Monthly Archives: October 2017

Grubby Kingston

Kingston University is in financial trouble, we know. Naturally the Senior Mismanagement Team, responsible for poor decisions in the past, has decided to cut back on the costs they consider unimportant — the staff. The loss of academic and academic … Continue reading

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Life under Canvas

Kingston’s IT, as many staff have opined over the years, is shit. What’s worse, it’s expensive shit, expensive enough to contribute to the University’s now parlous financial state, another ready excuse used by Mismanagement to justify the redundancies past and … Continue reading

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Is the SMT getting nicer?

All right, we know, but it is a legitimate question as Steven Spier and David Mackintosh are busy portraying the SMT in a new caring light. It’s been a busy year for cleaning out the SMT after the resignation/sacking of … Continue reading

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We say, you pay

Dear Colleagues, severed and unsevered Plan 2020, launched in February 2017, will ultimately improve our academic performance and the student experience by losing large numbers of staff, which will hardly help raise our academic reputation but we need to save … Continue reading

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