Three quarters of further and higher education staff say that cuts to college and university funding will lead to course closures, according to a shocking UNISON survey, released today (21 June),
On the day that staff and students are holding nationwide protests against cuts, the union has released a list of courses that have already been cut or are facing cuts, including social work, languages, pharmacy, counselling, science, geography, deaf studies, beauty, sports, IT, media, Islamic studies and philosophy.
Staff have seen students turned away from a number of colleges and universities – with 60 per cent of respondents seeing a huge reduction in vocational training.
The results also reveal that thousands of support staff and teaching staff jobs will be axed, with morale among all workers hitting rock bottom.
The union has hit back against the cuts saying they will strike communities hard and are particularly tough for workers made redundant during the recession who need to re-train, young people facing high unemployment and learners with support needs.
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