Sally Hunt

“And a number of colleges and other institutions were waiting for strike ballots to come back. 'You can't carry on with that, without a backlash,' Ms Hunt warned. She said she had just heard about 100…”

“She said she had just heard about 100 job losses at Glasgow University.”

“'The day Congress began I counted more than 100 institutions making cuts - slashing courses; sacking staff; usually both,' says Ms Hunt.”

“In her speech to congress on Tuesday, she will claim that the new government is cutting colleges and university budgets by £1.5bn, while offering £8bn in tax giveaways to business.”

“Today's corporation tax cut could have funded university places for all students forced to cough up for university fees.”