has on its last page a comedic take on the troubles in the sector through
the fictional University of Poppleton.
One great story was the one that makes fun of the managerialism at all universities.
Universities turn out many MBA grads each year and they started getting hired to
handle the business future of univerisities. Instead, they are handing out jobs
to their out of work friends, at about £120 000 a year,
when lecturer pay has been
frozen for at least 5 years,
and all the universities are laying off lecturers and cleaners.
frozen for at least 5 years,
and all the universities are laying off lecturers and cleaners.
So, this is part of the bigger story of the Haves and the Have nots.
Whoever has their hands on cold hard cash:
banks, government ministers, managers, Churches
is living the high life.
Everybody else has to get ready for the poorhouse.
Whoever has their hands on cold hard cash:
banks, government ministers, managers, Churches
is living the high life.
Everybody else has to get ready for the poorhouse.
checkitout:
Down with scholars!
22 October 2009
By Laurie Taylor
Our vice-chancellor is to head up a brand new organisation called UMAS (University Managers Against Scholarship).
Speaking to The Poppletonian earlier this week, he explained that membership of UMAS was open to all university vice-chancellors who did not go along with "the fashionable self-serving research peddled in organs like Times Higher Education that suggests that scholars make the best university leaders".
"Look at this university now," he said. "Does anyone seriously believe that we'd be in our present state if there'd been an airy-fairy head-in-the-clouds scholar at the helm, rather than myself and my dedicated and ever-growing team of hard-nosed functionally illiterate managers."
Did he anticipate a large membership? "Oh yes. You've only got to attend a couple of meetings of UUK to realise that there are simply dozens of vice-chancellors sitting around the table who don't have an idea in their heads about Proust or particle physics but would certainly know a strategic objective if it looked them in the face."
Down with scholars!
22 October 2009
By Laurie Taylor
Our vice-chancellor is to head up a brand new organisation called UMAS (University Managers Against Scholarship).
Speaking to The Poppletonian earlier this week, he explained that membership of UMAS was open to all university vice-chancellors who did not go along with "the fashionable self-serving research peddled in organs like Times Higher Education that suggests that scholars make the best university leaders".
"Look at this university now," he said. "Does anyone seriously believe that we'd be in our present state if there'd been an airy-fairy head-in-the-clouds scholar at the helm, rather than myself and my dedicated and ever-growing team of hard-nosed functionally illiterate managers."
Did he anticipate a large membership? "Oh yes. You've only got to attend a couple of meetings of UUK to realise that there are simply dozens of vice-chancellors sitting around the table who don't have an idea in their heads about Proust or particle physics but would certainly know a strategic objective if it looked them in the face."
Our vice-chancellor confirmed that UMAS would go forward under its newly designed logo - Scholarship Sucks. Management Moves.
