Some 505 asked for voluntary redundancy but management wants half to stay

VC Michael Spence told the university community yesterday that expressions of interest from 137 academics and 115 professional staff are accepted, subject to more consultation on the impact of their exiting. In the case of 33, the university is consulting according to requirements of the enterprise agreement, which require asking the unions.

Dr Spence says there are many cases, “where making the position redundant would affect our capacity to continue vital work of the university, including where the educational experience of our students or our research outputs were significantly impacted.”

Staff accepted have until COB Monday to make up their minds.  And those who will not get the money and run might decide it is nice to be wanted, or not.