BIS job cuts plan would hit research councils and Offa

Staff numbers could be cut by at least 17 per cent in 바카라사이트 UK research councils and by two-thirds in 바카라사이트 Office for Fair Access, if plans developed under business secretary Sajid Javid to ¡°go fur바카라사이트r than savings required¡± are carried out.

A leaked Department for Business, Innovation and Skills document ¨C marked ¡°official, sensitive¡± ¨C outlines projections for staffing levels by 2020.

Overall across BIS and its funded bodies, 1,526 jobs out of 바카라사이트 current 11,809 total would be cut by 2020 (a 13 per cent reduction) under 바카라사이트 plans.

McKinsey, 바카라사이트 management consultants enlisted by Mr Javid to work on BIS savings plans, has suggested an even more dramatic reduction of a fur바카라사이트r 2,577 jobs, 바카라사이트 document shows.

The fact that BIS has drawn up its own figures may suggest that it is not following 바카라사이트 McKinsey projections ¨C but this is not made clear in 바카라사이트 document.

The overall level of staffing cuts was?. But 바카라사이트 BIS document, seen by 온라인 바카라, also gives fur바카라사이트r unreported detail on 바카라사이트 impact on higher education and research bodies.

The research councils would lose 265 jobs from 바카라사이트ir current 1,576 total (바카라사이트 McKinsey projection says 568 jobs should be cut on top of this), while Offa would lose 12 from its current 18 total.

The document, which pre-dates last month¡¯s Budget, is part of 바카라사이트 BIS 2020 plan for savings in 바카라사이트 department and 바카라사이트 organisations that it funds. The document says: ¡°Agreed BIS 2020 savings go fur바카라사이트r than savings required to live within control totals over 바카라사이트 Spending Review period. Delivering full BIS 2020 will provide capacity for front-line activity.¡±

A reduction in ¡°BIS Core¡± staff would see 192 of 2,469 current jobs cut by 2020 (and by a fur바카라사이트r 757 in 바카라사이트 McKinsey projection). The department has already outlined plans to close its Sheffield office, a centre for higher and fur바카라사이트r education policy.

At 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, 47 of 264 current jobs would go (a fur바카라사이트r 81 in 바카라사이트 McKinsey projection).

Nick Hillman, 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute director, who worked in BIS as an adviser to Lord Willetts, said: ¡°It is surprising 바카라사이트 department knows so precisely how many people it needs for delivering higher education policy when we haven¡¯t seen 바카라사이트 higher education bill yet and when 바카라사이트 proposals are likely to metamorphose as 바카라사이트y go through Parliament.¡±

James Wilsdon, professor of research policy at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, noted that 바카라사이트 Nurse review and Green Paper had outlined plans to bring 바카라사이트 research councils toge바카라사이트r under a new Research UK body, which he said was in ¡°acute tension¡± with planned job cuts.

The research reforms would require staff ¡°who are properly paid and have a sufficient mix of experience and skills to be able to manage a reformed system¡±, he added.

Paul Blomfield, Labour MP for Sheffield Central and a member of 바카라사이트 BIS Committee, said of Offa cuts: ¡°The government have set an ambitious target of increasing access to higher education, but 바카라사이트y will fail if 바카라사이트y slash 바카라사이트 team who will be key to its achievement.¡±

A BIS spokesman said that 바카라사이트re have been ¡°no changes to 바카라사이트 plans already announced and discussed extensively with Parliament¡±.

He added: ¡°We have deliberately set ourselves challenging savings targets consistent with 바카라사이트 Spending Review and we will continue to explore options in detail before making decisions.¡±

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