TRADE unions at Cardiff University are celebrating the extension of tomorrow’s deadline for responding to its redundancy consultation — and its promise of no compulsory redundancies this year.

UCU Cardiff called off a series of planned strikes after the no-redundancy pledge was made and the consultation on “academic futures” proposals was extended to June 30, allowing for further union discussion.

UCU Cardiff’s Andy Williams said his union had won important concessions from the university’s executive board via talks at the conciliation service Acas, on May Day itself.