Universities’ Soviet-style bullshit is not an antidote to Covid’s grim reality
Living in a parallel universe of perfect systems and obedient citizens could blow up in vice-chancellors’ faces like Chernobyl, warns Craig Brandist
Living in a parallel universe of perfect systems and obedient citizens could blow up in vice-chancellors’ faces like Chernobyl, warns Craig Brandist
Craig Brandist (“The risks of Soviet-style managerialism in UK universities”, Opinion, 5 May) highlights the striking similarity between Soviet industrial management and the current administration of...
In her response to Craig Brandist’s analysis of the organisation of many higher education institutions, Liz Morrish has come up with a splendid idea – three-yearly rotations of departmental heads in...
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Many subtle features of Eastern European authoritarianism have been adopted in the process of creeping Stalinisation by the managers of UK universities (“My rallies of endeavour will ensure the...