Staff at a Manchester university are fearing ‘devastating’ redundancies which they say were not made clear in consultations.
An employee at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute’s (BIMM) Manchester campus has told the M.E.N. that the news, which they say was delivered in a ‘key assessment week’, has been ‘very stressful and upsetting’. The staff member has also blasted BIMM, saying it ‘as a focus on investors, rather than young people and education’.
In response, a spokesperson for the University says that ‘there will be no reduction in teaching staff resulting from these changes’. They call the ‘restructure’ necessary in order ‘to provide a better student and lecturer experience’.
