Equivalent of 15,000 university jobs cut over last year, says UCU
An analysis by the University and College Union (UCU) suggested that cuts equivalent to over 15,000 jobs were announced by UK universities in the past year.
The UCU, a higher education trade union, calculated that over 12,000 redundancies had been directly enacted, on top of planned savings worth £197 million, which it equates to an additional loss of 3,000 jobs.
The UCU published this report on 10th October, as it launched a nation-wide strike ballot over its demands that the UCEA, the main employer’s association, “halt redundancies at all universities”.
No mention was made of Imperial College, an outlier of financial health, with Provost Peter Haynes confirming plans for growth on Wednesday .
