Huge cuts to staff jobs in the past year
In 2024, almost 300 members of staff left UoN in a ‘Mutually Agreed Redundancy Scheme’. Then in April 2025, it was announced that at least 258 jobs were to be cut, and over 4,000 professional services and admin staff members were told they were at risk of losing their jobs to compulsory redundancy. From this, a further 300 staff
members left the university in summer 2025.
Hundreds more jobs at risk in the next two years
In ‘Phase 2’ of the Future Nottingham scheme, hundreds oflecturers and researchers will also see their employment threatened. Some admin and professional services staff who were at risk of redundancy earlier this year could even face this threat again! The Vice Chancellor has so far refused to rule out compulsory redundancies for academic (teaching and research) staff.
Your fees wasted on an unusable new campus
UoN bought Castle Meadow campus in 2021 for £37.5m, with a £54m renovation budget. Shortly after purchase, the buildings became Grade II listed, restricting the required changes needed to make it a viable space for teaching.
4 years and over £91m later, it sits unused and unusable.
20% cuts to teaching, research and student support
Heads of Schools have been told to find a 20% reduction in ‘activity’. This will mean fewer staff, discontinued courses, fewer module choices, less access to student support services and an overall worse experience for students. Our working conditions are your learning conditions.
Support your University staff to say no to compulsory redundancies
- Email the University Council (the governing body) to explain the impact of the strike and ask management to come to an agreement with the unions
- Learn more about the dispute
The university has said we can’t use student emails to contact you about the strike and missed lectures. This might result in your showing up to classes that won’t
go ahead. Many of our members would like to have written to you directly about this.
