By Christopher Harris

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“The overwhelming feeling from staff was that it was presented in a way which was conclusive, despite words to the effect that there might be some hope,” the academic said.

Academics within the school of public health were also told on Tuesday their school would close under the redundancy proposal set to be formally unveiled to the wider university community at 10.30am on Wednesday.

It comes after months of instability at the institution, which this year announced plans to axe 150 academics and 250 professional staff after recording a deficit of $78 million last year.

Management is trying to find about $100 million a year in ongoing savings while it seeks to refinance its debts in a bid to maintain a good credit rating. Unlike other universities, UTS has enrolled a record number of lucrative foreign students this year.