Rani was criticized in India’s campus after job cuts

After this announcement, Queen University Belfast (QB) has been criticized for the decision to open a campus in India. 270 job cuts in Northern Ireland through a voluntary excessive plan.

The University and College Union (UCU), which represents several teaching staff of QB, described the move as “condemnable”.

It said that QB received “important funding” from Stormont and accused of using public funds to fund funding in Belfast, expanding abroad.

However, Queen said that it was facing a financial deficit in international students amid “sharp decline” and therefore had to take several action to cut its cost. It said that the excess plan was completely voluntary.

It had 270 excesses in its bellfast complex. Announced in October.

This is equal to more than 5% of the university’s workforce.

At that time, BBC News NI watched the documents, suggesting that QB was facing a decrease of more than £ 11m for the financial year 2024-25.

Then last week, the university announced that it Plan to open a campus in Gujarat International Finance TEC-Sahar (Gift City) next year in India.

It states that this step will “shared partnerships and opportunities for innovation with local industries, government and commercial areas in India and Northern Ireland”.

Initially, the new campus would offer five postgraduate programs that QB said that “conform to the specific requirements of the Indian economy”.

However, the UCU said that the queen gets funds from the Stormont department for the economy.

The union accused the university of directing the taxpayer’s money to add those jobs in foreign Ireland “.

UCU general secretary Joe Graddy said, “It is condemnable that QB is investing huge amounts of money in a new campus, which is on the world around the world, adding jobs to Belfast.”

The Sangh described employed excesses as “cruel and unnecessary” and said that it was “deeply concerned” about the charge faced by the remaining employees.

This claimed that the separation process “applicants need to underline how their duties will be revived or suppressed among the remaining colleagues”.

Catherine Clarke from UCU said that Queen was “prioritizing expansion abroad rather than safety of jobs in Belfast”.

In his statement, QB said that it was reacting to financial challenges “being faced correctly in the UK’s higher education sector”.

It explained that the Northern Ireland University of Ireland could accept “an additional challenge” due to a hat on the number of “home students”.

QB said that the income received to teach home students “does not cover the full cost of teaching”, leaves it with losses.

In the previous years, QB balanced its books through fees fees for international students, but now there is a “sharp decline” in those students.

Its interim vice -president Alastair Finella said QB was to be active to ensure that it would “operate in an effective, efficient and economically durable manner”.

He said that the redundant plan was “designed to provide an opportunity for eligible colleagues that may wish to detect new paths”.

“Employees can choose to apply or not to apply without any pressure or responsibility,” he said.

The UCU said that it had called an emergency general meeting on Thursday and its members could discuss the issue.