University of Essex: About 400 jobs
- Jobs
- About 400 (UK)
- Announced
- 2 December 2025
- Status
- Proposed
- Reason category
- Costs
reduce our costs
- Falling demand
lower student population
- Costs
- Where
- Southend-on-Sea and Colchester
- Source coverage
- Two or more publisher groups
- Sources
- 16 sources from 7 publisher groups.
How this figure is counted: The proposed reduction covers academic and professional service roles across the University of Essex. The source gives no loss split for Southend or the other campuses.
Source: University of Essex.
Sources
Changes to this page
| Date | What changed | Supporting evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Sep 2026 | Recorded job figure changed from Not stated to 400. | Source not recorded |
| 11 Oct 2026 | How the number is stated changed from Exact to About. | University of Essex |
| 11 Oct 2026 | First public announcement changed from 1 December 2025 to 2 December 2025. | University of Essex |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Constituency assignment updated for Southend. | University of Essex |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Country updated for Southend. | University of Essex |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Public location updated for Southend. | University of Essex |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Main reason changed from Not stated to Costs. | University of Essex |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Employer reasons changed from Not stated to Not stated. | University of Essex |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Employer explanation updated. | University of Essex |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Counting explanation updated. | University of Essex |
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