Cardiff staff vote to strike as axe hangs over 400 academic jobs
Welsh university faces mounting criticism over job cuts and course closures
Welsh university faces mounting criticism over job cuts and course closures
While institution has now implemented this year’s rise, UCU members want it backdated to August
Union members?hold Parliament rally urging ministers to bail out sector
Students face more ‘formulaic’ and automated tests, as staff are left unable to cope with growing class sizes
Union says Westminster must follow?devolved administrations in offering additional funding amid mounting bloodletting
The use of generative AI and a new engine drawing on data from government agencies are among the ways in which we’re doubling down on quality, says David Watkins
Lecturers fear rising staff-student ratios will exacerbate ‘gulf’ between elite institutions and the rest,?and create unmanageable workloads
Universities looking to lose nearly 300 roles between them as financial challenges take their toll
Academics at Liverpool say ‘unexpected’ announcement has left people ‘shocked’
Brunel joins staff members at East Anglia, Newcastle and Dundee to vote for strike action in the past week
Newcastle University votes in favour of industrial action, joining Dundee and East Anglia in achieving successful ballots
Russell Group member says number of roles going yet to be determined, with compulsory departures not on agenda
Institutions?‘caught between a rock and hard place’ are attempting wholesale transformations of their operations but those affected claim schemes could be kinder for staff and students
University to increase staff-student ratios, merge schools and close programmes to ensure it remains ‘viable’
University becomes latest to announce staff cuts, saying it cannot rule out compulsory redundancies