Petition to prevent mathematics cutbacks at USQ in Australia

I just got an e-mail on the Project NExT list about upcoming cutbacks (that would basically decimate the entire mathematics program) at University of Southern Queensland in Australia.

Please sign the petition on Terry Tao's website.

Here is the text of the petition (you can find out more information on Terry's website):

I believe that the proposed severe cuts to mathematics, statistics, and computing at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) will do severe and permanent damage to the quality of education in maths and the sciences for USQ students, at a time when the need to support such education is both urgent and widely accepted in Australia at all levels. Service teaching alone, especially at reduced staff levels, cannot deliver the level of mathematics education that the students of USQ deserve. I urge the university administration to negotiate with the Department of Mathematics and Computing to find a compromise solution that will preserve the proven capability of this department to train students and teachers in the maths and sciences at the highest levels of quality.


I hope that you'll take a look at the petition and sign it.