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We are very pleased to publish our Code of Ethical University Governance today, written on behalf of CDBU by Professor Steve Jones. @StevenJones_MCR cdbu.org.uk/cdbu-code-of-eth…
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Please take the time to complete the accompanying consultation - live until the 31 July qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/j…
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Speaking at this event. Organised by the Council For the Defence of British Universities
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University governing bodies should keep an eye on the collective needs of all institutions instead of just prioritising individual success if they want to improve the financial health of the sector, a higher education watchdog has said
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On #StephenLawrenceDay, we honour Stephen's legacy and spotlight the vital work of @sldayfdn, inspiring equity and opportunity for marginalised young people.
We believe in education's power to transform lives and create lasting change.
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Kingston University's world-leading philosophy centre faces closure as management announces plans to shut entire humanities department.
We stand with @kingstonucu & condemn the “barrage of closures to courses and entire departments”
We must #STOPtheCuts
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Job cuts in universities in Aberdeen, Aberystwyth Bangor, Dundee, Lampeter, Newcastle, Sunderland will devastate local economies
Money taken from places with little & given to Silicon Corridor between 2 billionaire unis
It's opposite of Levelling Up
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Management plans threaten as many as 1,000 staff with redundancy.
Strike ballot opens today 📢 @sheffielducu
.@ucu leaders fear hundreds of jobs are set to go as the University of Sheffield seeks to cut tens of millions of pounds from its staffing budget
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More gloomy news from universities as @BangorUni to cut 200 jobs saying it cannot rule out compulsory redundancies @ucu @HEPI_news
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This is significant - pressure is mounting on the @cardiffuni VC to listen to @CardiffUCU's calls to draw on it's £188m of accessible cash to fund a more gradual recovery, and save jobs/essential programmes.
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Cardiff set to cut student enrolment and increase class sizes
Financial benefits of increasing domestic recruitment ‘now negligible’, according to leaked document
timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered
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Please sign and support the campaign to save the Uni of Wolverhampton School of Art from demolition. This is yet more threat to arts education in the West Mids.
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Desperate times @UniKent
"The university is paying £84000 a year for something closed up
It's paid £448000 since last open & will pay another £371000 till end of contract"
Things fall apart as a university slowly dies
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My institution currently has nine deputy pro-vice-chancellors. They advertised for another new one last week.
Numbers of managers in Universities are not just increasing, they are accelerating (gradient is increasing)
Data for @Cambridge_Uni (£53m deficit) below
Rampant unchecked growth of management in Unis is much of the deficit, much of the crisis
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It's a sign of the times that, pre-publication, this HE redundancies article started out as a story about UEA with Durham added. Then Kent was added...then Cardiff.
A microcosm of UK HE right now, and a typical day in the life at the moment.
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Capped off this grim day for myself & colleagues at Cardiff Uni with an interview on @BBCWalesToday representing @CardiffUCU.
These cuts are cruel & unnecessary - we will fight them.
@ucu
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A very grim day at Cardiff University.
400 jobs to go.
Whole departments (including modern languages, nursing, music, religion, ancient history) to be axed.
bbc.com/news/articles/c0k5n0…
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University crisis latest, and very bad indeed: Cardiff are proposing to cut 7% of their academics, and to drop a whole array of programmes including ancient history, modern languages and music. Predictable and yet still shocking. 1/4
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@timleunig @cdbuni @HEPI_news
Great discussion today. Agreement on some things possible. But they will be hard to achieve. See.
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Far from apologising for raising the tuition fee cap, ministers should “talk up the benefits” of England’s university funding system, @nickhillman to tell @HEPI_news @cdbuni event today timeshighereducation.com/new…