{"id":92032,"date":"2025-02-04T18:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T18:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=92032"},"modified":"2025-02-04T18:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T18:04:01","slug":"nursing-lecturers-protest-their-jobs-being-put-at-risk-as-part-of-cardiff-university-proposals-to-axe-courses-and-400-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/04\/nursing-lecturers-protest-their-jobs-being-put-at-risk-as-part-of-cardiff-university-proposals-to-axe-courses-and-400-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing lecturers protest their jobs being put at risk as part of Cardiff University proposals to axe courses and 400 jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">\u2018I\u2019ve been a nurse for 37 years, it\u2019s sad to think my career could end like this&#8217; &#8211; nurse found out her job was at risk online before Cardiff University told her <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>WELSH nurses say they feel &#8220;forgotten about four years after COVID&#8221; as Cardiff University proposes cutting 400 jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposals, which would include axing ancient history, theology, music, and nursing, are to fill a \u00a331m funding deficit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A University and College Union (UCU) demonstration at the Senedd to demand more funding for higher education was expanded to also protest the planned cuts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re devastated,\u201d said nursing lecturer Suzanne Hughes at the protest on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt came as a bolt from the blue because the communication from the university has been terrible &#8211; the press were informed before we were,\u201d the 57-year-old said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She found out her job was at risk when a student who had read it online emailed her to ask if it was true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been a nurse for 37 years &#8211; it\u2019s sad to think my career could end like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fellow lecturer Dr Clare Hawker said: \u201cIn COVID, we worked as nurses during the day and lecturers at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut now we feel forgotten about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Hawker still considers herself an active nurse, saying that just last week she was called to help a woman that had fallen in her village.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom a very young age I\u2019ve wanted to help people. Nursing is in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But they say they are still in the dark as to what is going to happen.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The students have been so supportive. They have really been leading the movement,\u201d said Dr Hawker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-1-1-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Student nurses protesting the cuts outside the Senedd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the students, Cerys Keane, said she was \u201cutterly horrified at the proposal to close our school, and terrified of what this will mean for the future of the NHS\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had so many texts from people not knowing if they\u2019ll even be able to keep studying in Cardiff,\u201d the 27-year-old nursing student said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur cohort is over 100 people, and it\u2019s scary to think there will be 100 less nurses in Cardiff.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Andy Williams, Cardiff University\u2019s UCU representative, said he also believed that the other courses and jobs proposed to be lost were also a mismanagement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have turned up here in force to show our care for both these courses and about funding higher education in general,\u201d the media lecturer said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis affects all of us because it\u2019s changing the mission statement of universities.\u201d He said be believed the institution no longer provides universal education, as promised.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have to have additional funding, but also spend well. We can\u2019t just pour money into a poorly-managed university.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-2-1-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr Andy Williams, right, at the demonstration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice-chancellor Professor Wendy Larner, who made the proposition, has said in a statement addressing the cuts: \u201cThe precarious financial position of many universities, particularly in the context of declining international student applications and increasing cost pressures, and the need to adapt to survive are well documented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know here at Cardiff University that it is no longer an option for us to continue as we are. Our new strategy, co-created with our community, lays out an ambitious future for our University where it is collaborative, innovative, and delivering value for Cardiff, Wales and the wider world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSecuring that future, in the context of tightening finances, means we need to take difficult decisions to realise our ambitions to enhance our education and research, and improve the staff and student experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have worked diligently to create initial proposals for a slightly smaller University, refocused around our core and emerging strengths \u2013 a University ready to leverage new academic opportunities, prepare students for an adapting world and meet changing market demands as they arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the same time as putting forward these proposals to reshape our current activities, we will be working on a new model for flexible lifelong learning, new opportunities in transnational education, and new approaches to learning and teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur proposals aim to create a more focused, higher quality research environment for staff and students that is world-leading with cynefin, place and co-creation at its heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also want to ensure a consistently excellent education experience for students of all backgrounds and experiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof Larner also stressed that these are proposals and the final plans will be shaped through formal consultation over the next 90 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018I\u2019ve been a nurse for 37 years, it\u2019s sad to think my career could end like this&#8217; &#8211; nurse found out her job was at risk online before Cardiff University told her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1207,"featured_media":92063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6848],"tags":[8970,46,8971,637,5374,552,588,367,3633,2297],"coauthors":[8787],"class_list":["post-92032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-spirit-of-cardiff","tag-cardiff-univeristy","tag-cuts","tag-higher-education","tag-nurses","tag-nursing","tag-protest","tag-senedd","tag-students","tag-ucu","tag-union"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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