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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls

Exterior of Cardiff University
Cardiff University has been forced to make cuts to its highly-rated nursing courses. Photograph: Karl Schoendorfer/REX/Shutterstock

Nearly one in four leading UK universities are slashing staff numbers and cutting budgets, with up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses, bringing calls for action to avoid damaging the sector’s international standing.

In the past week four universities, including two members of the research-intensive Russell Group of universities, have announced a combined 1,000 job losses in response to budget shortfalls.

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