Last modified on Fri 22 Jan 2021 13.44 EST
At least nine universities in the UK have announced plans for staff job cuts to save money, in moves branded as “insensitive” and “despicable” by academics struggling to support students through the difficulties of the Covid pandemic.
In London, the University and College Union is fighting potential job losses at three institutions: the University of East London; Goldsmiths; and Senate House, University of London. Elsewhere, redundancies are planned at the universities of Liverpool, Leeds, Leicester, Southampton Solent, Brighton, and Dundee.
Brunel University’s UCU branch warned this week that restructuring plans could lead to redundancies in professional services. But a spokesperson for the university insisted they would not be cutting any jobs.