The few staff that aren’t gutless or who aren’t too exhausted to still challenge are silenced and restructured out in my university, as it seems they are elsewhere. So yes, 💯 of VCs.

I wish I could disagree with your assessment of our shared reality but sadly…

I despise the obsession with disinvesting in fundamental research in favour of innovation / commercialisation. VCs and their “top teams” are (or were) themselves scholars and so *should* understand the interdependencies. No doubt the result of brainwashing at a UUK conference.

It defies belief. And Council is either clueless or complicit… usually the latter.

💯 agree. They move freely between universities, perpetuating a cycle of destabilization and managerial overreach, compromising academic integrity and leaving a trail institutional decay. Staff are held accountable for their every move but institutional vandalism goes unchecked.

And when the results aren’t so favourable, management are quick to criticise league tables and point out the fluctuations. The double standards are just staggering.

You are clearly blessed to still be working in a university where good administrators haven’t been offloaded, without any regard for the consequences, to improve the bottom line. Savour it. I remember it and it was a great environment to be in.

Sounds depressingly familiar. Senior management at my university couldn’t give a damn about research and specifically our performance in the next REF. Why should they - that will be someone else’s problem as they will be long gone ruining their next “provider”. Crooked.

- see staff as the problem, rather than the solution - pay management consultants millions to tell us what we already know

It was a catastrophic policy decision that was always going to create a car wreckage. But vice chancellors said nothing at the time and are still silent on the matter. Is that corruption or incompetence, or both?

And looks at the millions being utterly wasted on consultants.

This @bphillipsonMP … 👇

Mea Culpa, I was judging stupidity from my viewpoint. They’d never jeopardize their own circumstances.

But they ARE also quite stupid. Losing their heads and constantly hitting the panic button, rather than actually working with, and listening to, their talented workforce who, let’s face it, they’ve decided - somewhat inexplicably - are they problem rather than the solution

“Engagement…” there it is again @qm_ucu

This is a disgrace. Management want their cake and eat it. @bphillipsonMP the state of the HE sector and the corruption of senior management is killing one of the UK’s greatest success stories…

Critical debate leads to better decisions. Simple as that. But management don’t want it. They just relish the silent majority and somehow take that as validation… much like all narcissistic bullies.

This is appalling treatment. And of course, where Huddersfield management dares to tread, vice-chancellors up and down the land will be pleased to follow. @bphillipsonMP the HE sector needs you to take action urgently.

“The networks are being engaged”… What utter drivel, and no doubt from the same vacuous management consultants used by my university.

Every university senior leadership team needs to understand this. WAY too much box ticking going on rather than genuine engagement with the issues that are profoundly impacting staff.