Students a-twitter as Monash Uni shakes up Bachelor of Performing Arts degree

Social media fans the rumour mill, but the future of Monash's Bachelor of Performing Arts is brighter than first feared.
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Photo: A Monash BPA student production. Credit: David Sheehey.

Fears that Monash University was set to phase out its Bachelor of Performing Arts (BPA) degree, a three-year, full time course based at Monash’s Clayton Campus, have eased this week with news that the BPA will be integrated with the existing Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.

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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