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Concerns over changes to Monash’s performing arts degree

University administration has failed to address fears around possible staff and subject cuts, say students.

15 Nov 2013 12:00

Richard Watts

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Will Monash’s performance studies students soon be wearing the mask of tragedy?

The recent announcement by Monash University that its Bachelor of Performing Arts (BPA) degree would be merged with the existing Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree had allayed initial fears the course would be axed altogether; however students now say the university has failed to respond to their concerns about the course’s future.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts