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University settles or reinstates five scholars but insists union membership was not a factor in redundancy process
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University settles or reinstates five scholars but insists union membership was not a factor in redundancy process
Last modified on Fri 22 Jan 2021 13.44 EST At least nine universities in the UK have announced plans for staff job cuts to save money, in moves branded as “insensitive” and “despicable” by academics struggling to support students through the difficulties of the Covid pandemic. In London, the University and College Union is fighting potential job losses at three institutions: the University of East London; Goldsmiths; and Senate House, University of London. Elsewhere, redundancies are planned at the universities of Liverpool, Leeds, Leicester, Southampton Solent, Brighton, and Dundee. ...