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University of Dundee lecturers vote to strike
LECTURERS have overwhelming backed strike action as they fight plans to slash jobs at the University of Dundee.
The institution was plunged into crisis in November when its principal — under fire for his first class travel to the Far East at the university’s expense — announced that it was facing a £30 million deficit before immediately resigning.
Much of the senior management team have since left, but those remaining have refused to rule out compulsory redundancies and have ignored calls from SNP higher education minister Graeme Dey to include workers or unions in any decisions.
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