PA MediaDundee University could receive financial help from the higher education funding authority, as it faces a multi-million-pound hole in its finances.
The new chief executive of the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) said she wanted to ensure the institution could “survive and thrive” and pledged to carefully consider requests for financial aid.
The university announced a projected shortfall of up to £30m, partly as a result of a fall in recruitment of international students.
Job cuts have been proposed to balance the books but University and College Union members have voted to strike against the plans.
Speaking to The Scotsman, SFC chief executive Francesca Osowska said no other Scottish universities were believed to be under as much financial pressure as Dundee.
She said: “Let’s see what is on the table in terms of the financial recovery plan that Dundee offer.
“When I say we stand ready to support, we stand ready to support not just with our expertise, which I think is probably one of our key calling cards, but if there is a financial ask, we will look really carefully at that. We want this institution to survive and thrive.”
Asked if significant public funding could be used, she said “there could be”, adding that existing funding could perhaps be provided in a more “phased way”.
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