{"id":2571,"date":"2025-08-23T22:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2025-08-24T09:33:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T08:33:52","slug":"ctrlaltdeluniversity-survey-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=2571","title":{"rendered":"CTRL+ALT+DEL+UNIVERSITY Survey: Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In June 2025, two pressure groups \u2014 the 21 Group<\/a> and For the 100<\/a> \u2014 announced that they were carrying out the first survey of both staff and students in UK Universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A description of the purpose of the CTRL+ALT+DEL+UNIVERSITY survey is given here<\/a>. The survey has 17 questions about discrimination, bullying, harassment and lack of care. Whether staff or student, if you have been mistreated, then please tell us. We will be reporting the worst-performing universities to the regulators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have not finished data-taking. So please help us bring accountability to the seemingly untouchable elite who run our universities and complete the survey here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, we have started to look at the data already gathered. We present the above infographic as a snapshot of the current state of play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As judged by prevalence of discrimination, bullying, harassment and lack of care, the four worst universities are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cardiff University\u2019s senior management has really outdone itself, even in a sector famous for grotesquerie. Faced with a \u00a331 million black hole, the grand solution<\/a> of Vice Chancellor Wendy Larner was, of course, to start hacking away at subjects like nursing, languages, music, ancient history and theology\u2014as if a university\u2019s role in educating society was just an inconvenient side project. It’s no wonder the staff are despairing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cambridge University’s problems with bullying & harassment<\/a> have rarely been out of the newspapers all year. The pro Vice Chancellor will no doubt give his customary response that the University has zero tolerance to bullying — a statement delivered with impressive straight-faced sincerity while the actual bullying carries merrily on, entirely unacknowledged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dundee University’s former Vice Chancellor Iain Gillespie boasted of imaginary surpluses while driving the university into bankruptcy. His eventual admission of incompetence<\/a>, padded with a six-figure golden goodbye, was less true contrition and more a victory lap at everyone else\u2019s expense. Meanwhile, the governing body proved that inaction can be just as destructive as incompetence. The staff have suffered grievously at the hands of a semi-criminal senior management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the high rankings of these three universities are no big surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 21 Group does not know what is happening at the University of Strathclyde to warrant its very strong showing. It has been named 2025 UK University of the Year by the Daily Mail.<\/a> Other than that misfortune, nothing has reached our ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We would be grateful for any information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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