Friday, February 03, 2006

Nicholson Museum Restructure

http://tinyurl.com/bezm6 (The Sydney Morning Herald)
A contraversial restructure of the internal organization of the Nicholson Museum, Sydney, Australia: "The head of the Nicholson Museum has been pushed out and a longstanding staff member faces financial ruin as part of the controversial restructure of Sydney University's museums and art collections. Dr Karin Sowada left the museum last year. An Egyptologist with nine years' experience at the museum and 14 archaeological excavations to her résumé, she was on maternity leave when she was informed her job was being revised and she would have to reapply for it. She applied but was passed over for her maternity-leave replacement, Michael Turner, a postgraduate student. Although Sowada didn't want to comment on the restructure, which was conducted to bring the three museums into line and create positions that spanned them all, she said she was angered that the process was begun when she wasn't at work."

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