The risks of Soviet-style managerialism in UK universities
Craig Brandist on the proletarianisation of a profession and how it leads to behaviours that could hobble higher education

Craig Brandist on the proletarianisation of a profession and how it leads to behaviours that could hobble higher education
Ron Iphofen claims to broadly favour protecting safety or security over protecting privacy (or at least the concept of privacy that he is confident is becoming fast outdated) (“Safety is more...
Character education, which was discussed in your article “Can academics change their students’ personalities?” (News, 27 April) is not an antidote to social advantage, and Nik Miller, director of the...
The immediate answer to the question “why should graduates donate to their alma maters?”, which Richard Budd poses in his blog post “Isn’t asking for alumni donations, well, just weird?” (25 April),...
When I arrived at the University of the West of England, the applied sciences department had no staffroom, no tea and coffee; just the cafes on campus (“Members-only staffroom splits opinion”, News,...
It was good to read Philip Corr’s balanced appreciation of Hans Eysenck (“In defence of the Twitter pariah”, Features, 31 March) and also nice to see a photo of him using a massive “Mingograf 230”,...

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