Monthly Archives: October 2016

Director of Exclusion, Division and Inequality, Nona McDuffer, has been appointed to HEFCE’s TEF panel, the group of “teaching experts” who are going to cook the higher educational goose, whose days of golden egg laying seem to be over. Could … Continue reading →

Many of us by now will view “Associate Professor” as a debased title. Ostensibly introduced to mimic job titles worldwide, originating in America where all academics are “professors” of some kind, it has been used as a means to force … Continue reading →

Now the brief euphoria at Weinberg’s resignation has faded we look to the future with rising anxiety. One might have hoped that the Governors were unhappy with the effect the old VC was having on the morale and wellbeing of … Continue reading →

Dear colleagues (well, I pretend you are) After having the privilege of earning a leading high salary as Vice-Chancellor for almost six years, the time has come for me to step down from my post to pursue a bigger income … Continue reading →