Aoraki Polytechnic staff and students from the tertiary institution's five South Island campuses have been told they will have to wait longer to discover the fate of their jobs and courses.
Fifteen courses are under threat, possibly affecting up to 20 jobs, after the polytechnic launched a review of its education priorities in September.
A decision on the proposed cuts to courses and jobs was scheduled to be made yesterday, after a six-week consultation period.
Attempts to contact Aoraki chief executive Kay Nelson since Aoraki started its final deliberations two weeks ago have been unsuccessful.
An emailed statement from Ms Nelson's personal assistant on Thursday said Aoraki staff were informed on Tuesday a final decision would not be made yesterday as had been scheduled.
Staff were told a team of Aoraki's senior managers "were still working on the feedback".
Two of Aoraki's campuses were closed yesterday for Canterbury Anniversary Day.
An emailed inquiry to Ms Nelson about when the decision was likely to be made was not answered.
Ms Nelson has not replied to written questions about the total numbers of submissions made by staff and students and whether they supported or opposed Aoraki's proposed cuts.
Eight of 12 media programmes at Aoraki's Dunedin campus are proposed to be cut under the polytechnic's education priorities review.
This could threaten all the programmes being taught at the Cumberland St facility, the Tertiary Education Union said.
