A staff group founded at Cambridge in 2023, supporting members facing institutional retaliation.
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Cuts, “voluntary severances” and redundancies dominate the UK higher education landscape. But not for all. The management bloat in UK universities continues to swell even as lecturers & researchers are made unemployed. The University of Nottingham…
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There’s been a Grievance raised against a Professor. The Human Resources (HR) division of the University is indolently carrying out an investigation. This might be done by a group of internal academics, advised by HR. Or…
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Perhaps a Professor went over the top this time and nearly killed someone with sadistic bullying. Or a Professor was a little too blatant this time and offered a female grad student a postdoc position in…
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The 21 Group has received information from an individual who has recently worked in the HR department of a UK university. The testimony paints a picture of corruption and betrayal of trust. We are not naming…
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Heads of Department (HoDs) run academic departments at UK Universities. They are usually professors, or at least senior academics. They normally serve a term of 4 or 5 years. Not all academics relish being HoD. Many (such…
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Green-washing is the pretence of concern about the environment, whilst pursuing policies that are unsustainable or destructive. Cynical marketing ploys, PR stunts, false claims, insincere mission statements are all part of the corporate game. It creates a…
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The administrator to faculty ratio speaks volumes about the priorities of modern academia. Since 2000, bureaucratic growth has outpaced academic growth in all UK universities. In particular, the last two decades have seen very rapid expansion…
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The main difficulty faced in reforming Universities is the culture of silence around bullying and harassment. Universities are abuser-centred. The abusers are usually senior academics, Heads of Department, Heads of School and Directors. They are routinely…