Save the Victorian College of the Arts

As part of the University of Melbourne’s 2010 Business Plan, several schools at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) have been amalgamated, with some courses being suspended for future student intake. Students are protesting about the changes and the possibility of the remaining VCA schools eventually being dissolved into a more academically-conventional undergraduate Fine Arts degree. They are concerned that there will be limited specialisation and only for post-graduate students,. They anticipate that there will be much larger numbers of students in expensive courses of reduced quality and length.To find out more, and to sign the petition to support the independence of the VCA from the University of Melbourne  click here