{"id":160465,"date":"2025-08-20T07:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160465\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T07:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:02:12","slug":"anu-vice-chancellor-genevieve-bell-says-no-more-forced-job-losses-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160465\/","title":{"rendered":"ANU vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell says no more forced job losses this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Australian National University (ANU) says future savings in its ongoing restructure will not involve forced job cuts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">But forced redundancies will still happen in areas where the university has already announced a savings plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">This includes the <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-07-03\/anu-announces-more-job-cuts-as-it-seeks-to-save-millions\/105489748\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105489748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College of Arts and Social Sciences<\/a> and the <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-07-08\/anu-school-of-music-to-be-replaced-with-school-creative-culture\/105506682\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105506682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of Music.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Additionally, a second voluntary redundancy round will begin next week for all staff to consider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The university says it will save $60 million through salary reductions, with $40 million to go.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It is part of a broader target of saving $250 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ANU generic\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/46b998820c08cfe66a0d48342f430a21\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Australian National University executives have been announcing savings measures. (ABC News: Callum Flinn)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">ANU vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell said today that future announcements would not feature forced job losses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We have used the tools that were most appropriate for the circumstances we were in,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-08-14\/australian-national-university-canberra-fall-from-grace-analysis\/105649652\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How one of the world&#8217;s most prestigious universities fell from grace<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The prestige of the Australian National University is fast fading.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"EmphasisedText_quote__TE6kn\"><p>&#8220;Moving forward, we believe that we can make the next set of reductions using voluntary separation schemes and the other tools that we have at our disposal.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">She said one of those tools was the use of recruitment controls but said that was not a hiring freeze on new staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;No, there is no plan for a hiring freeze or a promotions freeze at this moment,&#8221; Professor Bell said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cautious vindication: union<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">ACT Secretary of the National Tertiary Education Union Lachlan Clohesy has described the university&#8217;s announcement that it will stop forced job cuts as &#8220;vindication&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Today&#8217;s announcement isn&#8217;t just business as usual. It&#8217;s clearly come about because of the campaigning \u2026 of ANU staff, students and the broader community,&#8221; Dr Clohesy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He said while stopping forced redundancies was welcome, he remained concerned about possible future cuts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;ANU said no forced redundancies as part of Renew ANU \u2026but that&#8217;s potentially ambiguous.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We&#8217;re calling on the vice-chancellor to rule out forced redundancies in 2026 in total,&#8221; Dr Clohesy said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A group of protesters holding a banner reading &quot;we are people not positions&quot;.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1fe6dc2d82263b6003ab337eb305a8f9\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Staff, students and supporters rallying against the job cuts in July. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Professor Bell also addressed recent calls for chancellor Julie Bishop to step aside in the wake of a <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-08-12\/anu-academic-alleges-julie-bishop-bullying-senate-inquiry\/105641930\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105641930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate committee hearing that heard allegations she bullied staff.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"EmphasisedText_quote__TE6kn\"><p>&#8220;Those allegations \u2026 form part of an existing workplace grievance that the university needs to deal with and deal with it appropriately,&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Now that that is in a more public domain, that requires us to manage it slightly differently than we would have in the past. And I am really not going to comment on that while it proceeds on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;I think it is hugely important to us as an institution that there is fairness for everyone involved in that and that there is procedural fairness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">She also said that the ANU Council had choices to make about how it managed work practices and culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We take all of those things really seriously.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We will continue to work on our culture and our practices and find ways to continue to get better at what we do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">She said the ANU had submitted a response to the higher education regulator, which is demanding ANU defend the conduct of its council, amid concerns it failed to competently oversee the institution&#8217;s operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We have completed that report and submitted it to [the Tertiary Education and Quality Standards Agency] last night as requested and required,&#8221; Professor Bell said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">She was tight-lipped on the contents of the ANU&#8217;s submission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australian National University (ANU) says future savings in its ongoing restructure will not involve forced job cuts.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":160466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[36865,4740,36864,4745,93051,15878,93052,50,2562,36866],"class_list":{"0":"post-160465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-anu","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-australian-national-university","11":"tag-canberra","12":"tag-genevieve-bell","13":"tag-job-cuts","14":"tag-julie-bishop","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-redundancy","17":"tag-school-of-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115059815055902763","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}