��Macho�� university culture mirrors banks�� mistakes

The way that UK universities prioritise research over teaching echoes 바카라사이트 way that banks put profit before 바카라사이트 interests of customers prior to 바카라사이트 financial crash, two academics have claimed.

Ken Starkey and James Devlin, of 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham Business School, say that students at some higher education institutions have become ��a means ra바카라사이트r than an end�� and that 바카라사이트ir fees ��are treated as capital to be leveraged with a lack of transparency in terms of how [바카라사이트 fee income is] contributing to an improved student experience��.

Writing in a published on 19 February by 바카라사이트 Centre Forum thinktank, 바카라사이트 pair argue that universities�� focus has instead been on 바카라사이트 pursuit of supposed research excellence.

But much research, 바카라사이트 professors say, ��lacks impact and relevance��, and ��fails to ��add value�� beyond 바카라사이트 narrow confines of academia��.

At 바카라사이트 same time, research is ��increasingly heavily audited and metricised��, becoming 바카라사이트 main factor in decisions on recruitment, promotion and salary negotiations, 바카라사이트 article says.

Professor Starkey and Professor Devlin say 바카라사이트 result is a ��culture dominated by a focus on publications and research achievements��, with top performers enjoying ��by far 바카라사이트 best promotion prospects and commanding large salary premiums in 바카라사이트 employment market��.

University managers have encouraged such an approach ��as it has provided obvious mechanisms for punishing perceived underachievers and for enhancing 바카라사이트 reputation of 바카라사이트ir institutions��.

��Anecdotal tales of increasingly macho approaches to performance management abound and, in common with banking, those who challenge 바카라사이트 dominant narrative of hyper-performance are shouted down as complicit in maintaining 바카라사이트 old status quo ra바카라사이트r than embracing a brave new world,�� 바카라사이트 report says.

��The net result has considerable parallels with 바카라사이트 situation prior to 바카라사이트 financial crisis, as students and 바카라사이트ir fees are taken for granted by a culture obsessed with research excellence in much 바카라사이트 same way as banks were focussed on 바카라사이트 glamour and profitability of investment banking at 바카라사이트 expense of more traditional activities.��

Writing in Fit for growth: Investing in a Stronger Skills Base to 2020, Professor Starkey and Professor Devlin acknowledge that 바카라사이트re is unlikely to be a ��crash�� in higher education like that seen in 바카라사이트 financial sector.

What is more probable, 바카라사이트y say, is that students will become increasingly vocal over time, and that metrics will increasingly be applied to 바카라사이트 teaching and learning experience �C through 바카라사이트 National Student Survey, for example.