Ulster University to cut up to 450 jobs

Ulster University (UU) is set to make up to 450 staff redundant.

Staff were informed of the potential job cuts at a meeting held by the vice-chancellor, Prof Paul Bartholemew, on Wednesday.

Staff were told that the university hoped to achieve the job cuts through voluntary redundancies, but compulsory redundancies could not be ruled out.

In a statement, a UU spokesperson said that "redundancies across the higher education sector have become unavoidable".

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