University of Essex support staff join protests against cuts

Cleaners, IT staff and customer service workers will join a lunchtime rally against sweeping job losses at the University of Essex in Colchester on Thursday, says UNISON. The rally, jointly organised by UNISON and the University and College Union (UCU), will call on bosses to stop plans to axe 400 jobs and close the university’s […]

New union leader joins rally to save University of Essex jobs

New UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan will speak at a rally in Southend later this week calling on the University of Essex to scrap plans to cut 400 jobs, says UNISON today. Andrea will also urge the university to abandon proposals to shut down its Southend campus when she speaks on Thursday (5 February). UNISON […]

Job cuts at University of Essex mean ‘misery’ for staff and students

Hundreds of job losses at the University of Essex will wreck students’ experiences and pile misery on staff, says UNISON today. The vice chancellor, Professor Frances Bowen, told staff today the Southend campus will shut and around 400 full-time posts will go from across the institution. That amounts to around a fifth of the current […]