UCU said said the University of Roehampton is mounting an "assault on education".
The warning came after the university told staff it intends to cull the number of courses on offer and sack 226 academics - half of its academic staff. It then intends to make those who want to stay compete for far fewer new jobs, many of which will be short term contracts to teach out the courses that are being shut down.
The schools of arts, humanities and social sciences, education, psychology and life and health sciences have all been targeted and many subjects such as classics, anthropology, creative writing, therapy and photography will no longer be taught. The university wants to push its plans through by the end of August.
