LAUNCESTON aldermen have united to save the University of Tasmania's Northern campus and retain all of its faculties.
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Aldermen said the university needs to make a definitive public statement about the future of its Newnham campus and the plans for Inveresk.
They said that the Northern community needed to stand up and fight to retain the campus and all of its operations.
Higher education reforms being examined in the Senate, which could see the university lose $30 million, have prompted concerns that the Northern campus may close or be forced to downsize.
At the same time a proposal to build a university health precinct at Inveresk and consolidate the Newnham and Inveresk campuses has been raised as possibilities.
Alderman Robin McKendrick said the University of Tasmania needed to clearly state its plans for the North.
"We need comment and statement from the university of their future intentions for the campus at Newnham, and their future intentions for Inveresk," Mr McKendrick said.
Discussion surrounding the survival of the Northern campus arose after Alderman Rob Soward voiced his intention to submit a notice of motion that the council seek meetings with University of Tasmania Vice-Chancellor Peter Rathjen and Bass Liberal MHR Andrew Nikolic.
This was to discuss the possible loss of the Northern campus and seek their support to ensure the university continued to offer a full service campus, and broad range of courses.
Mayor Albert van Zetten said the council had held discussions with Professor Rathjen and Provost Mike Calford about the university, and both were aware of the council's concerns.