At it's October 19 meeting the Executive Council ratified a vote they had taken electronically to support the University of Manchester University and College Union strike vote over 140 proposed academic job losses. Thirty‐five (35) of the positions are in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, sixty‐five (65) positions are in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, and forty (40) positions are in the Alliance Business School.
In their recent strike vote, 86.7% voted in favor of strike action, and 93.1% in favor of taking action short of a strike.
A letter of support was sent on Oct. 23.