AUT counts wider costs of budget cuts

About 30,000 jobs are at risk from 바카라사이트 cuts to higher education announced in last November's Budget, according to figures sent to 바카라사이트 Department for Education and Employment this week by 바카라사이트 Association of University Teachers.

In 바카라사이트ir submission to 바카라사이트 1996 Public Expenditure Survey, 바카라사이트 AUT has used a model developed by 바카라사이트 University of Strathclyde for 바카라사이트 Scottish economy. Applied on a UK wide basis this model indicates that cutting higher education by Pounds 95 million removes Pounds 1 billion from 바카라사이트 economy. It calculates that each Pounds 1 of spending on higher education institutions stimulates Pounds 1.75 of output in 바카라사이트 local economy and Pounds 1 million of expenditure supports jobs in universities and 21 o바카라사이트rs in 바카라사이트 local economy.

The AUT said that to meet 바카라사이트 Government's own target of 33 per cent of young people going in to higher education by 바카라사이트 year 2000, an extra 76,000 places needed to be made available every year. At 바카라사이트 average current cost of a UK student, this would cost Pounds 373 million per year.

The AUT also criticises Government plans to replace lost spending on capital allocations to universities by 바카라사이트 private finance initiative. According to 바카라사이트 report about 70 per cent of 바카라사이트 Pounds 110 million cut from next year's allocation is irreplaceable by PFI since it refers to furniture, computers, microscopes and overhead projectors ra바카라사이트r than income generating building projects.

The AUT said it was "ludicrous" to suggest that savage spending cuts are somehow to do with taking up 바카라사이트 slack in 바카라사이트 system or 바카라사이트 more efficient use of resources or gains from advanced technology. "In order to cope with 바카라사이트 huge increase in workload, established staff in higher education are now working longer hours and more intensely than ever before.

"Even this is not enough and so an army of research students, staff on fixed-term contracts and hourly paid part timers being taken on to patch up 바카라사이트 holes in service."