Universities axe hundreds of lecturers - then appoint 'woke' diversity chiefs ... trends now
Universities are cutting hundreds of teaching posts at the same time as creating 'woke' jobs with salaries that can reach £100,000, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Nearly half of UK vice-chancellors expect their university to be in financial deficit this year following a drop in the number of lucrative international students and the impact of inflation on fees, running costs and pension contributions.
As a result, academic departments are being merged and courses closed down, with some campuses facing strike action in opposition to the plans. Yet as hundreds of jobs are being cut, the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) workforce appears immune.
Aston University in Birmingham, where 60 academics in the college of engineering and physical sciences are at risk of redundancy, has filled a £98,000-a-year post in 'People, Culture and Inclusion'.
At Oxford Brookes, mathematics and music programmes are being cut as part of a bid to save £2 million while seeking an 'anti-harassment and EDI adviser' on £39,000.
Nearly half of UK vice-chancellors expect their university to be in financial deficit this year following a drop in the number of lucrative international students and the impact of inflation on fees, running costs and pension contributions. Pictured: Oxford Brookes University
At Oxford Brookes (pictured), mathematics and music programmes are being cut as part of a bid to save £2 million while seeking an 'anti-harassment and EDI adviser' on £39,000.
Aston University in Birmingham (pictured), where 60 academics in the college of engineering and physical sciences are at risk of redundancy, has filled a £98,000-a-year post in 'People, Culture and Inclusion'
The Open University has recorded a £25 million operating deficit and launched a voluntary severance scheme for associate lecturers, but it recently filled two EDI vacancies, both offering salary packages of up to £46,223. One is a project officer working mainly on 'gender equality' who has to attend the office 'at least twice a year'.
