Save VCA campaigner and VCA Music Theatre Alumni Scott Dawkins corrects the UoM “correction”
See the article in full here 09-09-11 Crikey.pdf
Hear the 06/11/09 Glyn Davis / Jon Faine (mentioned in the Crikey article) here
Victorian Arts Minister Lynne Kosky yesterday received a 15,000 signature petition in opposition to the changes to the Victorian College of the Arts. Current and past students were on hand to facilitate the hand over, completed by David Haidon, the former VCA Student Union President.
This comes after more than 150 staff “apply for voluntary redundancies” [...]
In a response to frequent requests for detailed information about the status of VCA particularly from Arts Businesses, SAVE VCA have produced a document which gives readers “the full story” all in one place. Indeed many VCA staff and students will find some of the information new, such is the difficulty in getting detailed information [...]
Brumby has pledged to answer the question which gets the most votes.
Visit the YouTube channel, click on “Vote”, click on the “The VCA” video and give it a Green “Thumbs Up”
http://www.youtube.com/user/premierofvictoria
Thanks for your help!
From Herald Sun Article (11/10/2009)…
THE Victorian College of the Arts should become a federally-funded institution to rival NIDA, according to Victorian Arts Minister Lynne Kosky.
On a collision course with her federal Labor colleagues, Ms Kosky said she wanted the college to receive the same funding as Sydney’s National Institute of Dramatic Arts, whose graduates include [...]