5 Sep 2022

Staff shock as AUT warns 230 jobs may go in post-Covid recovery

From Checkpoint, 5:30 pm on 5 September 2022

AUT is warning it might have to slash as many as 230 jobs as part of its post-Covid recovery plan.

The university says it has seen a significant drop in international students throughout the pandemic, lockdowns, and border closures.

Domestic student enrolments are down and its seeing an increasing number of school leavers going into the workforce for economic reasons.

The Tertiary Education Union's Tina Smith talks to Lisa Owen.