Cardiff job cuts “canary in the coalmine”, Committee Chair says

• Welsh Affairs Committee

Chair comment

Chair of the Committee Ruth Jones MP said:

“This news is very concerning. For Wales to thrive, its universities need to survive and every job cut impedes that mission. It is not only academics and students who will suffer from these cuts, but the wider community in South Wales.

“But Cardiff is just one of the universities facing severe financial pressures. Without certainty for the future, including on long-term funding and the number of international and UK students, there is a risk that this problem could spread further. Is today’s news a canary in the coal mine?

“I encourage the UK Government to investigate how it can work with the university sector to provide much-needed long-term security and will ask the Welsh First Minister when she next appears before our committee how her Government can take its own action.”

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