University staff blindsided by redundancy after being sent error email 'confirming' jobs were safe

An administrative error at the University of Essex left 18 Health and Social Care lecturers at the Southend campus believing their positions were secure, only to learn days later they remained under threat of redundancy. It comes after some 400 staff jobs hang in the balance after the university announced the closure of the Southend campus this August. The affected staff received correspondence on March 6 informing them they had been removed from the redundancy pool and were no longer facing