Cardiff College has confirmed plans to chop 400 full-time jobs amid a funding shortfall. The associated fee-cutting proposals may additionally contain course closures, in addition to division mergers, with nursing, music and fashionable languages among the many topics going through cuts.
The Cardiff College and Faculty Union (UCU) referred to as the measures “merciless and pointless” and mentioned it will battle plans for obligatory redundancies. The college mentioned it will solely make obligatory redundancies “if completely obligatory”.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Wendy Larner defended the choice to chop jobs, saying the college would have change into “untenable” with out drastic reforms.
The job position cuts are solely a proposal, however she insisted the college wanted to “take tough selections” as a result of declining worldwide pupil purposes.
Larner mentioned it will not be alone in its monetary struggles, with most UK universities grappling with the “damaged” funding system. She mentioned the information would have been tough for workers to listen to, however all college students on present levels on the varsity would be capable of full their levels.
Dr Joey Whitfield from Cardiff UCU mentioned they have been “completely shell shocked” by the “merciless and pointless” cuts.
“I’ve had colleagues in tears. They’ll harm our members, our college students, town, and Wales as a complete,” he added.
He mentioned union members “are ready to battle any obligatory redundancies tooth and nail”.
