UCU Scotland comment on announcement in the Scottish Parliament budget debate on funding for universities including Dundee University

Commenting on today's (Tuesday 25 February) announcement during the budget debate in the Scottish Parliament that the Scottish Government was making up to £15million available to the Scottish Funding Council to help universities such as the University of Dundee as it faces a £30million deficit, UCU general secretary, Jo Grady, said "This is a step in the right direction and the Scottish Government is to be commended for supporting the university at this time.  Ministers elsewhere in the UK need to take heed and find funding to stop the cull on jobs and courses.  For Dundee University this gives a financial injection that should allow the employer to take compulsory redundancies off the table.  Doing that would allow UCU to stop the current strike at the university and the ball is now in managers' hands."