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9.10am BST

The National Tertiary Education Union has blamed the raft of higher education job cuts on the federal government's refusal to introduce a rescue package for the sector.

The union's national president, Alison Barnes, said it was devastating to lose 355 jobs from RMIT University in Melbourne and the cuts came on top of the many hundreds of casual jobs that had already been slashed.

8.58am BST

Melbourne's RMIT University will cut more than 350 jobs, the latest university to shed staff in the crisis-hit higher education sector.

A spokeswoman said the university had accepted 355 voluntary redundancy applications, which would save $48m. The university has a savings target of $200m.