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“In a statement, Adelaide University said "there are some changes to most degrees from what is currently offered at the foundation universities".
"This may be reflected across contents, delivery and details in program naming, which have all been designed to optimally meet the needs of industry and future employers," a spokesperson for the university said.” (Source ABC)

Well, there’s your problem right off there. A university where course are optimised to ‘the needs of industry and future employers’. Effectively assigning a ‘saussage factory’ tag to #SA #University. This reflects the preposterous idea that Tertiary institutions are neo-liberal economic engines. They ought not to be. Universities must be — by virtue of their preeminent educational value — places of learning, discussions and discovery no matter whether employers find the fields of study appropriate to their rapacious needs.

#UniversityMergerSA #NeoLiberalism #Managerialism #TertiarySaussageFactories #ArtsFaculty #AusPol