The University of Sheffield has been urged by a union to pause its planned restructuring and consult staff, or risk “disastrous consequences”.
Koen Lamberts, Sheffield’s vice-chancellor, informed staff this week that the institution was planning on creating a “new school structure”, reducing the number of academic departments and creating more evenly sized schools.
In an all-staff meeting the next day, senior management reportedly said they could not guarantee there would not be any redundancies.
The university told Times Higher Education that there were no anticipated academic redundancies as part of the new school structure.
