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I 981 2 February 5th 1981 Principal All Cut Up retirement before the end of the Cuts in the University's academic year 198 1-82 were retired recurrent grant, an without replacement (which is not considered to be feasible) this would nounced by the Govern not produce the required savings. The ment shortly before number of staff leaving the Un iversity to take up other empl oyment is Christmas, are likely to unlikely to be significant, given the necessitate a mimimum national unemploymcn: level. · reduction of £1.65m in the University's budget Cawtal Expenditure- the out oo k encouraging_ for 1981-82. Urgent action needed The Principal, Dr I O n Mo nday, t he Resources Burnett, talked to\ Committee recommended to the u m·vers11y Court a number of Student concerning the measu res. It was recommended th at the savings target for the current effect of these cuts on financial year (to be achieved by life at the University. October) be trebled to over£ Im; that additional savings in the year 198 1-82 should be increased from £100,000 to The Principal was asked about the £1,050,000; and that the Development possibility of departments closing. '"I Committee shoul d be advised to stop th.irik ·· that i"t is ·improbable all capital works not ye t started, with will be the first consequence of the the possi ble exception of externally problems we are facing . (but) this funded projects. Oth er suggestions £30m ·volume cut' is first of three in were that a committee structure consecut ive years and if, say, another should be established to id entify £30m saving is required then in the possible savings in the non-academic year 1981-82 we will have to increase sector and that the freeze on vacant our savings by another £l/,m and in posts should be lifted - although, those circumstances it is difficult to given the level of cuts, this wi ll be sec how we could save the money ta"r~ely a formali_tv! without actually closing some departments.'' On the long-term prospects for the Fall in number of Uni ve rsity, Or Burnett said th at the most important thing was "to Overseas Students with maintain the range of activities in rising costs of study Unive rs ities ... But although the range Dr John Burnell, Principal of Edinburgh University. of facilities offered collectively bv Universities in 10 or 20 y_ears time Cuts cause insecurity On the question of capital There are a number of factors which might well be increased, "the activities Dr Burnett was not greatly expenditure, the outlook was not are lik ely to make the effect of the in any one Un ive rsity may well be concerned about the feel ing of encouraging ... Apart from residential budget reduction m o re severe. reduced." insecurity which might arise after developments which are already Government provision is based on the sudden changes in the University's underway, there is not much chance, assumption thaf the wages and Dr Burnett emphasised the need financial position. " We got used to the dental schol apart, of anything else salaries will increase by no mo re than not to be rushed into decisions living with insecurity 12 months ago," very much happening." 6%: any additional 1% increase will because, given the time-scale of he said , .. but it is a n innovation for cause a further £200,000 cut. The Uni versity life "you can make a British Universities only to know ones The figure of £1.65m (calculated in spiralling cost of study he re for decision now whose consequences mo ney one year or less at a time, and 1979 values) is based o n what arc overseas s[ udents is likely to cause a may not become apparent fo r 8, or so it is immensely important that my called "conservative assumptions" further fall in th ei r numbers, although even 10 or 12 years." colleagues in the Uni versity and the and may turn out to be considerably the Universi ty plans to make every . Asked about whether th e student bod y know what we're abo ut worse. Even more worrying are the effort to attract them. It is thought Committe'e of Vice-Chancellors and and get used to th e id ea." rumblings from the Government that likely that the link between st ude nt Principals might be able to persuade this 6% reduction in rea l terms will be numbers and the UGC grant will be the G0vernment to allow more the first of three substantial "volume introduced, with a penalty for tilTle for the implementation of these The Principal was confident that cuts" in state support to British shortfall , but no compensation for latest cuts·, the Principal replied: " I Edinburgh would not become less Universities. overshoot. While selective realisation would say that the whole pose of the attractive to student applicants. The decentralised system of budget of resources would be considered, th"e Government a t the moment is such Applications from home students control in Edinburgh University University was unde r a legal and that, havin g made a dictat, they don't were very encouraging: "Edinburgh means that the exact implications in moral obligation to retain most of its go back on it ... The chances of the University is clearly regarded as a particular areas of spending will not property and artistic treasures. time-scale being extended on this firs t good place to come to study." become clear for some time, but the Asked about the reaction of the volume cut are negligible, but it might general scale of cuts can already be Sandy Murray help with the second and third." If Unions to the latest news, Dr Burnett seen. Even if all the staff at or beyond m_ore time was in fact, all owed, it said that he had had "a most helpful would help by both increasing the disc ussion with all the representatives number of staff who could be lost of all the Unions that a re represented through retirement a nd by increasing at the University ... everybod)' is well KING'S BUILDING UNION the possibility of finding alternative aware of the situation and of the sources of finance. uncertaint y." ANNUAL BALL The Flaming End future .of the Fire Safety Engineering Two University depart Department will be in jeopardy. ments may be at risk as The unique courses in tropical veterinary medicine at Edinburgh Government cut-backs have world-wide. standing and attract tighten the University postgraduates lrom mostly Thi rd Wo rld countries. Besides 6eing a budget. teaching unit thi s s pecialis t department of the Veterinary In the University's annual report Medicine School carries out research , the Department of Fire Safely this fi eld of study will not be affected Engineering and the specialist courses by the cuts. It is a different matter, in Tropical VetCrinary Medicine were ho wever, for the teaching unit named as potential victims of the following the ODA 's (Overseas future cuts. Development Agency) decision to withdraw its contribution to the The Department of Fire Safety teaching fund - approximately Engineering was set up in 1973 on an £100,000. The University then decided experimental basis to examine the Due to lack of support the Kings Buildings Union to take emergency action to keep the processes of fire and safety methods. course going for this academic year Annual Ball has been called off. Out of the two hundred It was originally throught such a and made available a sum of money tickets printed only thirty-seven have been sold so far. One course would attract sufficient for this purpose. the fees for the interest from industry and commerce week before the event last year over one hundred had been course were raised to between £5,000- to cover running costs.