Author Archives: kuscandal

The Clown House slaughterhouse Strategy continues

The slaughter and destruction of jobs, roles and depts continues at KU relentlessly: Vice-Admiral, Gold Commandant and Failed Architect Steven ‘Two Jobs’ Speer, AKA the Grim Reaper, remains determined to save £20m in the financial year 2025-26, no matter how … Continue reading

Posted in General | Leave a comment

Carry on Cutting: Kingston’s Axeman blunders on regardless

It is like a cross between a badly-made Carry On movie, an Ealing comedy and the worst kind of horror film. Or perhaps ‘Admiral’ Spier, with his weird Naval language (‘navigate’, ‘explore’, ‘discover’, etc, etc), just simply refuses to accept … Continue reading

Posted in General | 2 Comments

Axeman’s diddums: Kingston’s VC is not happy

Gold Commandant, Vice-Admiral, Supreme Leader and nasty course Axeman Steven ‘Two Jobs’ Spier is not a happy man again. But then, was he ever a happy man? According to reliable admin sources near the top of the KU command chain, … Continue reading

Posted in General | Leave a comment

Big Buildings, Small Minds: Kingston has caught BBS

There is a frightening new disease spreading rapidly across much of the HE sector, and it has also contaminated large parts of FE across Britain. Labelled by scientists as ‘Big Building Syndrome’ (BBS), the new plague has infected many University … Continue reading

Posted in General | 3 Comments

Future Skills should be renamed Future Culls

There was no prewarning. At first, it just seemed like one of KU’s usual anodyne staff announcements and was quietly placed on the Uni website with no fanfare. But this is not surprising, because the few staff who spotted it … Continue reading

Posted in General | 3 Comments

New Kingston Uni Song Launched

Kingston Uni Comms Team News Release: For immediate media distribution. No embargo. After many months of creative innovation by a specially selected interim team, Kingston’s Gold Commandant, Admiral and Senior Vice-Clown Steven ‘Two Jobs’ Spier is very pleased to announce … Continue reading

Posted in General | 1 Comment