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No Cuts at Dundee University |
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No Cuts, no closures, no redundancies. Reject the findings of the University of Dundee's Sustainability Review.
Solidarity – Scotland's Socialist Movement fully supports yesterdays protest against the proposed £4.3 million of cuts suggested by University of Dundee's Sustainability Review which saw hundreds of students and staff take to the streets.
The cuts will effect every department at the university and threaten the jobs of 100 staff and are being proposed by the university to cover a supposed £1.6 million deficit in the universities accounts for 2005 - 2006. The Dundee University and Colleges Union has said:
"Remarkably, the report simply assumes that a deficit exists and that staff costs are its cause.
"The report says nothing about the financial basis for these assumptions nor provides any detail on the financial position of the university.
"There is no financial crisis requiring reductions in educational provision or staffing, but there is serious financial mismanagement which requires urgent action.".
In fact the supposed £1.6 million deficit includes £1.5 million spent by the university on building work on the privaitised halls of residence and the university's own forecast from December projects a £4 million surplus.
Jim Malone Solidarity candidate for the Scottish Parliament elections said:
"The massive scale of the cuts shows that commercialisation of education doesn't work. The attempt by the university to privatise halls of residence and increase its profitability has resulted in students and staff paying the price for the failures of university management. Solidarity- Scotland's Socialist Movement fights for a fully funded public education system with free education for all ages." |
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