Only 2 out of 9 staff and student positions in the VCAM Review Committee announced by the University of Melbourne on Friday (05/02/10) were elected, proving Vice Chancellor Glyn Davis never had any intention of allowing a truly independent review of the former Victorian College of the Arts and Faculty of Music.
In a move that [...]
Apathy is now VCA’s biggest threat. A source within the College has revealed only 33 people have made submissions to the VCA Discussion Paper. In stark contrast to the 2000-strong SAVE VCA Rally in August 2009, the 13,000-member SAVE VCA Facebook, and the fact VCA itself has over 1000 students, the lack of engagement in [...]
When he’s not winning Academy Awards, VCA Film & TV graduate Adam Elliot is making YouTube videos encouraging you to do a submission to the VCA Discussion Paper.
Adam has enjoyed an incredible career post VCA and credits his success to the intensive, practical training he received at VCA. In the video, Adam highlights the need [...]
When the University of Melbourne removed the last reference to the “Victorian College of the Arts” at the St Kilda Rd campus on Friday 22/01/10, they may have underestimated the ferocity of the response. With talkback radio and Facebook flooded by angry SAVE VCA member comments, some clever staff and students went about replacing the [...]
Education Minister Julia Gillard has curiously defended the University of Melbourne’s handling of the Victorian College of the Arts in an interview with Jon Faine on ABC 774 saying “I think the University of Melbourne is doing its best to manage the VCA becoming part of what the university does.”
Gillard went on to deflect any [...]
In a shocking display of senseless destruction, the last reference to the “Victorian College of the Arts” has been removed by Melbourne University at the St Kilda Road Campus.
Despite being in direct contravention of the Heads of Agreement than merged VCA and Uni of Melb (which safeguarded VCA’s name and logo), and despite contradicting University [...]
As you may remember, SAVE VCA asked some rather straight forward questions about the Discussion Paper to the University of Melbourne in our post ‘Making The Discussion Paper Work‘. Simple questions like, why is Music Theatre considered not Melbourne Model friendly, but all the other disciplines are? Or how will the UoM rental scheme work [...]
JULIA ZEMIRO WANTS YOU!……..to do a submission to the VCA Discussion Paper.
With the 12 Feb 2010 deadline fast approaching, the patron (and living!) saint of VCA, Drama Graduate Julia Zemiro has graced the screens of YouTube with some tips on how you can SAVE VCA by doing a Discussion Paper submission.
SAVE VCA have worked hard [...]
The Federal Government’s refusal to buy into the VCA debate due to ‘academic freedom’ has always been a bitter pill to swallow, when University of Melbourne’s Vice Chancellor Glyn Davis has such a well known friendship with PM Kevin Rudd. However when it gets to the point that Kevin and Glyn are spending New Years [...]
Seasons Greetings from the SaveVCA Team. We would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The team behind SaveVCA would like to thank each and every one of you involved in the campaign this year. We have achieved some amazing things, and from humble beginnings, as we didn’t exist before May. [...]