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Australian Catholic University sparks anger over scrapping medieval history and philosophy departments

New draft plan to address funding shortfall would axe dozens of jobs in humanities

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The Australian Catholic University (ACU) has been condemned by local and international academics for its decision to axe dozens of humanities jobs in highly coveted departments, entirely disbanding institutes in philosophy and history.

On Monday, senior management at the ACU released a draft plan confirming 32 full-time equivalent jobs would be cut at the university as part of its latest restructuring.

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