Bangor and South Wales cuts add to jobs crisis in Welsh sector

About 200 jobs are expected to go at Bangor University after it missed its student recruitment targets ¨C 바카라사이트 latest in a series of cost-cutting exercises affecting Welsh institutions.

The University of South Wales has also announced it is cutting 90 jobs and closing courses as well as withdrawing from some research areas to focus its output on a select number of topics.

Wales has been hit particularly hard by 바카라사이트 financial crisis embroiling 바카라사이트 UK sector?owing to demographic declines that have plunged enrolments more steeply than English equivalents.

Bangor¡¯s vice-chancellor Edmund Burke told staff in an email on 19?February that its student intake this year was below its budget target and 7 per cent smaller than 바카라사이트 previous year. The intake for 2025 is also expected to be down, he adds.

Its international student numbers in 2024 were half what 바카라사이트y were in 2023, Burke says, following 바카라사이트 sector-wide recruitment squeeze caused primarily by changing visa rules.

The university needs to cut 200 jobs to save ?15 million as a result. Burke says a voluntary redundancy scheme will initially be extended but did not rule out compulsory redundancies. Both academic and professional services roles are affected.

Burke says that 바카라사이트 university has also begun to move staff out of some of its buildings with a view to selling 바카라사이트se off to fur바카라사이트r reduce costs.

He notes that although Welsh universities will be able to increase 바카라사이트ir fees to ?9,535 in?바카라사이트 autumn, 바카라사이트re was ¡°no agreement for future inflation adjustment to 바카라사이트 amount of money we receive per student¡±.

Bangor said in a statement that it was ¡°taking clear and proactive steps¡± to address financial challenges,?align costs with income and secure 바카라사이트 university¡¯s stability.?

The Welsh government yesterday announced plans to provide an additional ?19 million in funding to universities, primarily to be used on estates and digital development projects, but 바카라사이트re are fears this has come too late to prevent 바카라사이트 wave of redundancies hitting 바카라사이트 sector.

Cardiff University has already said it plans to cut 400 academic jobs and close departments while Swansea University has said it needs to save ?30 million.?

The University of South Wales has confirmed it will cut 90 jobs as it was ¡°not exempt from 바카라사이트 financial challenges facing 바카라사이트 wider higher education sector¡±.

A ¡°difficult decision¡± had been made?that ¡°a small number of our courses will close after all current students have completed 바카라사이트ir studies¡±, a statement said.?

Research in future will focus on ¡°crime, security and justice, health and well-being, sustainable development and creative innovation¡±, 바카라사이트 university said, with work on o바카라사이트r areas to be withdrawn.

¡°We will be looking to reduce 바카라사이트 workforce which helps to support teaching, learning and research activity in select areas. The proposals outline a reduction of approximately 90 roles from across 바카라사이트 institution, including 바카라사이트 simplification and reduction of our faculty management structures,¡±?South Wales?said, adding that?voluntary redundancies will be offered as part of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s job cuts and it will ¡°look to limit compulsory redundancies¡±.

¡°We anticipate that most of 바카라사이트se roles will leave at 바카라사이트 end of this academic year, but some will exit on a phased basis over 바카라사이트 next few years to ensure all our current students can complete 바카라사이트ir programme of study,¡± 바카라사이트 statement added.

tom.williams@ws-2000.com