ANU axes tech policy centre as financial troubles bite
The university is making cuts as it faces a $250 million deficit in its operating budget.
The Australian National University (ANU) has axed its technology policy centre, as it attempts to dig itself out of a deep financial hole.
The ANU announced in October that up to 600 jobs were on the chopping block after years of financial mismanagement, exacerbated by sinking revenue from international students because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Vice chancellor Genevieve Bell has confirmed plans for a “smaller university” in the long term as it stares down the barrel of a $250 million deficit in its operating budget.
Capital Brief can reveal that staff at the Tech Policy Design Centre (TPDC), which advises government and industry on developing technology regulations, have been told it will be scrapped at the end of this month.
But the TPDC's director Johanna Weaver has described the decision as simply the “end of a chapter”, insisting its work will continue outside of the university.
