UTS’s teacher education program set to close as university reveals plan to slash more than 1,000 subjects

<p>Of the 1,101 subjects to be discontinued, 463 had no student enrolments and weren’t taught in 2024, according to University of Technology Sydney’s proposal</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/sep/17/australia-news-live-liberal-sussan-ley-net-zero-target-climate-crisis-anthony-albanese-donald-trump-trade-tariffs-politics-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The University of Technology Sydney will close its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/21/something-is-rotten-in-australias-tertiary-education-and-utss-suspension-of-teaching-courses-is-one-of-its-biggest-disgraces">teacher education program</a> and public health school as part of a sweeping restructure that would remove more than 1,100 subjects to return the institution to surplus.</p><p>The proposed cuts, released on Wednesday, are part of the debt-ridden university’s strategy to reduce expenditure by $100m annually, including previously announcing the cutting of about 400 jobs.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/17/utss-teacher-education-program-set-to-close-as-university-reveals-plan-to-slash-over-1000-subjects">Continue reading...</a>