24 September 2026
An open letter from students regarding mass redundancies at the University of Nottingham

Dear Lucy Powell,

We are writing to you to voice our concern about the ongoing threats of mass redundancies at the University of Nottingham.

On the 27th of July, the University of Nottingham management team spoke with the UoN UCU. They asked for more time to consider the counter proposals against FN2. Students and staff will be left in the dark about the changes until early October. Term began on the 21st of September. Going ahead with the current FN2 programme will leave over 600 full-time staff members redundant. The Departments of American and Canadian Studies, Modern Languages and Music will be permanently cut. These cuts are a result of poor financial decision making. For example, the acquisition (£37.5m) and redevelopment (>£40m) of the Castle Meadow Campus, a campus which will not be used and is now only valued at

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  1. Sophie Pike
  2. Kate Norman, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  3. Emily Dulgarn, Student, University of Nottingham
  4. Connor Mulryne, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  5. James Loveridge, Swansea
  6. ek, student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  7. Tillie Walker, Hull
  8. Markuss Ozols, Cambridge
  9. Rosa Lomas, Brighton
  10. Emma Lewis, Student, UoN, Nottingham
  11. Jack Oldacre, Professional student, Uni of Notts
  12. Samuel Palama, PGR student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  13. Maxwell Roberts, Royston
  14. Nick Taylor, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  15. anonymous, University of Nottingham
  16. Lucy Perestrelo-Burke, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  17. Jim Heap, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  18. Seb C, Student, University of Nottingham
  19. Miguel Villanueva, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  20. Hanna Pike, Cambridge
  21. Katy Bentham, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  22. Lois Nobbs, Student, Nottingham
  23. Abigail, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  24. Morrigan Ashton, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  25. Gergo Balazs
  26. Angelika Smith, Student, University of Nottingham
  27. Hugh Hutchison, Engineer, Eaton, Nottingham
  28. Raphael Doza, student, university of oxford, university of nottingham, cambridge
  29. Ben Woodward, Nottingham
  30. holly innes, student, nottingham
  31. Anna Bottenberg, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  32. Basir Hakeemee, Student, Cardiff university, Cardiff
  33. Matilda Smith, Former Student, University of Nottingham
  34. Sam Ivory, Student, University of Nottingham
  35. Charlie Hazlewood, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  36. Thomas Birley, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  37. Rubin Allotey-Pappoe, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  38. ANNA BIRCH, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  39. lukas Kirkegaard, student, Notts
  40. Dionisio Nicolaou, Student, London
  41. Theo Parish, Engineer, Rolls-Royce, Derbyshire
  42. Kathryn Birch, PhD Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  43. Ethan Gill, CivEng Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  44. Leticia Santana, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  45. George King, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  46. Kieran Smith, PhD student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  47. Yue Shen, PhD student, UoN, Nottingham
  48. Charlotte Kemp, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  49. Jasper Humberston, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  50. Syed Sulayman Ali Shah, Student, Nottingham
  51. Miguel Yulo, PhD Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  52. Kamil Drynda, PhD Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  53. Piper K, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  54. Dhriti Thiruchitrambalam, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  55. Jack Parkinson, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  56. Omeed Hassani, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  57. Liam Ramsden, Student Nurse, UON, Nottingham
  58. Paris Revill, Student nurse, University of nottingham, Nottingham
  59. Magdalena Blaszczyk, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  60. Isabelle Hyde, student nurse, university of nottingham, nottingham
  61. Charlotte Wiener, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  62. Larrisa Tabah, Student, Nottingham
  63. Kate Harrison, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  64. Jack Purllant, Student, University of a Nottingham
  65. Alice Watson, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  66. Luke Joynes, Adult Nursing, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  67. Louise Wiener, Student of geography, University of Nottingham
  68. Eve Park, student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  69. Max Anthony, student nurse, UoN, Nottingham
  70. Eleanor Asquith
  71. Joe Burridge, PhD Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  72. Ciara Calver, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  73. William Howells, Student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  74. Jodie Swann, PhD student, University of Nottingham
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