andrewperchard.bsky.social
Parent, husband and historian 🏴 🇪🇺 🇳🇿
Prof @universityofotago.bsky.social
VProf @ Birkbeck, U of London
CI @deindustrialpol
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The problem is that this was all signed away with Stern and too few, including the then UCU GS, objected at the time!
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Where to start with this! 🙄🤦🏻’it acknowledges individuals as the essential connection between institutions and the research outputs they submit, while aligning assessment with institutional level funding allocation and providing appropriate recognition for research enabled by the institution. ‘
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Ambition can creep as well as soar 😉
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Don’t get me started on urban panzers! 🤬
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As across other policy areas, legislators either knowingly or through oversight don’t always see a direct correlation between injudicious law making and the growth of bureaucracy while clamouring for the scaling back of the latter!
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As the piece acknowledges, comparisons w/ r/Europe can be tricky. There’s far greater transparency and control over snr mgt salaries for one as public servants than UK. UK HEIs also stifled by a panoply of metrics that are of govt’s making and are significantly responsible for this mgt expansion…
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(2/2) In this respect, Australia would make for a much better comparison. No public universities elsewhere in Europe are contending with that. And indeed not for profits operating in the business school space are making a virtue of their slim management structures when recruiting.
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Couple of immediate points about the international comparisons and expenditure and the spectre at the feast in this; it does not consider the corporatism (not just marketisation) of UK universities (whether north or south of the border) & exponential growth of expensive layers of management. (1/2)
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… but no surprise that the BBC provides a sympathetic platform
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And crucially in a very Trumpian manner, refusing to apologise for the offensive comments that gave rise to that or confront the demonstrable Islamophobia in “his” party.
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Will read with interest. Our historical organisational study identified the risks of strategic homophily - the selection of those from a similar background to achieve strategic aims - in a British firm with a close relationship with government: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Mathieson’s been banging this drum since he started at Edinburgh. It’s also a useful deflection from scrutiny of the SMT’s management of their finances. A start might be transparency on their financing of the purchasing of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and the Edinburgh Futures Institute!
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Given the regularity of Kyle’s meetings with Big Tech and their ‘sense-checking’ of the AI strategic plan, I would view the explanation given with considerable scepticism…
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Wait until Google launches their much hyped app which even dispenses with the search function… the words of Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan are resonating.
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Fantastisk historie 🏴 🇳🇴
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Ooft! No and no; both place staff at considerable risk. Typically this should be covered before booking of travel takes place. I’ve never come across this before. Very alarming.
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Thanks for letting me know Tom. Was showing up for me but maybe because in our internal basecamp. Here’s a screenshot.
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Don’t encourage Starmer…
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😂😂😂
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The Times, in particular, which now appears to be settling on ground once occupied by the DT.
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*felt by those
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Word?
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Horrific and an indication of the intensification of hatred being stoked by this administration and the empowerment felt by that who want to act on those impulses.
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🙄 what a farce.
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Falange knows all about exploiting his position in the media. I hope they sue the odious bigot.
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Silence? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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And lingering in the shadows…
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Truss and idiocy; no further explanation necessary!
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Why would they want to join!
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I yearn for the innocence of Brass Eye!
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🙄 I’d like to say I’m shocked but experience in this sector has taught me otherwise…
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West of Scotland dreams dashed, Liam 🙂↕️