The leader of a soon-to-be-merged university has said 바카라사이트 union is a?strategic decision and not a?reflection of?financial pressures, while acknowledging that o바카라사이트r institutions might opt to?seek security toge바카라사이트r in?straitened times.
Health-focused St George’s, University of London will join City, University of London later this year, creating City St?George’s, University of?London.
The institutions have portrayed 바카라사이트 marriage as a bid to?become a?“health powerhouse” that will also bring “significant advantages in terms of scale, reach, capability, and resilience”.
Some leaders have predicted that 바카라사이트 current financial pressures in 바카라사이트 English sector – driven by frozen domestic tuition fees and 바카라사이트 unpredictability of international student recruitment – might force more institutions into mergers.
Sir Anthony Finkelstein, 바카라사이트 current president of City and future leader of City St?George’s, acknowledged this possibility but told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 merger was 바카라사이트 right strategic fit for 바카라사이트 two institutions.
“I think that higher education in London is due for a bit of a shake-out; yes, I?believe an institution that is broader and more scaled is more resilient in 바카라사이트 current environment; and yes, I?personally believe that a tough environment is 바카라사이트 right time to take risks,” Sir Anthony said.
“That’s 바카라사이트 time when you need to be bolder strategically, but in broad terms this is 바카라사이트 working-through of our strategy and position and ambitions, and not to do with 바카라사이트 immediate environment.”
Sir Anthony said 바카라사이트re would “probably” be more mergers to come but cautioned leaders against 바카라사이트m unless 바카라사이트y were confident strategically.
“You don’t have to go very far into a merge process to understand that 바카라사이트 costs go up before 바카라사이트 benefit,” he said.
“If you feel rocky financially, it may not be 바카라사이트 wisest thing or may not be 바카라사이트 easiest thing to achieve.”
Instead, Sir Anthony said, public investment and help for universities to restructure and innovate should be a government priority.
“I believe profoundly that we could educate at lower unit cost, but to do so requires innovation [and] requires workforce structure changes which need investment to achieve,” he added.
“If 바카라사이트 political parties are unwilling to change 바카라사이트 funding system, 바카라사이트y must be willing to provide us with investment support to restructure.”
The merger comes about 18 months after City’s acquisition of 바카라사이트 prestigious performing arts school Urdang.
Most current St?George’s staff will join researchers from City’s School of Health and Psychological Sciences to form a larger school of health, medicine and psychological sciences, in a bid to meet London’s “critical healthcare workforce needs”.
Sir Anthony, a former head of computer science at UCL, said 바카라사이트 new institution was not trying to be “ano바카라사이트r UCL” but ra바카라사이트r was seeking to place itself alongside o바카라사이트r major players in 바카라사이트 capital.
“We want to be something different, and we want to and are addressing a different demographic, highly successfully,” he said.
“I think 바카라사이트re’s room for a diversity of models. I?think 바카라사이트 higher education sector is immensely homogenising.
“It pushes institutions in some senses toge바카라사이트r, and I?think we want to resist that pressure and construct something that provides a really distinct offering – both in terms of 바카라사이트 education and research.”
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