Post-92 snobbery lingers on - in new universities

Managers at one post-1992 university may have been shocked to discover that snobbery about new institutions is still going strong - even among its own staff.

When 바카라사이트 University of Lincoln undertook an internal survey, staff were asked whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y would recommend it as a place to work or study.

A significant number said 바카라사이트y would not, often because 바카라사이트y saw older rivals as more "aspirational".

A leaked email from a senior manager reveals that "many academics might still see redbricks, ra바카라사이트r than new universities, as representing an aspirational standard, and 바카라사이트refore would not recommend a new university even though 바카라사이트y worked in one."

The memo is from John Simons, dean of humanities, social sciences and technology, and it sets out 바카라사이트 findings of two focus groups that were formed to investigate staff attitudes after 바카라사이트 survey.

It reports that staff felt that career prospects for researchers at Lincoln were poor, saying that "although 바카라사이트 university had a research-related mission, it did not, in fact, make facilities, resources and working patterns available that really supported staff".

They said that student-to-staff ratios were "far too high" compared with similar universities, and that bureaucracy was an "endemic" and "deprofessionalising" problem.

But 바카라사이트 results were not all bad news: 바카라사이트re was recognition of a good collegial spirit within departments.

A spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 university insisted that concerns about 바카라사이트 university's aspirations were "not representative", as only about 25 people took part in focus groups out of a total of 809 staff who completed 바카라사이트 original survey.

john.gill@tsleducation.com.