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“I Want Money, That’s What I Want”

The 21 Group has extracted some statistics from the University of Cambridge’s End of Year Financial Reports. They make interesting reading. Given this background, we highlight again the interesting contribution made on the previous thread by Autophagy here The corruption Read more…

By 21percent.org, 6 hours27 January 2026 ago
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Cambridge and the IT Trap?

In our previous posting, we raised the issue of the spending by departments and central administration at Cambridge University, based on the End of Year accounts here. As illustrated in the Figure, adjusting for inflation reveals that departmental budgets since Read more…

By 21percent.org, 6 days22 January 2026 ago
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What’s Gone Wrong at Cambridge?

Cambridge’s problem is not lack of money. It is where the money goes. Over the past decade, the university has steadily starved its academic departments in real terms — while allowing the central administration to expand at pace. The result Read more…

By 21percent.org, 3 weeks10 January 2026 ago
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The Year of the Fire Horse

Harvard Business School is well-known for its case-based learning model, which includes real-world examples of companies and organisations that failed. Universities are brand-driven institutions. Brand-dependent organizations unravel quickly when misconduct and corruption is exposed. The 21 Group predicts in ten Read more…

By 21percent.org, 4 weeks30 December 2025 ago
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Investigating the Untouchable

Imperial College London has a formal zero-tolerance policy on bullying and harassment. Like many universities, however, that policy is hardest to enforce precisely where power is greatest: among the senior leadership team. Professor Alice Gast was a chemical engineer who Read more…

By 21percent.org, 1 month20 December 2025 ago
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Revenge and Renewal at Cambridge University ?

The Registrary of the University of Cambridge, Ms Emma Rampton, has announced that she will step down from her role on 31 December 2025 here. Her decision comes at the end of a year marked by considerable institutional turbulence. This Read more…

By 21percent.org, 1 month15 December 2025 ago
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Power Play at the Cambridge Vet School

The oligarchy has come back for the Cambridge Vet School, as reported here by the BBC. An attempt was made to shut the Vet School last year because of concerns over its accreditation. Now they have returned with new arguments Read more…

By 21percent.org, 2 months13 December 2025 ago
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You don’t Need a Lawyer!

An interesting Employment Tribunal case has appeared on the gov.uk website that records the Tribunal decisions F versus University of Nottingham has few details, though it is related to disability discrimination. (In cases involving disability discrimination, the Tribunal may make Read more…

By 21percent.org, 2 months7 December 2025 ago
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Fight Back at Oxford

Our colleagues in Oxford University are showing us the way. As another article appears on sexual harassment in Oxford in The Times, we learn that Oxford academics are now putting a motion to Congregation on the secrecy about bullying and Read more…

By 21percent.org, 2 months3 December 2025 ago
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Who leaked?

The real story is: Who made this recording at Council and then leaked the story to the press in an attempt to discredit the Vice Chancellor? And why? According to a leaked recording obtained by Varsity and The Sunday Times, at Monday’s meeting Read more…

By 21percent.org, 2 months1 December 2025 ago

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