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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
By Claudia Savage

Northern Ireland’s biggest university to make 450 staff redundant

US president Joe Biden delivers his keynote speech at Ulster University in Belfast in 2023 (PA) - (PA Archive)

Northern Ireland's largest higher education institution, Ulster University, is set to make approximately 450 staff redundant.

The university, home to over 30,000 students and 3,100 staff across its Belfast, Jordanstown, Coleraine, and Londonderry campuses, had its Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Bartholomew brief employees virtually on Wednesday. The proposed job losses are currently understood to be part of a voluntary scheme.

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