The college currently employs over 1,000 staff Trade unions representing staff at Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC) have said they believe there are plans to make 200 staff redundant.
Last week, management at BMC said it believed that it would have to make “over 100” people redundant.
It added that it hoped to make the reductions through voluntary redundancy.
However, unions have described the figure as “misleading” and said they would resist the cuts.
A joint statement by the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (Nipsa), the University and College Union (UCU) and the NASUWT said they had received new information from management.
The statement said it set out plans for reducing the college’s workforce by 20% which is “closer to 200 posts”.
Monica Goligher from UCU said that “unions intend to resist these attempts to decimate jobs and educational provision within the Belfast Metropolitan College”.
The college said the redundancies were necessary because it has been running a deficit for four years.
It has six campuses across the city and employs over 1,000 people.
Construction of a new campus in the Titanic Quarter is making significant progress and is due to open in September next year.
A new building is also due to be constructed in north-west Belfast. It is scheduled to open in spring 2012.
Finance has been secured for both projects.
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