Mersey beats trend with Liverpool hiring spree

With 바카라사이트 academy facing a ?2.9 billion funding cut and many in 바카라사이트 sector threatened with redundancy, 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool has launched a ?20 million hiring spree, with plans to appoint 15 new professors and eight senior lecturers.

The university wants to attract 23 "world-class researchers" to its Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, a unit created last year in a restructuring exercise during which all staff were offered voluntary redundancy.

Most of 바카라사이트 new posts are chairs in areas such as infectious diseases, genetics, pharmacology, bioinformatics and global health.

Ian Greer, executive pro vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 faculty, said: "We are a Russell Group university, and we are keen to ensure our research is internationally competitive. We want to expand in some key areas.

"The posts largely reflect 바카라사이트 reorganisation. There is some new investment from good financial management and also 바카라사이트 benefits of having several faculties and schools under one umbrella."

There will now be an international search to fill 바카라사이트 posts.

Some institutions have found overseas recruitment hampered by tough new quotas restricting 바카라사이트 number of visas for non-European Union staff. Professor Greer admitted that 바카라사이트 UK was "looking a bit less attractive", but said he was hopeful that 바카라사이트 search would not be affected.

Meanwhile, in a contrasting move, 바카라사이트 University of Dundee has announced plans to scrap up to 195 jobs as part of a "strategic review" of 바카라사이트 institution's activities.

The cuts, announced last week, are intended to make annual savings of ?8 million. The university said it could not rule out compulsory redundancies "as a last resort".

The University and College Union, which has pledged to fight 바카라사이트 proposals, accused Dundee of attempting to "bury bad news" by timing 바카라사이트 announcement to coincide with 바카라사이트 Comprehensive Spending Review on 20 October.

john.morgan@tsleducation.com.