“Queen’s University Belfast has launched a voluntary severance scheme in order to reduce its ‘recurrent costs’ and support the return of the annual operating budget to a ‘break-even position’. The university has recorded an operational deficit of £12.7 million (€15.3 million) for the 2023-2024 academic year, according to a letter written to staff on Monday …” (more)
[Sarah Burns, Irish Times, 3 February]