WITH regards to your featured article on potential Brookes job losses, (March 28) I feel it may be a case of ‘oh dear’, so Brookes has over reached itself at long last.

‘Hooray’ is what many people are saying, due to Brookes’ buying up of Headington, Marston, Cowley and anywhere else it seems to deem fit for further development.

Unfortunately, it’s the people who are at present fearful for their jobs for whom I and many other people will feel sorry.

How many companies have gone to the wall because they have overstretched themselves?

I don’t think this will happen with Brookes, but don’t the powers that be have economists who could have foreseen this and have advised them about over expansion?

Who at the top within Brookes is under threat of being laid off? This downturn affects all within Brookes’ academic and non-academic staff, so there will be many people looking over their shoulders with trepidation as to who or what may be next.

Perhaps those at Oxford City Council could get off their backsides and enter into some type of dialogue with Brookes with regards to the empty rooms which could possibly be used for emergency accommodation.

Will they be fearful of the new to-be-imposed bedroom tax? I am sorry it’s only those on benefits who are affected – shame.

STEVEN BENNETT

Marston Road

Marston