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University to expand and be ‘world leader’

06 November, 2008

Heriot-Watt University is set to increase its staff by 50 per cent over the coming decade as part of major expansion plans, it has emerged.

There are currently 450 members of staff, but the aim is to raise that number to 625 by recruiting academics in key areas. However, to raise the £3 million necessary for the plan, voluntary redundancies in other non-priority areas were announced in March. Over the next five years, £10 million will be ploughed into increasing research and improving infrastructure at the Edinburgh university’s campuses. Read the full article in The Scotsman.