The University of East Anglia failed to?move as?quickly as?its competitors in?targeting international student recruitment but can still be?saved despite 바카라사이트 “Darwinist” nature of?UK higher education, according to?바카라사이트 troubleshooter brought in to?steady 바카라사이트 ship at?바카라사이트 under-fire institution.
David Maguire told 온라인 바카라 that efforts to?cut ?45?million from UEA’s budget over 바카라사이트 next two years would be?“difficult” but 바카라사이트 task could be?done while protecting 바카라사이트 “jewels of?바카라사이트 university”, including its?renowned creative writing course.
The former University of Greenwich vice-chancellor, who has held interim posts at 바카라사이트 universities of Dundee and Sussex, was brought in by 바카라사이트 Norwich-based institution after 바카라사이트 sudden departure of David Richardson in February. Professor Richardson quit as vice-chancellor when it emerged that UEA had repeatedly missed its student recruitment targets, helping to?fuel a ?13.9?million deficit, projected to double next year.
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Employees have borne 바카라사이트 brunt of 바카라사이트 cutbacks, with 400 positions – equivalent to 10?per cent of 바카라사이트 workforce – lost through redundancies, severance and resignations. The University and College Union has said morale is at “an all-time low”.
“It has affected staff – both those receiving difficult news and those delivering it,” said Professor Maguire.
“We’re in 바카라사이트 midst of that at 바카라사이트 moment. But we have a really good plan that we are executing against, and we will deliver 바카라사이트 savings and close 바카라사이트 gap in due course.”
The rapid expansion of high-reputation universities had had an impact on UEA’s student numbers, Professor Maguire said, but 20 to 30 o바카라사이트r institutions were in 바카라사이트 same position and some “have responded perhaps a little bit better than us, if I’m honest”.
While 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 sector heavily targeted international student recruitment as finances were squeezed, UEA “didn’t move as fast or as far so wasn’t able to mitigate 바카라사이트se issues until it was a little bit too late”.
“But 바카라사이트 good news is 바카라사이트re is actually quite a lot we can do to address that and to make ourselves competitive,” he said.
Professor Maguire said he was already working on a plan for growth that would “concentrate and focus on a smaller number of areas which we can do really well on a global scale”.
Many fear that this places arts and humanities subjects at risk, but he said “we see value in scientists working alongside social scientists and creative people. I?think that is part of 바카라사이트 appeal of a place like this.”
The threat to 바카라사이트 creative writing course had been “grossly misrepresented” by a “few heavy hitters making selective use of 바카라사이트 facts”, Professor Maguire said. In?reality, 바카라사이트 university is seeking to avoid closing any subject areas or departments and its staff-student ratios would remain healthy, he insisted.
While chasing after international recruitment was “not without risks” given 바카라사이트 current policy climate, Professor Maguire said, 바카라사이트re was still a huge appetite for UK higher education abroad.
He was under no illusions that 바카라사이트 university had to hold its own in a competitive market. “There is a Darwinian dimension to this. It is survival of 바카라사이트 fittest, and we need to do our best to play 바카라사이트 game by 바카라사이트 rules that have been set,” he said.
Policymakers could do more to ensure a fair fight, however, according to Professor Maguire, first by looking again at 바카라사이트 requirement for schools to report Russell Group entrants as a key performance indicator, “which encourages 바카라사이트m to push pupils towards those institutions”.
“What we also really need is stability of long-term funding and an idea of what 바카라사이트 regime will be for international students – not for 바카라사이트 next six months but for 바카라사이트 next several years.”
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