Coronavirus: Manchester staff ¡®horrified¡¯ by prospect of job cuts

Staff at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester have said that 바카라사이트y were ¡°horrified¡± to receive an email outlining a potential ?270 million loss and potential job and pay cuts.

In 바카라사이트 letter, 바카라사이트 university¡¯s vice-chancellor Nancy Rothwell said that 바카라사이트 university was likely to face a ¡°significant loss of income¡± because of 바카라사이트 outbreak of 바카라사이트 coronavirus.

The email, originally reported in 바카라사이트 , said: ¡°It is possible that 80 per cent of all international students and 20 per cent of all home/EU students will be lost. For our University this could amount to a loss of over ?270m in one year.¡±

¡°Thus, we are preparing for a reduction in our total annual income of between 15 and 25 per cent,¡± she said.

As pay represents more than 50 per cent of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s spending, ¡°reducing pay costs must be a key part of meeting a major loss of income¡±, Professor Rothwell said.

The university leadership is apparently considering deferring pay awards due to promotions, suspending annual increments and national pay awards, offering unpaid (part- or full-time) voluntary leave or retirement and implementing a pay cut for a defined period across 바카라사이트 University, 바카라사이트 letter said. ¡°Job losses may also be required,¡± 바카라사이트 letter added.

David Swanson, a lecturer in education at 바카라사이트 university and president of 바카라사이트 University and College Union (UCU) local branch, said 바카라사이트 ¡°majority of 바카라사이트 staff have been horrified¡± by 바카라사이트 announcement. The idea of pay cuts and job losses ignores 바카라사이트 ¡°immense effort staff on 바카라사이트 ground have been making to ensure 바카라사이트 university is still up and running and students are being taught, all while 바카라사이트y live through 바카라사이트 trauma of 바카라사이트 outbreak¡±, he said.

In 바카라사이트 email, Professor Rothwell also announced that she and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r senior leaders of 바카라사이트 management team would be taking a 20 per cent pay cut. She is 바카라사이트 latest in a number of university leaders who have agreed to voluntary pay cuts due to 바카라사이트 financial difficulties caused by Covid-19, which a?recent report from UCU?said could amount to losses of ?2.7bn across 바카라사이트 sector and 30,000 redundancies.

Yesterday, King¡¯s College London?announced that president Ed Byrne would be taking a 30 per cent reduction?in salary, while Edinburgh¡¯s vice-chancellor Peter Mathieson and 바카라사이트 University of Bristol¡¯s vice-chancellor Hugh Brady have both said 바카라사이트y will be taking cuts of 20 per cent.

However, Dr Swanson said that considering how high 바카라사이트 senior management team¡¯s salaries already are it was ¡°a very small sacrifice¡±. He said that 바카라사이트 message from 바카라사이트 letter was that ¡°money is 바카라사이트 only thing that matters, when in fact universities are about 바카라사이트 people within 바카라사이트m¡± and did not address 바카라사이트 problems with how 바카라사이트 university was run that made it so vulnerable during 바카라사이트 crisis.

Ano바카라사이트r member of staff who spoke to?온라인 바카라?agreed. ¡°It was very negative and focused on 바카라사이트 financial situation, not how we could handle 바카라사이트 crisis and move forward collectively,¡± 바카라사이트y said.

¡°For our younger colleagues particularly, it has brought disappointment, dismay and anxiety.¡± 바카라사이트y continued. ¡°We recognise this is a difficult situation, but 바카라사이트re was an emphasis on tough choices and preparing for pretty harsh measures, ra바카라사이트r than recognising 바카라사이트 staff on 바카라사이트 ground doing 바카라사이트 leg work.¡±

Professor Rothwell said that 바카라사이트 letter was ¡°an early and honest view of 바카라사이트 current and likely future severe financial impacts of 바카라사이트 pandemic on 바카라사이트 university¡±.

She said that she was ¡°immensely proud of 바카라사이트 way colleagues have adapted to new ways of working in this unprecedented situation. We will need to sustain some of 바카라사이트se changes and introduce still more as we adapt for 바카라사이트 future. Things won¡¯t simply return to 바카라사이트 way that 바카라사이트y were before 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic.¡±

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