Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 81912
Higher Education: Redundancy
Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025
Question
Catherine West
Labour — Hornsey and Friern Barnet
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the University and College Union news item entitled New analysis shows over 15,000 university job cuts as UCU launches UK wide strike ballot, published on 10 October 2025, what steps she is ta
Answer
Josh MacAlisterHigher education (HE) providers are independent. This means government is not involved in workforce matters as it is in other education sectors.While government understands that HE providers must make difficult business decisions to safeguard their financ...
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