Universities ‘grinding to a halt’ as job cuts deepen

Cordoned-off area where the 'Sycamore Gap' tree on Hadrian's Wall once stood, northern England

Too hard, too fast? One in three campuses now making redundancies

Number of institutions making redundancies passes 50, reflecting scale of financial challenge facing sector, but even some senior leaders fear rush into irreversible changes will do long-term harm

By Tom Williams

25 April

Dancers bungee off the Millennium Bridge, London, UK to illustrate nearly nine in 10 are facing job cuts

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A quarter of modern institutions looking to shed upwards of 50 roles, with agreements on teaching loads and promotion also under threat, UCU survey finds

By Tom Williams

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Someone with an umbrella walks through heavy rain past some bicycles

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By Tom Williams

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Reader's comments (2)

#1 Submitted by m.o.... on May 7, 2024 - 10:56am

Operating with skeleton staff will lead to faster burn out among staff. Already many staff are taking time off for illness that is connected to burn out. Things can only get worse when staff numbers are decimated further. Sad state of affairs.

#2 Submitted by g.m.cox... on May 15, 2024 - 5:54pm

I work at the University of Huddersfield and am threatened with redundancy, or as our VC says here, a 'strategic pivot' and part of a 'proactive effort to secure a dynamic and sustainable future for our university'. Words fail me as how can you respond to such insulting, inhuman garbage?

Universities ‘risk grinding to a halt’ as job cuts deepen

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Universities ‘risk grinding to a halt’ as job cuts deepen

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