Deregulation 'threat to Tas uni campuses'

THE future of regional University of Tasmania campuses could be at risk if the federal government's deregulation plans do not go hand-in-hand with funding, vice-chancellor Peter Rathjen says.

THE institution has campuses in Hobart, Sydney, Launceston and Burnie and it is the latter two in the north of the state that could suffer.

"In a competitive, deregulated environment, any part of the University of Tasmania that is not itself financially viable, will come under question," Professor Rathjen told ABC radio on Friday."Both the Launceston and the Burnie campuses lose money. We are deeply committed to them, but if you are Bunnings or Woolworths or Coles operating in a deregulated, competitive environment, you do not retain loss-making operations."Prof Rathjen said he has engaged in negotiations with Canberra over the planned legislation changes for more than a year, but is yet to reach specifics about his university, which runs valuable research projects in areas that are not wealthy or capable of financially supporting a campus."We will have to weigh up what the financial impact is on the university and where the university's priorities lie," he said."We lose about $75 million a year on doing our research. How important is that research compared to how important our regional campuses are?"Those are the decisions that management will be forced to confront if we can't get the resources that are needed to restructure an institution to make it financially viable in a deregulated context."

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