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THE carries a report today on SBCS lecturer Dr Fanis Missirilis who is now being investigated by Human Resources for questioning the ongoing restructuring of his School and SMD. He … Continue reading SBCS Lecturer Faces Potential Dismissal for Questioning Restructuring
For those new to the site and interested to find out quickly what is happening at QM: The School of Chemical and Biological Sciences restructuring: read our first post “Save … Continue reading Roundup
Two colleagues from SBCS have a letter in the latest issue of The Lancet condemning the “mindless managerial rampage spreading through Queen Mary, University of London”. They observe: we are … Continue reading Queen Mary: nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
David Bignell, emeritus professor of zoology at QM, has a compelling op-ed piece in this week’s Times Higher. An excerpt: Will restructuring work? Everybody except modern managers knows a good … Continue reading SBCS: Madness of Metrics
In mid-April, colleagues in SBCS learned whether they were “at risk” of redundancy. As expected, 20 people are being affected by the restructuring. 11 posts are “at risk” while 9 … Continue reading SBCS Restructuring: The Impact on Teaching
The School of Medicine and Dentistry restructuring again makes headlines in the Times Higher Education magazine. Referring also to the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences it focuses on the … Continue reading THE on SMD and SBCS – again
A report in today’s Times Higher Education focuses on the restructuring in SBCS (and also mentions SMD). You can read it here. Academics at Queen Mary, University of London, have … Continue reading THE on QM Restructuring
Here is another editorial from The Lancet (vol. 379, 7 April 2012, p.1284) on the situation in QM’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, deriding the “scandalous, risible, disgraceful, and iniquitous … Continue reading More from the Lancet on SMD
