List of all UK universities currently having redundancies/restructuring
The UK Higher Education sector is currently experiencing redundancies, restructures, and closures across various universities. Many universities are implementing cost-cutting measures, such as reducing staff, closing programs, and introducing voluntary severance schemes. The sector is facing significant challenges, with university managers being criticized for not standing up for the sector and lobbying for meaningful change to the funding model.
- ▪Dundee is cutting 190 more jobs and closing degrees
- ▪Exeter is putting 14% of all staff and 85% of humanities and social science academics at risk
- ▪Aberystwyth is looking to cut 200 jobs to save £15 million
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| Original publisher | Qmucu |
| Canonical URL | https://qmucu.org/qmul-transformation/uk-he-shrinking/ |
| Publication time | Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:54:50 +0000 |
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This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the UK Higher Education (UKHE) sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s future and the vandalism to it unconscionable. The universities on this list are the ones with announced and confirmed redundancies as well as restructures and interventions that drastically transform the working and learning conditions in their institution. More are rumoured about, and even more have been shrinking staff by not renewing fixed-term contracts or reducing hours of fractional contracts, or are not implementing agreed pay rises.
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