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By QMUCU Posted on 6 July 201221 January 2015

Criticism of metric-enforced redundancies at Queen Mary continues

UK Academia is Dying from Over-Management: The Queen Mary Scandal by Jeremy Garwood is a good summary of events with key references. UK university culture: Academic Values No Longer Add … Continue reading Criticism of metric-enforced redundancies at Queen Mary continues

Categories: Performance Management, RestructuringsTags: academic freedom, restructuring, SBCS
By QMUCU Posted on 6 July 201221 January 2015

Be careful what you wish for

A warning from the editor of The Lancet to researchers thinking of starting their independent careers at Queen Mary Richard Horton, The Lancet, Volume 380, Issue 9836, Page 13, 7 … Continue reading Be careful what you wish for

Categories: RestructuringsTags: academic freedom, restructuring, SBCS
By QMUCU Posted on 14 June 201221 January 2015

QM restructurings ridiculed

As news spreads of the appalling treatment of staff in various restructurings, Queen Mary management has attracted the dubious honour of being skewered by the UK’s leading satirist of Higher … Continue reading QM restructurings ridiculed

Categories: RestructuringsTags: academic freedom, restructuring, SBCS
By QMUCU Posted on 17 May 201221 January 2015

SBCS Lecturer Faces Potential Dismissal for Questioning Restructuring

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

Categories: RestructuringsTags: restructuring, SBCS, SMD
By QMUCU Posted on 4 May 201221 January 2015

Queen Mary: nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

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

Categories: RestructuringsTags: restructuring, SBCS, SMD
By QMUCU Posted on 3 May 201221 January 2015

SBCS: Madness of Metrics

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

Categories: RestructuringsTags: redundancy, research, restructuring, SBCS, teaching
By QMUCU Posted on 2 May 201221 January 2015

SBCS Restructuring: The Impact on Teaching

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

Categories: RestructuringsTags: restructuring, SBCS, students, teaching
By QMUCU Posted on 26 April 201221 January 2015

THE on SMD and SBCS – again

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

Categories: RestructuringsTags: redundancy, restructuring, SBCS, SMD

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