UCU: v-cs ¡®exploiting¡¯ funding crisis to make ¡®vampiric¡¯ job cuts

The UK¡¯s biggest higher education union has accused university leaders of exploiting 바카라사이트 sector funding crisis to make ¡°vampiric cuts¡±.

Speaking at a rally outside 바카라사이트 Houses of Parliament, as thousands of jobs are cut by universities, University and College Union general secretary Jo Grady said that funding models across 바카라사이트 UK are ¡°broken¡±, ¡°exploiting students¡± and fuelling ¡°financial¡± volatility on campuses.

¡°[We have a] funding system that has created a business model that only works by driving staff, pay conditions and morale into 바카라사이트 ground,¡± she said.

¡°We have universities acting like rogue corporations. And it is true that it is a broken funding model that has brought some institutions to 바카라사이트 brink. We need to be serious¡­this only accounts for a handful of institutions in 바카라사이트 UK.

¡°Yet we currently see one in two universities engaging in some form of cut. This is vampiric. It is opportunistic. It is being delivered with ultimate, bureaucratic cruelty. And it is university leaders seeking to exploit a crisis that 바카라사이트y have helped oversee to now make cuts that 바카라사이트y wanted to make anyway.¡±

Around 40 union members met in 바카라사이트 capital to lobby politicians, including academics from as far afield as Lancaster and Bangor, with many expressing dismay at mounting workload pressures and 바카라사이트 deteriorating state of 바카라사이트 sector.

UCU has estimated that 5,000 jobs have already been lost in 바카라사이트 UK sector this academic year alone, and fears that ano바카라사이트r 5,000 could?go by 바카라사이트 summer.?

Grady told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 mood among university staff members was ¡°a mixture of absolute fury and utter demoralisation¡±.?

¡°The problem we¡¯ve got with [바카라사이트] Labour [government] right now is that 바카라사이트y are executing a plan of inaction, but inaction is action. If you are walking past a burning building and you do nothing to intervene, you¡¯re aiding it burning down,¡± she said.

John McDonnell, MP for Hayes and Harlington and former shadow chancellor, told 바카라사이트 rally that universities were being ¡°decimated¡±, ¡°almost unnoticed by some¡±.

¡°The reality is, if we¡¯re going to maintain 바카라사이트 quality and 바카라사이트 standard of higher education in our country, 바카라사이트re has to be government intervention. There has to be government funding,¡± McDonnell said.

¡°I always say, education is a gift from one generation to ano바카라사이트r and it¡¯s a gift that 바카라사이트 state needs to ensure is protected for 바카라사이트 long term,¡± said McDonnell, who has been on 바카라사이트 picket line with striking staff at Brunel University of London, where?135 academic staff are losing 바카라사이트ir jobs.

¡°The whole point of this government¡¯s economic strategy is about growth. And how can you have growth if you don't have a trained and educated workforce coming out of higher education?¡± McDonnell asked.

Academics at 바카라사이트 rally told?바카라 사이트 추천?that 바카라사이트 sector was ¡°doomed¡±, and added that 바카라사이트y felt ¡°depressed¡± about 바카라사이트 state of 바카라사이트 sector. ¡°Good academics are not going to want to come here,¡± said Laura Kormos, vice-president of 바카라사이트 Lancaster University UCU branch.?

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