As many of you may be aware, the university sector is under significant financial pressure nationally. As a result, the University is undertaking a strategic review which has identified 6 academic areas and 5 professional service areas with a plan to reduce costs.
These are:
Academic:
- Chemistry
- Education
- Film Studies
- Geography, Geology, and the Environment
- History
- Modern Languages
Professional Services:
- College Business Operations
- IT/Digital Services and Support
- Research Infrastructure and Technical Services
- Student Support and Programme Administration
- Transactional Finance
So far, the university has undergone a pre-change engagement. They have collated thoughts from academics and professional services staff from all departments and provided key feedback and summaries to all staff from affected areas.
The Students’ Union is continuing to engage with the University on the absolute need to protect the student and academic experience whilst ensuring the students enrolled on courses with us continue to receive high quality of education.
We are engaging with our course, school and college reps, and we will continue to support them in the coming weeks and months to ensure that they are equipped to advocate on behalf of their coursemates.
We have met with University and College Union (UCU) multiple times and intend to work with staff representative bodies throughout this time. We are aware that UCU members have voted in support of strike action and we will continue to engage with UCU and University to minimise any detrimental impact on Student Academic Experience.
We will continue to update this page with information when we can.
If you’d like to get in touch, feel free to email SU-EXEC@leicester.ac.uk