Cardiff University proposes merging chemistry department with other schools

The chemistry department at Cardiff University is set to merge with the earth and environmental sciences, and physics and astronomy departments to form a new school of natural sciences, under proposals announced at the end of January. 

It is also proposed that, over the three-year implementation period, chemistry staff would be reduced by five to 10 full-time employees. However, a spokesperson for the university said that compulsory redundancies would be a ‘last resort’.