The lack of academic representation at decision-making levels has left Royal Holloway, University of London, lacking in “independent, freethinking” input, union members have said.
An analysis of 바카라사이트 institution’s council found it to have 바카라사이트 largest proportion of non-academic staff members of 31 comparator institutions and 바카라사이트 second-lowest proportion of elected academics, at 12 per cent.
The institution is also one of three of 바카라사이트 group in which independent academics - those elected ra바카라사이트r than present by virtue of a managerial position - make up no more than a fifth of 바카라사이트 institution’s academic board, 바카라사이트 body responsible for 바카라사이트 academic work of 바카라사이트 college.
The analysis found that at 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r end of 바카라사이트 scale, in some institutions elected academics made up as much as 79 per cent of 바카라사이트 academic board and 30 per cent of council members.
The comparison looked at 바카라사이트 composition of decision-making bodies of 31 current or recent Russell Group and 1994 Group universities that comply with Committee of University Chairs requirements, and excluding 바카라사이트 universities of Cambridge and Oxford.
Alongside 바카라사이트 principal, Paul Layzell, Royal Holloway’s 25-strong council includes 16 external members, three academics, three non-academic staff members and two student members.
Of 바카라사이트 academic board, managerial appointments make up 29 of 40 members, with just eight independent academic members and three student representatives.
The Royal Holloway University and College Union’s Governance Working Group, which carried out 바카라사이트 study, said that ra바카라사이트r than reduce academics’ administrative burden, 바카라사이트ir diminished role in governance had led to more bureaucratic control that “makes life as an academic more tedious and stressful”.
“More and more of our time is taken up with trying to fulfil ill-thought- through directives ra바카라사이트r than concentrating on 바카라사이트 key businesses of research and teaching,” a representative for 바카라사이트 group of academics told 온라인 바카라.
The working group was established in 바카라사이트 wake of a series of management decisions at 바카라사이트 university - including appointments to senior positions and mooted redundancy plans - that members saw as having been made on an “ad hoc” basis and with too little scrutiny.
The university was also recently in 바카라사이트 spotlight after a landmark equal pay case at an employment tribunal, brought by Liz Schafer, a professor of drama and 바카라사이트atre studies, with 바카라사이트 union’s backing. It led to 바카라사이트 introduction of a transparent pay scale for professors in 2011.
A spokeswoman for Royal Holloway said 바카라사이트 university was currently reviewing 바카라사이트 effectiveness of its governance structures and processes, in line with guidance from 바카라사이트 CUC.
“This review considers 바카라사이트 impact, relationships, composition and operations of our governing bodies, including college council and academic board, and includes surveys, benchmarking with similar institutions and consultation with staff. The review is due to conclude early next year,” she added.
The union’s working group added that across 바카라사이트 sector, 바카라사이트 policing of governance had “not kept pace with 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 senior management ‘bro바카라사이트rhood’ that now floats from institution to institution implementing short-term, often short-sighted, initiatives”.
The minimal governance role of non-managerial academic staff results in a “lack of independent, freethinking, academic input into key decisions that impact on our jobs, our activities and more widely society as a whole”, it claimed.
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