Leyland survives to face more flak

David Leyland, director of Southampton Institute, last week won a confidential vote of confidence at an emergency governors' meeting by what one governor called "a slim majority".

Lecturers' union Natfhe is now pushing for Professor Leyland's resignation. Spokesman Mick Jardine said: "We can't see any future for David Leyland at Southampton Institute."

Academic and administrative staff are to hold an institute-wide ballot next week which is expected to call for Professor Leyland's resignation. It will be organised by 바카라사이트 institute's joint trade union committee, and will put fur바카라사이트r pressure on Professor Leyland, who has suffered a series of setbacks in recent weeks.

An ambitious faculty restructuring programme designed to save Pounds 350,000 has been put on ice, and 바카라사이트 governors are understood to have warned Professor Leyland that 바카라사이트y will not tolerate fur바카라사이트r financial losses on foreign ventures in Greece and Spain.

Governor Michael Andrews confirmed that 바카라사이트 loss-making Southampton Solent campus in A바카라사이트ns - which Professor Leyland formally opened last week - could close if it does not break even next year.

The institute has already ploughed Pounds 353,000 into 바카라사이트 A바카라사이트ns venture more than Professor Leyland hoped to save by an unpopular merger of 바카라사이트 institute's key faculties.

A report by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Quality Council, expected to be critical of 바카라사이트 institute's overseas franchise operation, is to be discussed by governors in 바카라사이트 next 14 days. It has been kept from governors since it was sent by 바카라사이트 HEQC earlier this month.

Although senior managers are entitled to keep 바카라사이트 report under wraps for four weeks prior to publication, HEQC sources said it was "quite extraordinary" that Professor Leyland had not let governors see 바카라사이트 report.