It must have been reassuring to staff at Sussex University that Rob Read, director of communications, has made a public announcement that no one will lose their job as a result of overspending on the provision of a new cabling network (Letters, January 9).

He said the overspend is only a minimal part of the overall budget.

If other departments are also overspending without redress, it could mean there is no need for top-up fees, just a general tightening of the spending of the overgenerous budget would have the same effect.

Someone somewhere should be sacked.

The lack of supervision of the cost effectiveness of this incident should be fully investigated.

-I Levett Carpenters, Billingshurst