Australian National University music students rally against administrative cuts

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Students at the Australian National University have rallied on campus against proposed cuts to the school of music. The administration is under increasing fire for sweeping cost-cutting measures across the university.

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00:00These musicians aren't afraid of making noise, amplifying their concerns about the future

00:14of the ANU.

00:15My biggest fear is that this is the start of a trend where profit is put ahead of our

00:20university education.

00:22The university is seeking to save $250 million by axing jobs and courses.

00:29It includes a plan to abolish the School of Music as a standalone institution.

00:33It will water down and kind of reduce the quality of our music education here in Canberra

00:38and it won't be on the list of world class music universities around the world like it

00:41has been for decades.

00:43Industry leaders fear the broader repercussions for the capital.

00:47If we don't have a high class music institution that brings people from outside Canberra and

00:53keeps people in Canberra, then we cannot expect to have a cultural life as a city.

00:58The university today extended the deadline for consultation on its planned cuts.

01:06Protesters say Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell should face the music and be sacked.

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