Universities under fire for outsourcing low-paid campus jobs

At Oxford Brookes, spending on outsourced cleaners, security and maintenance more than doubled from almost £4m in 2010 to over £9m in 2017. Photograph: Oxford BrookesUniversities have been criticised for “tearing away” wages, pensions and rights from low-paid staff amid a steep increase in the number of outsourced cleaning, security and maintenance staff working on campuses.Data released by 42 universities in England, Scotland and Wales to the Guardian under freedom of in