In appeal to board of governors signed by 198 academics, they say management is unjustified in its decision to axe 171 jobsNearly 200 professors at Manchester University have signed a letter expressing no confidence in the institution’s management after it set out plans to axe 171 jobs. In a letter to Edward Astle, the chair of the university’s board of governors, the academics accused the institution’s senior leadership team of acting in “an ill-considered and unjustified way”. “[We] and a substantial number of other academics have no confidence in senior management,” states the letter, signed by 174 of Manchester’s current professors and 24 emeritus professors. “When pressed in meetings, management falls back on the argument that their proposals are necessary to deal with underperformance,” the letter reads. “We do know there is no urgent financial requirement to reduce the academic headcount at the university,” write the academics.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2017 17:15 UTC