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University could axe up to 200 jobs
Western Daily Press
|May 10, 2025
THE University of Plymouth could cut up to 200 jobs due to a significant fall in income.
The institution has started consultations with staff and unions, and is also reviewing the future of its Levinsky Gallery and Jill Craigie Cinema, which are open to the public, as part of urgent cost-saving measures.
The university, which made close to 100 redundancies last year, aims to limit the number of compulsory job losses this time around. However, it has experienced rising costs and a 10% drop in income.
The financial struggles are not unique to the University of Plymouth, as Parliament prepares to examine how the higher education sector is managing tuition fee freezes, a decline in international students, and soaring costs.
A spokesperson for the University of Plymouth said: “Along with the rest of the UK's higher education sector, the University of Plymouth is operating in a very financially challenging environment.
This story is from the May 10, 2025 edition of Western Daily Press.
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