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Bournemouth University cuts 200 jobs and scraps courses
A university has cut about 200 jobs, suspended 15 courses and cancelled three others ahead of the new academic University, which has about 17,000 students and employed about 1,600 staff, said the positions had been lost through voluntary redundancies.A spokesman said the other changes were part of a "regular review of the courses we offer".The university previously said it was "deeply saddened and devastated" about the staff losses, but it was "facing financial pressures with rising operational costs".
The spokesman said academic staff were "no longer at risk of compulsory redundancies at this time"."Our academic teams are fully focussed on the year ahead and are looking forward to welcoming our new and returning students to BU," they said."As part of our regular review of the courses we offer, we suspended around 15 courses but only proposed to close three courses for this year's entry. "Many of these were similar to other, more popular, courses in the same subject areas which can be confusing to applicants."So whilst there may be slightly fewer courses on offer, we still offer students the chance to study the majority of subjects as before."Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due to receive their A-level, T-level and BTec National Alison Honour, the university's vice-chancellor and chief executive officer, said it was looking forward to welcoming "thousands of new students".The University and College Union (UCU) previously said up to 10,000 university jobs could be at risk this academic year because of an "unprecedented crisis" in higher education.
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