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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zoe Tidman

University could ‘slash quarter of teaching jobs due to drop in student numbers’

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A London university has come under fire over its plans which a union has said could result in it cutting up to a quarter of teaching staff, following a drop in student numbers.

The proposals at Birkbeck, University of London, could also see it slash its administrative workforce in half, the University and College Union (UCU) has said.

Around 140 jobs in total are threatened by the plans.

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