Dundee University faces ‘hammer blow’ amid plans to cut 635 jobs

Interim principal says drastic measures needed to tackle 35m shortfall in day-to-day spending

Dundee University has announced plans to cut more than 600 jobs and reduce its teaching by a fifth to help cope with a 35m deficit in its accounts.

The university's interim principal, Prof Shane O'Neill, said that nearly 200 academic staff and 435 support staff would be made redundant, with every department hit by the cuts.