Staff facing the threat of redundancy at a university grappling with a multi-million-pound deficit have passed a motion of no confidence in the institution’s leaders. The University of East Anglia (UEA) announced last month that it would shed 170 full-time equivalent posts as it tries to save £11m, with one lecturer telling the BBC his department faced a cut of 30% of its teaching staff.
Hundreds of staff packed into a meeting of the staff assembly, with the vote passing by 240 to 14. It is the second time in less than two years that the UEA’s executive has faced such action by staff.
The university said it was working to develop plans to mitigate the worst impacts of “external financial pressures”.
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