We at your Students’ Union know that many of you will have been following the news about UWS, including UWS Staff Trade Unions moving closer to taking strike action, a large deficit and questions over expense expenditure, and the ongoing Organisational Change Project which the UWS Staff Trade Unions feel has had a lack of meaningful consultation.

The principal held an all staff meeting on Wednesday 21st May where it was announced that the savings needed to be made totalled £16.9 million, with this cost saving to be achieved across the short, medium, and long term. As well as reducing the spend in procurement, and reviewing professional services provision, the proposal is to remove 75.2 full time equivalent* academic staff positions. This may result in some courses being discontinued. Currently it looks as though the School of Education and Social Sciences will face the biggest impact from these cuts/potential redundancies. 

As your Students’ Union we are working to digest the information received and to ensure that we are fighting for the student experience at UWS to be the best it can be. We are drawing up a list of questions to ask, and would welcome any questions from you so we can make sure we are addressing any concerns that you have.  Please feel free to e-mail uwsunion@uws.ac.uk if you have any questions or would like to be more involved in the Student Union’s response to the current situation. 

- Your Students' Union


*Full-time equivalent means that if staff do not work full time hours, more than 75.2 will face redundancies.