Salford University has announced plans to shed 200 jobs.
The cuts will fall on office and support staff over the next two years. Teaching staff will not be affected.
The 20,000-student campus earlier this year announced plans to cut 30 to 40 posts, which will now be incorporated into the 200 total.
The cuts come as Salford, along with other universities, must convince students and families to pay a three-fold increase in fees.
But managers claim they will be able to improve their courses at the same time as making cuts.
Martin Hall, the university’s vice-chancellor, said there were cases of inefficient working.
He told the M.E.N: "If we have inefficient ways of doing things you have to have more jobs to work around the problems. We believe there are better ways of doing things.
"Rather than someone going to lectures checking that computer systems are working, you could have auto-diagnostic systems which alert you when there’s a problem."
The university has a workforce of around 2,500 full-time posts.
"Those working as secretaries, IT experts, technicians and in clerical roles will be among those affected. Talks with trade unions have now started.
Prof Hall insisted resources would not be affected. He added: "We are not in a situation where we have to plug a gap.
"There is no shortfall in our budget. Things are tight but we have set our fees as competitively as we can, because we think it is fair.
"However, we do have to plan for the future and look to do things better so we can invest in what matters to students."
Last month, the university announced it would set annual fees of between £8,000 and £9,000.
Students and staff on arts and media courses have re-located to a new multi-million pound site at MediaCity and the university has also announced an ambitious £75m revamp of its campus on The Crescent.
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I notice no teaching jobs ( and I suppose senior management) posts are going. If Salford University want to make savings they should start at the top there must be plenty of overpaid underworked pen pushers they can do without.
As a Salford graduate I can honestly say that there is no way I would send my children there, especially considering the ridiculous costs involved.
£8000 to study at a second rate university? I'd rather go without.
Oh good gracious no!
Are you serious?
Do you not realize how precious and important these people are ?
These people,if by some bizarre and unfair twist of fate, were to be threatened with the earthly experience of redundancy would
A) Network, tap up their chums in the unions and go on strike or
B) Develop some affliction or ailment that would have to be carried and supported by the NHS until the scare was over or
C) Pursue all legal means of maintaining their overpaid sinecures (probably the fav response!) or
D) Backstab, assassinate and scratch to the point where everyone was either dead or blinded anyway
Would you actually expect such people to accept their fate with dignity and good grace?
That would make it doubly unfair!
No money for jobs yet they can pour money into Sale Sharks RU club???
"Rather than someone going to lectures checking that computer systems are working, you could have auto-diagnostic systems which alert you when there’s a problem."
You could have but no doubt you haven't so slash away from the bottom up anyhow.
I also read the other day that Salford university has dropped down the rankings once more and are now near the bottom of the national league tables, If this was my company I would make sure the cuts hit those clowns running the place and not those that actually produce something.
There again I'm not an academic so what do i know.
Just an after thought but does Salfords Vice-Chancellor drive around in a Chaffeur driven car as the majority of VC's do?
Universitys have become little imperialistic states where Education is thrown by the wayside, it wasn't that long ago when there was a big banner up outsde Salford Uni stating £100+m was being spent on developing this and that building, now they are spending another £75m on another revamp, plus god knows how many more millions on media City.
With all this spare money I take it all the labs and equipment within the Uni are 'state of the art' and Students are getting a good value for their money and this excess cash for another cosmetic upgrade outweighs the benefits of losing staff.