Staff protest at Salford

The protest, which took place on the final day of student graduation, follows moves by the university to place staff in 'redundancy pools' with dozens of jobs at risk.

In the past year the institution has announced seven lots of redundancies and talks last week aimed at resolving the dispute broke down last month.

Salford students have backed the lecturers' campaign to save jobs, with the students' union saying redundancies negatively impact upon the student experience. The students' union added that the university's lack of communication and consultation with students had lead to a 'culture of misinformation'.