Scotland's Universities Face Financial Crunch Point
Scotland's universities face a financial crunch, Job losses and cuts are a dismal hunch.
In Scotland's universities, a crisis did brew,
Finances were tight, with deficits to pursue,
Job losses were many, a fifth of the workforce gone,
A fifth of Dundee's staff, their numbers now shown.
Finances were tight, with deficits to pursue,
Job losses were many, a fifth of the workforce gone,
A fifth of Dundee's staff, their numbers now shown.
The University of Edinburgh, a £140m cut to make,
A tenth of their spending, for their future at stake,
Aberdeen University too, had staff cut through the years,
Voluntary redundancies, wiping away their tears.
A tenth of their spending, for their future at stake,
Aberdeen University too, had staff cut through the years,
Voluntary redundancies, wiping away their tears.
Robert Gordon University, 135 roles in the red,
Bound to be cut, their future now unsaid,
Eighty plus universities, with deficits to bear,
A financial burden, they couldn't share.
Bound to be cut, their future now unsaid,
Eighty plus universities, with deficits to bear,
A financial burden, they couldn't share.
The Scottish Funding Council, a delayed assessment to give,
More than half of Scotland's institutions, in deficit to live,
Students got free tuition, but funding didn't keep pace,
A decade of under-investment, a worrisome case.
More than half of Scotland's institutions, in deficit to live,
Students got free tuition, but funding didn't keep pace,
A decade of under-investment, a worrisome case.
Research funding declined, a 43% drop to see,
Scotland's lead in research, lost in the UK's spree,
The Institute for Fiscal Studies, a different view to show,
Spending per student, down 22%, a number to know.
Scotland's lead in research, lost in the UK's spree,
The Institute for Fiscal Studies, a different view to show,
Spending per student, down 22%, a number to know.