A fortnight back the university announced it was consulting on voluntary redundancies as a COVID-savings measure

“This option provides an opportunity for participation and shared decision-making,” Vice Chancellor Linda Kristjanson said. She added that involuntary departures might have to occur, “to meet the changing environment we are now facing,” (CMM June 3).

To which the campus branch of the National Tertiary Education Union responded that there are still non-salary savings to make but as to VRs, they are preferable to forced departures, as long as there are “appropriate safeguards for remaining staff,” (CMM June 18)

And lo – a VR offer has just opened.