@HigherEd_UK

Watching the slow-motion suicide of UK universities evolve into its next phase: fast-motion suicide. also at https://xitter.cf/t.co/FnUWCUsfn3

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If universities become degree sales businesses, as has happened in the UK, naive customers and corrupt managers inevitably become allies in a race to the bottom -- eventually buying and selling nothing. All activities surrounding the transaction are just for show.
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Colin Bingle@bingle_colinOct 14
Very sadly VCs and SMTs at @UniversitiesUK institutions really don't give a fu*k what their current students say. They are only interested in the students (and their fees) that are yet to come. Of course this will impact on that. "You said. We kind of ignored you (really)"
The National
@ScotNationalOct 13
EXCLUSIVE: Students at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) have overwhelmingly backed a vote of no confidence in university leadership, in what has been described as a historic shift in the institution's traditionally apolitical student culture👇
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Replying to @bingle_colin @UniversitiesUK
This blog looks at the issue of consent. In theory university’s get public money to provide a public good. They are not (yet) privately owned businesses or property. So where is the public accountability? commonweal.scot/daily-briefi…

Student no confidence vote reveals lack of consent — Common Weal

The key concept at the heart of democracy is consent. It is an important semantic choice – it is not 'approval' which implies agreement with a given decision. Consent indicates that the population on...

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21group@21percentgroupOct 14
It's a time-honoured institutional tradition Accountability is for little people Those with the big offices responsible for big messes are normally rewarded with a big promotion Professor implicated in loss of Cambridge Whistleblowing Tribunal is now Master of @DarwinCollege
James Kierstead@Kleisthenes2Oct 13
One question I still have about this is given that VUW have now accepted that the process that led to my dismissal was 'flawed,' and that Sarah Leggott oversaw the process, have there been any consequences at all for her? AFAIK, she is still holding senior admin positions at VUW
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In case anyone was getting optimistic about the direction of HE policy discourse.
HE News@HEontapOct 14
Too many degrees 'not value for money', says Andy Haldane | THE timeshighereducation.com/new…

Too many degrees ‘not value for money’, says Andy Haldane

Former Bank of England chief economist and Burnham adviser says changes to ensure graduates are work-ready not happening at ‘right pace and scale’

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With unis not being able submit the prior outputs of academics for REF in the future, will management see any sufficiently short-term ROI on building in research?
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Should potential students see this as a good sign?
Times Higher Education
@timeshigheredOct 12
De Montfort University has become the latest UK institution to plan to hire a portion of its staff through a subsidiary firm timeshighereducation.com/new…

De Montfort to open subsidiary firm and revise academic structure

Leicester-based university starts severance scheme, saying student recruitment shortfall means it has to make savings

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lol, why bother? Management doesn't care about plagiarism and they sure as hell don't care if all work is done by AI.
Times Higher Education
@timeshigheredOct 9
Several more UK universities are considering whether to continue paying for Turnitin after another institution announced it will not be renewing its deal with the edtech giant #highered #Turnitin timeshighereducation.com/new…
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Most VCs leech at least £5 million in personal wealth from the sector in the end, often more. They've left their universities in total shambles. Not because of hostile external forces, but because it was their playground for careerism. They are still not hated enough.
Daniel Dieppe@DanielDieppeOct 7
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West has never apologised. She is now paid £338,250 at Leeds. Perhaps blame should be laid on mental business decisions, not the free market.
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The scale of corruption and incompetence in UK HE management is breathtaking. Or it would be if anyone ever reported on it.
Daniel Dieppe@DanielDieppeOct 7
In 2021, the Uni of Nottingham spent £37.5 million buying a new campus, in central Nottingham. They then spent £40 million developing it. It is expected to be sold for £14 million. Shearer West, former Vice Chancellor moved on to Leeds in 2024. She was paid £300k+.
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The sector didn't just start collapsing in 2024...
Times Higher Education
@timeshigheredOct 8
The UK government must urgently come up with a clear plan for what would happen to students who are left stranded by university closures, according to the Conservatives’ shadow education minister #highered timeshighereducation.com/new…

Labour unprepared for universities going bust, says Tory peer

Party’s higher education spokesperson calls for all university students to have at least English and maths GCSEs

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Checking their bank account...
Colin Bingle@bingle_colinOct 7
Was it ever thus? One of these fluttered though Sheffield for a short time. My only experience of them was in a University H&S meeting where they just spent a lot of their time looking at their phone.
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Colin Bingle@bingle_colinOct 4
I believe that is only once been above inflation in the past 20 years🤔 Meanwhile the VCs have been coining it while blowing up the sector.
The Incredible Halc@963HalcOct 3
For "pay offer" read " below inflation pay cut" yet again!
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21group@21percentgroupOct 4
Crisis at Nottingham University has been worsened by senior-management financial decisions Staff & students pay the price -- but not the previous Vice Chancellor who precipitated the disaster Shearer West is now VC at Leeds thetimes.com/uk/education/ar…
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Right, universities don't spend nearly enough time focused on 'customer service.'
Times Higher Education
@timeshigheredSep 30
Universities are losing enrolments because they neglect the “fundamentals” of customer service, research suggests. @JohnRoss49 reports #highered #enrolments timeshighereducation.com/new…
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"as you all know, we a re facing a space crisis on campus due to external factors beyond our control. We're all going to have to make sacrifices. Except me of course.'
John Reeks@wartsandbrawlsSep 30
University managers are absolutely brilliant at spending an absolute tonne of borrowed cash on massive shiny buildings that take an age to get to, are functionally unusable for all practical academic needs, and manage to solve precisely zero problems relating to campus space.
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A deeply disturbing development that speaks to the the authoritarian attitude of management so common in HE.
UCU
@ucuSep 30
University of Brighton management has given notice to terminate its recognition agreement with UCU alongside collective agreements covering key terms and conditions. This isn't just about Brighton. What happens here could have implications for branches across the UK. Hear from Ryan at Brighton UCU on what's happening and why the branch needs our solidarity.
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One wonders if UK HE should move away from using marketing lingo as a basis for self declaring 'excellence'? Sure, it got us this far, but maybe it's time to reflect on the idea of confusing performance with gaslighting and groupthink.
Charles Knight
@CharlesknightSep 27
Worth remembering the "elite" Russell Group is only 30 years old and you can see it fragment as the actual world elite Universities pull out ahead of other members...
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a 'disaster' that 'risks leaving the rest of the sector behind'... That's the intention. We are at the 'every corrupt and incompetent senior manager for themselves' stage of the UK HE collapse.
Times Higher Education
@timeshigheredSep 30
The Russell Group’s call to introduce a tiered tuition fee system are “a disaster” that risks leaving the rest of the UK sector behind, a scholar has warned #highered #tuitionfees timeshighereducation.com/new…

Tiered English tuition fee system ‘would denude rest of sector’

Fallout over differential university fees suggestion continues, amid suggestions that the Russell Group head is saying the quiet part out loud

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They can never take this away from UK HE.
HE News@HEontapSep 29
Peppa Pig and Mr Bean giving UK boost in attracting international students, survey reveals | Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho…

Peppa Pig and Mr Bean are beloved British icons. Now they’re attracting UK investment

The fictional characters have helped to sway international students when deciding where they should attend university

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