Over 80 jobs at risk at City College
A funding shortfall of £2 million pounds ovr the next academic year could see a maximum of 87 jobs go at City College Norwich.
48 teaching staff and 39 service staff were today told they are at risk of redundancy.
The college has said no courses will be withdrawn on cost grounds.
The Ipswich Road institute currently employs almost 1000 staff. Today the College began a 32-day consultation with staff and unions on plans that could lead to a maximum of 87 redundancies. A recruitment freeze has been introduced to maximise the opportunities available for redeployment.
Dick Palmer, Principal, City College Norwich said: “The harsh reality of cuts in education funding mean that we have to cut our cloth accordingly. Regrettably this will mean a number of redundancies across the College. I am confident that by working with staff and the trade unions we can minimise the number of jobs that will eventually be lost. This time last year we announced that around 80 posts were being placed at risk as part of our first wave of cost-cutting and a significantly lower number, 32 staff, were made redundant at the end of that process.”
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