Thousands of more university jobs, union warnings at risk

More than 10,000 university jobs may be at risk of this academic year due to the “unprecedented crisis” in higher education, the Union representing the Union has said.

The University and College Union (UCU) said that 5,000 job cuts were already announced, but thousands of more roles could be at risk due to intervals in the university’s finance.

Universities, which represents 141 institutions, said that the Vice Chancellor faced “extremely difficult decisions”, and called the government a “continuous action” to bring financial stability in the region.

The Department of Education (DFE) stated that the government had inherited an area of ​​serious financial risk “and took” tough decisions “to address it.

Employees in many universities, including Dandi And NuclearVoting to strike due to the proposed deduction.

Falling number of international students

One of them is the Sheffield University, which has said that it wants to save £ 23M in staffing costs, including academics and other roles such as entry and student-support officers.

The university stated that it was “carefully managing the vacancies of the employees and offering a voluntary dissection plan to help avoid the need for compulsory excesses”.

But Jenny Hughes, whose digital support, is involved in reorganization, said he and his colleagues were still “really worried”.

“We don’t know that in six months we are going to work – and if we do, where will they be or what we are doing,” he said.

“We have found people who work directly with students – and they are not able to promise for what they are going to be in the future.”

Robin Orfitley, president of the UCU branch of Sheffield, said that “the type of education students coming to Sheffield University will have a huge impact” in Cuts “in Cuts.

He said that students were not being given enough information about the possible impact of cuts.

Sheffield students told BBC News that they were concerned about losing lecturers despite paying high tuition fees.

Student Mark said that the fee was “terrible”, but that “no one should lose his job”.

History student Sam said that he believes that the fee is “quite high”, saying: “I don’t know where the money is going.

“I don’t think how I pay nine Grands, and I have 200 course companions who also pay nine grands, and I still have six hours a week of contact time with employees.”

A Sheffield official stated that it was “firmly committed to supporting our colleagues and working creatively with our trade unions, while protecting our outstanding research, teaching and student experience”.

According to the latest data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, overall, the university sector consists of about 206,000 educational and 246,000 non-educational employees.

And financial problems are affecting universities in every part of Britain, despite different funding models in each nation.

Scotland students do not pay fees due to government grants, while students in England pay £ 9,250 per year – Growing up to £ 9,535 next year As the government tries to promote income for the region.

Those fees will be the same for the students in Wales, where the Cardiff University said it will be needed. 400 full -time jobs cut To deal with lack of funding, as well as to close some courses, between nursing, music and subjects at risk with modern languages.

And in northern Ireland, where universities are funded by a mixture of £ 4,750-year fees and government grants, Queen’s University Belfast faced criticism on its decision in February. Open a campus in India by planning to cut 270 jobs,

UCU general secretary Joe Gradi said that higher education was “on knees” and an emergency fund was required to protect jobs and courses in the short term before a new funding model developed.

A DFE official stated that the government was “committed to enhance the long -term financial stability of the region and restore universities as an opportunity, aspiration and development engine”.

Additional Reporting by Rahib Khan