Below you can find the latest list, by region, of jobs being lost in further education and higher education throughout the UK.
| Institution | Cuts/losses |
| Accrington & Rossendale College | 2 compulsory redundancies |
| Anglia Ruskin | Cut 5 jobs through VRs |
| Arts Institute, Bournemouth | Between 50 and 112 redundancies sought, withdrawn after UCU pressure. University is now targeted the UCU rep. |
| Aston University | 18 jobs cut |
| Bangor University | Cutting up to 40 jobs in Health Sciences. 67 other employees are at risk from end of FTCs |
| Barnet College | Imposition of inferior contracts on staff |
| Barnsley College | 53 jobs being cut |
| Barry College | 4 jobs have been cut. All voluntary |
| Bath University | Awaiting details
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| Bedford College | 2 jobs being cut |
| Berkshire College of Agriculture | 15 jobs at risk |
| Bicton College | College looking to cut 16 lecturers |
| Bolton, University of | Seeking to make 10% cut in staffing costs |
| Bournemouth University | Looking for 13 voluntary redundancies. This has been approved by council. Questions about lack of consultation |
| Bradford College | Awaiting details
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| Bradford University | Seeking to cut 40 jobs by voluntary redundancy |
| Bromley College | 2 jobs being cut |
| Buckinghamshire New University | At least 5 jobs being cut |
| Burton College | 7 jobs cut |
| Calderdale College | 7 jobs being cut |
| Capel Manor College | 2 jobs being cut |
| Cardiff University | 93 FTCs at risk in Dec, Jan and Feb 2010 |
| Cardiff University | Planned to cut 140 jobs but cut to 50 following campaigning |
| Carshalton College | 7 jobs being cut |
| Castle College Nottingham | at least 26 permanent jobs and 20 sessional jobs being cut due £2million shortfall in LSC funding |
| Central Sussex College | 2 jobs lost |
| Chichester, University of | 14 staff took voluntary redundancy |
| City College Birmingham | Agreement has now been reached that there will be no compulsory redundancies at the College and on this basis, there will be no further strike action |
| City College Norwich | Looking to cut 39 jobs |
| City College Plymouth | Has cut 12 jobs, all through voluntary redundancy |
| City of Bath College | 3 compulsory redundancies |
| City of Bath Sixth Form Academy | 20 staff being dismissed and reapplying for jobs |
| City of Bristol College | 14 Jobs being lost |
| City University | '34 jobs were cut in adult education. 60 more jobs were put at risk through a restructure across the university and around half have gone |
| Coleg Gwent | 22 lecturers as part of 74 losses. All voluntary |
| Coleg Sir Gar | 62 redundancies - Agreement has now been reached that there will be no compulsory redundancies at the College and on this basis, we called off the dispute |
| Coventry College | Coventry City College has been told that it has lost the contract for training Jaguar and Land Rover apprentices to Warwickshire College. These staff have now been transferred without job losses |
| Coventry University | 37 posts have been lost, 3 remain at risk of compulsory redundancy |
| Doncaster College | 120 jobs are now at risk following the publication of a new recovery plan for the College, aimed at tackling its deficit. This follows the halting of an earlier cuts programme following a branch campaign and the suspension of the former principal over problems with College finances |
| Dudley College | 2 jobs were lost through voluntary redundancy |
| East Durham and Houghall College | 6 jobs being cut in latest of constant rounds of redundancy |
| East Surrey College | 19 jobs are at risk |
| Exeter University | 8 jobs at risk in Language School |
| Farnborough College | 1 job lost through reduction in HE provision |
| Gloucestershire University | Attempting to cut up to 99 posts with threat of up to 30 compulsory redundancies |
| Gorseinon College | 10 jobs being cut in adult education. UCU members voted for strike action, to be taken on 8 July but with the reopening of negotiations, have suspended their action. All will now be voluntary |
| Grantham College | At least 2 jobs at risk through redundancies to cut costs. |
| Guildford College | 33 staff have taken voluntary redundancy and 4 have been made compulsorily redundant with another 7 FTE's to go. Around 40 teaching jobs at risk |
| Hackney Community College | 20 jobs threatened, branch balloting for industrial action |
| Harrogate College | At least 11 jobs being cut through voluntary redundancy with threat of compulsories. |
| Harrow College | College has made 6 people compulsorily redundant and is threatening more |
| Hastings College | redundancies as part of restructure |
| Hereward College | 7 lecturers at risk through LSC funding cuts |
| Heriot Watt University | 25 jobs being cut to make £3.5 million savings |
| Hertfordshire University | 20 jobs have been cut in a restructure |
| Highbury College | 3 jobs at risk |
| Hull College | 28 FTEs being cut |
| Hull University | 2-300 jobs to be cut up to 2011 |
| Imperial College | 63 jobs being cut in the Faculty of Medicine. |
| Kensington and Chelsea College | At least 6 jobs threatened |
| Kent, University of | 6 redundancies in computer science, none compulsory |
| King's College London | Has announced that it intends to cut 10% of its staff budget, amounting to a possible 390 jobs. This is on top of its plans for jobs cuts at its award winning IT department. Staff were told that 30 people will be made redundant, and that they must re-apply for 15 new posts with worse conditions of service. |
| Kingston Maurward College | 3 jobs lost through course cuts |
| Lambeth College | 49 jobs placed at risk |
| Lampeter, University of Wales | 40 jobs being cut, only 6 compulsories |
| Lancashire Adult Education | 12 FTEs at risk |
| Lancaster, University of | Has made fixed-term contract staff redundant |
| Leeds City College | 3 jobs at risk of compulsory redundancy |
| Leeds College of Building | 32 posts in construction |
| Leeds Metropolitan University | 15 academic staff being cut |
| Leeds University | An estimated 187 jobs are at risk in the university as part of a restructuring exercise, 60 in Biological Sciences and 20 in Healthcare. |
| Leicester College | 5 lecturers at risk |
| Lewisham College | 5 or 6 potential redundancies |
| Lincoln University | Have cut 8 jobs as part of saving £500,000 |
| Liverpool Community College | Trying to cut up to 40 jobs through voluntary redundancy following withdrawal of LSC funding of £1.6 million for 2009/10. |
| Liverpool, University of | No further threat to jobs |
| London Met | London Metropolitan is now being greylisted following the continued failure of management to consult properly regarding its redundancy scheme to cut 550 jobs. Our understanding is that the university plans to make 160 posts redundant by the end of July next year (which means approximately 180 people will lose their jobs), The union is furious that the university rejected 89 of the 202 applicants for voluntary redundancy (almost half - 44%), which more than covered the number of job losses announced between now and the end of July 2010 |
| Manchester College | College has proposed 11 redundancies on the basis of realignment of priorities, not finances. Includes targeting of branch secretary. Has now suspended facilities time for UCU reps |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | 1 job remains at risk (4 avoided)
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| Merton College | 3 potential redundancies |
| Myerscough College | 24 compulsories, poor recruitment, reduced finding and restructure. |
| Newcastle College | The college announced plans for 68 redundancies, blaming cuts in T2G funding |
| Newport, University of Wales | 26 compulsory redundancies through the closure of Equinex and RISE projects |
| North Nottinghamshire College | 15 FTE's at risk because of reduced funding by the LSC. Staff are being made redundant at a time when courses are in great demand. Students are being turned away after their first year qualifications |
| North Warwickshire and Hinckley College | Branch campaign resulted in withdrawal of redundancy threat |
| Northampton University | voluntary severance scheme due to financial problems |
| Northbrook College | 50 jobs being cut |
| Northumberland College | 33 FTEs were at risk because of cuts to the college's train to gain funding. Thanks to union action, this will now be resolved without compulsory redundancies |
| Nottingham Trent University | 4 jobs at risk |
| Nottingham University | voluntary severance scheme due to financial problems |
| Oxford and Cherwell Valley | At least 10 posts being cut due to 'financial difficulties' in the college |
| Oxford Brookes University | 15 jobs have been lost by a combination of voluntary and compulsory redundancy, but the number of compulsories is down to 2. RO Update, Oct09: 6 jobs threatened among researchers in School of Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University. |
| Pembrokeshire College | 20 jobs cut. All VRs |
| Queen Margaret University Edinburgh | Up to 35 jobs being cut with threat of compulsory redundancy through need to make up £3 million deficit |
| Queen's University Belfast | Up to 330 academic posts being cut as part of new academic plan. 103 academic staff been targeted to accept package and leave by the end of the year |
| Reading, University of | Health Care department closed. 15 jobs lost. Now £10 million cuts announced from the budget. This is around 6% and would amount to around 160 jobs |
| Royal College of Art | College seeking 10% savings and asking departments to make savings. 26 jobs are at risk |
| Royal National College for the Blind Hereford | 25 jobs were put at risk but through union intervention only 2 are now at risk |
| Salford, University of | the union has secured agreement that there will be no compulsory redundancies at Salford |
| Sandwell College | 15 jobs were lost in 08/09. All VRs |
| Sheffield Hallam | 20 academic and related posts are being cut and around 320 associate lecturers may lose their jobs |
| Sheffield, University of | Looking to cut jobs across the board to make up for funding shortfall |
| Solihull College | 8 jobs put at risk following reduction in adult education funding. 174 hourly paid lecturers threatened. 5 ft staff redeployed and 3 took VR. 30 HPS took VR and the rest has been put on hold |
| South Kent College | Up to 14 jobs being cut through proposed closure of 6th form centre |
| Southampton University | Review of staffing complete with 61 jobs being cut through VR now and more expected |
| Southgate College | At least 20 jobs are at risk |
| Southport College | 4 jobs being cut through compulsory redundancy following loss of LearnDirect contract |
| Stanmore College | 1 redundancy |
| Stirling, University of | The University wants to cut at least 140 jobs and is looking for compulsory redundancies. 54 fixed term contract staff have already been made redundant |
| Stoke on Trent College | Threat to cut up to 30 jobs across the college |
| Stranmillis University College | Queen's detailed proposals in its Academic Plan to slash academic posts – in particular positions held by teaching fellows - On that basis, most of the teaching staff at Stranmillis looked likely to face redundancy following any merger. This will now not happen. No redundancies are envisaged |
| Stratford on Avon College | 16 jobs being cut through loss of apprenticeships and withdrawal of private money from college projects |
| Strathclyde University | 140 voluntary redundancies being sought |
| Surrey, University of | 20 voluntary redundancies and 4 possible compulsories. Hopeful that pragmatic solution can be found |
| Sussex Downs College | Restructure and possible loss of 9 posts through compulsory redundancy |
| Sussex, University of | Vice Chancellor has announced need to cut £3million this year and £5 million in 2010-11. The real problem will begin in the next month or so when we expect concrete and targeted proposals on how the money is to be saved. This is very likely to include compulsory redundancies of permanent academic staff. 50 FTC posts also at risk now. UPDATE: 115 job losses have since been announced
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| Swansea College | 20 jobs lost. All voluntary |
| Swansea University | 12 jobs at risk in School of Environment and Society |
| Telford College | 3 teaching posts were put at risk but all threats now withdrawn. All are being redeployed |
| Thames Valley University | Slough campus at risk and a number of issues. TVU has just announced 8 FTE's – 7 in its Ealing Faculty of Arts and one at its Reading Faculty of Arts |
| Tower Hamlets College | 40 FTEs were threatened, including compulsory redundancies, but following indefinite strike action from 27 August, a resolution has now been reached whereby the job cutting programme has ceased with no compulsory redundancies |
| Trafford College | At least 22 jobs being lost due to funding shortfall of £1.2 million |
| Tyne Met College | Tyne Met College announced that it would be making 45 job losses because of slashes to T2G funding |
| UCL | UCL has announced that it wants to cut up to 400 jobs in seeking to save £20 million from its budget. The distribution of the cuts is as follows: Arts & Humanities, Social & Historical Sciences, SSEES and Laws - all 2%; MAPS - 5.1%; Engineering Sciences - 4.8%; Bartlett - 4.8%; Life Sciences - 10.4%; Biomedical Sciences - 6.9% |
| University College Falmouth/Dartington | Planning to cut 52 jobs |
| University of the Arts | At least 100 job losses are threatened and up to 300 people are at risk. Cuts have been announced at London College of Fashion (4 posts) ; Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Schools of Art (46); and London College of Communication where significant course closures are planned and 63 salaried posts and over 200 part-time hourly-paid Associate Lecturer jobs are to be cut. The branch are now in dispute following inadequate consultation |
| Warwick University | 48 jobs being cut |
| Warwickshire College | At least 32 FTEs (40 jobs) were put at risk following cuts in adult ed funding - no compulsories |
| West Nottinghamshire College | 2 compulsory redundancies |
| West of England, university of | UCU and the university have issued a joint statement committing to work together to ensure that Languages has a sustainable future |
| Westminster, University of | Ceramics department closed with loss of at least 7 jobs |
| Winchester, University of | 2 jobs being cut |
| Wolverhampton University | The university has announced a redundancy programme which involves the loss of 250 jobs (one in ten staff) in a bid to save just over £8 million. VR scheme in operation till end of October |
| Writtle College | 3 compulsory redundancies |
| Yale College | At least 17 jobs at risk - 62 redundancies - Agreement has now been reached that there will be no compulsory redundancies at the College and on this basis, we called off the dispute |
| York University | 103 posts are to be cut by September |
| Yorkshire Coast College | 16 staff at risk due to financial deficit of £400,000 |
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