Nothing to see here, of course,:
"A QUB spokesperson said: “The investment in Gift City is unrelated to the university’s voluntary severance scheme and it is vital to point out that there will be no compulsory redundancies as part of this process …"
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/feb/07/uk-universities-open-campuses-india-financial-woes-at-home?utm_term=67ae7add79ef9fa9e33626e72371ad3f&utm_campaign=GuardianUniversities&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=unis_email
"A QUB spokesperson said: “The investment in Gift City is unrelated to the university’s voluntary severance scheme and it is vital to point out that there will be no compulsory redundancies as part of this process …"
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/feb/07/uk-universities-open-campuses-india-financial-woes-at-home?utm_term=67ae7add79ef9fa9e33626e72371ad3f&utm_campaign=GuardianUniversities&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=unis_email
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Located in the hotspots of global superexploitative capitalism, the Special Economic Zones where taxation is zero, workers rights unknown, and planning regulations a thing from another planet, UK universities squeeze profit out of Global South middle-class dreams:
What a wonderful tragedy of transnational capitalism.