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More than 300 staff at the University of Sheffield have volunteered to quit their jobs and are to leave the institution by the end of November.
The university will save Pounds 13 million as a result of the departures under a voluntary severance scheme that was announced in June.
A spokeswoman said that about 320 staff - or 5 per cent of the total workforce - would be leaving over the next three months, including 67 academic staff.
The university is aiming to reduce costs by Pounds 25 million by 2011-12,...