement, that ensures our job security, guarantees genuine consultation and provides for reasonable workloads.

Yours sincerely
[your-name]

Your email will be sent to Elizabeth Harman, Vic Uni Vice-Chancellor, and cc’d to the NTEU.

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Below is an email form that you can fill out with your name and email address, to automatically send an email.

Email a friend about Friends of VU.

By filling out this email form, you will be sending the following message:

Dear Professor Harman,

I am writing to express my opposition to the job cuts, campus closures and course phase-outs in 2009.

As a member of the community that is served by Victoria University, I am extremely concerned at the impact that these changes will have on me, my family and the community. I am also unhappy that these changes were made without extensive consultation with the local council, affected community groups, local Members of Parliament, not to mention students and staff.

Victoria University is supposed to be the university of the West, but it appears that you and other members of the University Council have given up providing higher education to disadvantaged communities in the West in favour of running business courses in the Melbourne CBD.

I urge you to reconsider your approach, and to engage in genuine consultation with affected communities, staff and students.

Yours sincerely
[your-name]

Your email will be sent to Elizabeth Harman, Vic Uni Vice-Chancellor, and cc’d to the NTEU.

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Take Action: Students

Send an email to the Vice-Chancellor Elizabeth Harman to express your opposition to the campus closures and mass-job cuts at Victoria University.

Below is an email form that you can fill out with your name and email address, to automatically send an email.

Email a friend about Friends of VU.

By filling out this email form, you will be sending the following message:

Dear Professor Harman,

I am writing to express my opposition to the job cuts, campus closures and course phase-outs in 2009.

As a student at Victoria University, I am extremely concerned at the impact that these changes will have on me. I am also unhappy that these changes were made without extensive consultation with students, staff and the community.

Had I known that Victoria University was planning on such serious and devestating cut-backs, I may have chosen not to enrol at VU. I was under the impression that VU cared about the West and about its students, but recent events seems to indicate that this is not the case.

Yours sincerely
[your-name]
[student-id]

Your email will be sent to Elizabeth Harman, Vic Uni Vice-Chancellor, and cc’d to the NTEU.

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Students from the Western Suburbs will lose out the most as a result of the mass redundancies announced at Victoria University. With over 250 staff to be made redundant by the Victoria University Vice-Chancellor Liz Harman, the quality of degrees and availability of student services will inevitably suffer.

Students at Victoria University are being made to suffer just as much as staff. Students will face large class sizes, course cuts, campus closures and fewer services.

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Friends of VU formed following the announcement by the Vice-Chancellor of sudden campus closures in Melton and Sunbury, and the forced redundancies of over 270 staff. This decision undermines the original purpose of VU.
» Read more here

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• Join Friends of Victoria University;
• Write a letter to Vice-Chancellor Elizabeth Harman and the Victoria University Council;
• Write a letter or email to your local Member of Parliament;
• Raise this issue at your local community group, school or neighbourhood house.

» Students click here.
» Community members click here.
» Staff click here.
» Alumni click here.

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