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A bumper year for Vice Chancellor pay 😉 Instead of being run by people who are good citizens, #universities got a bunch of sociopaths who could only grab for themselves There'll be a lot of departing VCs this year There'll be lot of golden pay-offs timeshighereducation.com/news/vice-chan…

Is our VC traveling internationally (in business class!) a valuable use of university funds at a time when management are looking to cut £23m from the core staffing budget? x.com/samburtonjourn…

Last Thursday, all academic-facing staff at the English Language Teaching Centre were informed that they would be placed at risk of redundancy as the ELTC formally enters collective consultation under the University’s restructuring procedure.

Write fewer papers. Write better papers. Write papers that move the field. Write papers for others. Write papers that make people feel smart. Write papers that don't exist. Agree 👇

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Staff pushed onto teaching-only contracts via subsidiary as Coventry University fires-and-rehires Senior management team at Coventry #university is 1 VC, 6 Pro VCs, 6 Deputy VCs, 1 People Officer, 1 CEO, 1 Provost, 1 Vice Provost VC's salary was ~ £393k in 2023 coventry.ac.uk/the-university…

He may not be close to being the greatest dancer thats been on Strictly. He is however part of the greatest partnership we’ve ever seen. Chris & Dianne you have made our Saturday nights. #strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #chrismccausland #strictlyfinal #diannebuswell

Australian higher education will only thrive if it weeds out the “egomaniacs” who abide “toxic high performers” and celebrate “arrogance and hubris” rather than honesty and humility. timeshighereducation.com/news/lets-be-h…

Coventry University Coventry University to axe 92 jobs and transfer academics to subsidiary firm. Remaining staff will lose access to Teachers’ Pensions Scheme as UCU attacks cuts “straight out of the Scrooge playbook”. Juliette Rowsell reports bit.ly/4ghVhVv

Voice of Victim "I'm being made jobless from Russell Group university after 27 yrs Uni only recognised 17 yrs. When I joined the Cancer Institute, it was not then part of Uni Redundancy was not a lot, I'm now getting £5k less It's a great comfort to know my VC gets £650k pa"

The Return of the Reaper Keele University 🐿️ Keele already had one visit this year May 2024, the Reaper opened a voluntary redundancy scheme (statutory minimum only) inviting 2300 staff members The Reaper is back targeting humanities & social sciences bbc.com/news/articles/…

Operating deficits almost uniformly across the board for UK universities Freeze on tuition fees plays a role As does ballooning leadership & administration costs & lack of regulation to prevent financial misadventures Funding & regulatory reform needed timeshighereducation.com/news/york-and-…

Nowadays, an academic's main jobs in university are (i) to complete mandatory training courses, (ii) to answer emails & attend Teams meetings, (iii) to generate income that supports the ever growing cadre of senior administrators

20 years ago, an academic career required commitment & dedication Now, there are unprecedented levels of stress from Heads of Depts, REF, senior management, VCs & governments We need more Health & Safety Executive probes into universities birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

According to Keir Starmer, wanting a Public Inquiry into the grooming and gang-rape of thousands of young girls across the UK is “far right”. This isn’t about left or right. It’s about right and wrong.

“Is not January the hardest month to get through? When you have weathered that, you get into the gulfstream of winter, nearer the shores of spring.” H.D. #Thoreau, Journal

What do you think? #philosophyforchildren #wondering #p4c #philosophy #education #childhood

Prof Dame Jessica Corner states the bleeding obvious "REF created perverse incentives" As Chair of Research England, Prof Corner gets £220K for observations like "If you turn off a light, it gets dark" researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res… #academia

Robert Gordon is planning to lose another 135 posts. In January 2024, 1762 people worked at the university, by October 2024 1477. Minus another 135 is 1342, or shrunk by a quarter within one year. rgu.ac.uk/about/governan…

Just Fancy That Universities UK say "VCs' salaries are pretty low compared with what they could earn elsewhere" University staff say "Many VCs are actually unemployable in the real world"