Overview of threatened Cuts in Higher Education

This shows the list of universities with 25 or more redundancies currently planned. Click on markers to get details of institutions where cuts are planned.

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University Budget cut Job Losses notes
University of Leeds £35.00m 700 (8000 staff ; 33315 students)

Though management have not specified how many jobs will go, UCU has warned cuts will lead to 700 job losses. Plans are to make annual savings of £35 million by 2011, with total spending in 2008-09 at £485 million.(Jan 2010...(more)

London Metropolitan University 550 (3300 staff ; 28525 students)

http://www.ucu.org.uk/cutslist (October 09): London Metropolitan is now being greylisted following the continued failure of management to consult properly regarding its...(more)

University College London £20.00m 400 (8000 staff ; 21620 students)

http://www.ucu.org.uk/cutslist (October 09):UCL has announced that it wants to cut up to 400 jobs in seeking to save £20 million from its budget. The distribution of the...

King's College London 390 (5700 staff ; 21230 students)

http://www.ucu.org.uk/cutslist (October 09): Has announced that it intends to cut 10% of its staff budget, amounting to a possible 390 jobs. This is on top of its plans for...

Queen s University Belfast 330 (1600 staff ; 24560 students)

http://www.ucu.org.uk/cutslist (October 09): Up to 330 academic posts being cut as part of new academic plan. 103 academic staff been targeted to accept package and leave...

Hull University 300 (2300 staff ; 22275 students)
University of the Arts London 300 ( staff ; 27970 students)

At least 100 job losses are threatened and up to 300 people are at risk. Cuts have been announced at London College of Fashion (4 posts) ; Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Schools of Art (46); and London College of Communication where significant course...

The Manchester College 300 ( staff ; 80000 students)
University of Westminster £11.00m 285 ( staff ; 24710 students)

Redundancies to save more than £8-million have been announced at the University of Westminster. Approximately 285 staff will go, a number the university says will be "broadly split" between 195 academic staff, who are represented by UCU,...(more)

University of Wolverhampton £8.00m 250 ( staff ; 23470 students)

http://www.ucu.org.uk/cutslist (October 09): The university has announced a redundancy programme which involves the loss of 250 jobs (one in ten staff) in a bid to save...

University of Stirling 194 (1872 staff ; 8940 students)

http://www.ucu.org.uk/cutslist (October 09): The University wants to cut at least 140 jobs and is looking for compulsory redundancies. 54 fixed term contract staff have...(more)

University of Reading £10.00m 160 (4024 staff ; 22805 students)

http://www.ucu.org.uk/cutslist (October 09): Health Care department closed. 15 jobs lost. Now £10 million cuts announced from the budget. This is around 6% and would...(more)

University of Strathclyde 140 (3200 staff ; 26000 students)

http://www.ucu.org.uk/cutslist (October 09): 140 voluntary redundancies being sought

Manchester Metropolitan University 127 (4200 staff ; 33490 students) (more)
University of Sussex £3.50m 115 (2120 staff ; 12445 students) (more)
University of York 103 (3091 staff ; 13270 students)

http://www.ucu.org.uk/cutslist (October 09): 103 posts are to be cut by September

University of Gloucestershire £3.00m 99 ( staff ; students) (more)
Bolton University 70 (700 staff ; 8740 students)
London College of Communication 63 ( staff ; students) (more)
Imperial College London 63 (8000 staff ; 13410 students)

http://www.ucu.org.uk/cutslist (October 09): 63 jobs being cut in the Faculty of Medicine

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University College Falmouth 52 ( staff ; 3030 students)
University of Warwick 48 (5075 staff ; 16734 students)
Bangor University 40 ( staff ; 1420 students)
University of Wales, Lampeter 40 (200 staff ; 9150 students) (more)
Heriot-Watt University £3.50m 25 (450 staff ; 10225 students)