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Eighty staff at Thames Valley 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ have already agreed to leave under a voluntary severance scheme introduced last year, but the university said further savings are required. "A targeted voluntary severance offer has been extended until the beginning of April," it said. The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and College Union said: "We are still hopeful that compulsory redundancies will be avoided."

Lancaster 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ's council passed a motion on 20 March stating that "it is desirable that there should be a reduction in academic staff ... by way of redundancy". Its senate had earlier passed a motion saying that such action was premature. The UCU branch at Lancaster said: "This is the first time we can remember our council explicitly ignoring the wishes of our senate and shows a disregard for ... established constitutional practices."

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Dundee is planning to restructure its media arts and imaging division within the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. Four new lectureships are likely to be created, but the unit's six part-time teaching fellows may be at risk. A Dundee spokesman said: "Redundancy cannot be ruled out."