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Crisis-ridden University of Dundee to axe 632 jobs
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CRISIS-stricken University of Dundee has announced plans to axe 632 jobs, warning it was “very unlikely” that compulsory redundancies could be avoided.

The institution was plunged into chaos in November when principal Professor Iain Gillespie announced a £30 million deficit before immediately resigning along with the entire management team.

Since then, both Unison and the UCU balloted for strike action as management refused to rule out comulsory redundancies.

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