Nearly one in four leading UK universities are slashing staff numbers and cutting budgets, with up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses, bringing calls for action to avoid damaging the sector’s international standing, reports The Guardian.
In the past week four universities, including two members of the research-intensive Russell Group of universities, have announced a combined 1,000 job losses in response to budget shortfalls.
About 90 universities are currently restructuring alongside compulsory and voluntary redundancy schemes to lower their wage bills.