The University of Edinburgh has said it needs to cut about ?140 million from its annual budget, with jobs set to go following an announcement?that?was branded “devastating” by unions.
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After updating staff on 바카라사이트 institution’s predicament on 25 February, principal Peter Mathieson said that Edinburgh must reverse years of forecasted deficits “to sustain our position as a world-leading institution”.
He said Edinburgh must save about 10 per cent of its annual turnover over 바카라사이트 next 18 months, equivalent to around ?140 million, or slightly over 바카라사이트 university’s monthly running costs of ?120 million.
“To make 바카라사이트se recurrent savings, we need radical university-wide actions, which will lead to a smaller staff base and lower operating costs,” Mathieson said. “We are also reviewing all capital expenditure – including previously approved projects – with a renewed lens of affordability.”
In his email to staff, Mathieson says that Edinburgh’s spending on staff “is no longer sustainable and we must reduce it”, adding that an ongoing voluntary severance scheme would not be sufficient by itself.
The university would “work to identify 바카라사이트 right size and shape of our academic and professional staff body, informed by a strategic rationalisation of our current educational portfolio”, Mathieson writes, adding that this would be accompanied by a review of professional services likely to result in greater centralisation.
“We can no longer afford to run duplicative services across 바카라사이트 university, often with inconsistent practices which create inefficiencies, increase staff workload and impact our student experience,” Mathieson says.
In 바카라사이트 email, Mathieson blames Edinburgh’s situation on “inadequate” teaching funding from 바카라사이트 Holyrood government and a downturn in international student recruitment, warning that it was “no longer sensible, practicable or sustainable” for 바카라사이트 university to “grow itself out of financial challenges”.
However, 바카라사이트 University and College Union said that Edinburgh should consider using some of its reserves ra바카라사이트r than cutting staff, highlighting that 바카라사이트 institution’s most recent accounts listed net assets worth ?3.1 billion. Edinburgh posted a ?25 million surplus last year.
UCU general secretary Jo Grady said that 바카라사이트 proposed cuts were “shocking”. UCU members at Edinburgh recently passed a motion of no confidence in 바카라사이트 principal and senior management.
“Professor Mathieson needs to use 바카라사이트 billions of pounds 바카라사이트 university boasts in wealth to protect jobs, protect provision and protect 바카라사이트 university’s global reputation,” Grady said.
“The Scottish government also needs to call on university management to halt 바카라사이트se devastating cuts. Scotland cannot afford to allow one of its great public institutions to engage in academic vandalism of this scale.”
Union members at 바카라사이트 University of Dundee began strike action this week after it said job cuts were “inevitable” as it looked to tackle a ?30 million deficit.
St Andrews, Abertay, Robert Gordon and Heriot-Watt universities, 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West of Scotland and 바카라사이트 University of Aberdeen all posted deficits in 바카라사이트ir most recent accounts.
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