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University announces compulsory redundancies after international student income slump

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Story summary
  • University management announced compulsory redundancies, lowering planned job losses to about 50.
  • Management blamed a sharp fall in income from international students for the cuts.
  • Unions demanded a guarantee that no staff be forced to leave.
  • Management refused to give that guarantee.
  • University said the £4.5 million city-centre land purchase is strategic and it faces a £10 million deficit next year.