The University of Liverpool is looking to cut staff amid struggling finances.
Russell Group, which runs the city’s higher education facility, has written to all staff informing them of a Voluntary Leavers Scheme launching this week.
Core staff who hold at least two years’ continuous service will be eligible to apply for the scheme, which has a deadline for applications set at April 22.
The leavers scheme is one of several measures that university chiefs are planning to implement in attempts to secure long-term financial stability.
However they insist that the redundancy scheme is purely voluntary and currently have no plans to enact compulsory redundancies in the workforce.
Edge Hill University are another faculty in the greater Merseyside area to explore voluntarily trimming staff numbers as part of ‘cost-cutting measures’.
Interim vice-chancellor Lynda Brady informed staff that two schemes are available with one focused on reducing staff hours and another in severance.
It reflects a wider picture across the country as falling student numbers, high inflation and frozen fees at the heart of the ongoing financial crisis.