Childcare Centre was running at a substantial loss being subsidised by the University in 2023/24 by £250,000. The decision sparked criticism, particularly from student parents and staff.
=== National Glass Centre ===
The university announced on 12 January 2023 that the National Glass Centre building would be relocated within 3 years, due to significant investment being needed to address structural issues with the building. The university later announced that due to the cost of the relocation estimated at £9.4 million, it has instead decided to close the glass and ceramics course in summer 2026, with recruitment stopping from September 2024.
This is despite a £250 million capital development budget for the University
=== Restructuring and Layoffs ===
In 2024 the university announced departmental restructuring and combining of faculties and voluntary severance offers with caveats that if not enough voluntary severance offers are taken, targeted layoffs and redundancies will be undertaken.
On 30 September 2024, the University and College Union (UCU) warned the institution is considering 76 redundancies, including 60 out of 549 of its academic staff.
The union added: This is the second formal notification of redundancies in under six months. In neither this, nor the previous notification, were any management jobs put at risk.
== Campuses ==
There are two campuses in Sunderland, one in Hong Kong and one in London. The Sunderland campuses are City Campus and the Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter's.
=== Sunderland ===
==== St Peter's ====
St Peter's opened during the 1990s on the north bank of the River Wear, the site of St Peter's Church and monastery built by Benedict Biscop in 674 AD.
In September 2002, the campus was renamed ‘The Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St. Peter's’, after the local businessman who was one of the university's primary supporters. The Sunderland Business School is similarly named ’The Reg Vardy Centre’, and another building, primarily used by the School of Computing and Technology, is ’The …
