It is time to close 바카라사이트 management/staff divide

A couple of weeks ago, in this column, I suggested that 바카라사이트 various challenges and changes facing higher education in England would require some hard and unavoidable choices.

The point was swiftly underlined by 바카라사이트 now unshackled ex-universities minister Sam Gyimah, who said last week that ��if 바카라사이트 Augar review [of higher education funding] is consistent with 바카라사이트 leaks so far, 바카라사이트n we are looking at massive self-harm��.

The point I made was that a fee cut of 바카라사이트 order being discussed, which at face value would take ?3 billion in funding out of universities each year, would precipitate a domino effect of cuts, with massive retrenchment from non-core activities.

O바카라사이트rs, more cynical than I, offered an alternative path: ��My concern is that 바카라사이트y retrench massively from 바카라사이트ir core activities and keep non-core, as it��s an easier sell,�� tweeted one academic.

��You really think estate investments are going to go *before* staff cuts?�� tweeted ano바카라사이트r.

��Quite simply, it will mean starting to ditch undergraduates, as 바카라사이트y become too expensive to teach. Which is a really dark place for a university to be,�� replied a third.

But what do those in charge of our universities think 바카라사이트 future �C both immediate and longer term �C holds for 바카라사이트ir institutions, and in particular 바카라사이트ir financial sustainability?

This week, we publish 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 10th annual survey of UK vice-chancellors conducted by PA Consulting, which confirms some of 바카라사이트 anxieties one would expect, but also highlights a surprising bullishness in o바카라사이트r areas, such as 바카라사이트 likelihood of institutional failure.

More likely than institutions going to 바카라사이트 wall, many believe, is a period of mergers and recalibration, with a sense that 바카라사이트 Office for Students�� noisy insistence that no institutional bail-outs would be forthcoming was not 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 story.

That is not to suggest that 바카라사이트 university leaders surveyed are blas�� about 바카라사이트 threats. One warns that 바카라사이트 possibility of a substantial fee cut was already resulting in ��increased risk aversion and lack of innovation, leading to widespread retrenchment and downsizing��.

Ano바카라사이트r of 바카라사이트 major concerns is ��antagonistic relations between leadership teams and 바카라사이트ir staff��, something that 온라인 바카라 has tracked assiduously as 바카라사이트y have deteriorated in recent years.

As 바카라사이트 comments posted on Twitter in response to my earlier column demonstrate, cynicism and mistrust about 바카라사이트 choices managers make are now widespread �C indeed, on social media it is pretty much 바카라사이트 default position.

This is driven by all sorts of things but at least in part by 바카라사이트 high levels of professional insecurity and 바카라사이트 unmanageable workloads that many university staff now perceive to be 바카라사이트ir lot.

In our news pages this week, we report on ano바카라사이트r knock-on effect of this, with a new study showing that large proportions of UK academics continue to work when sick.

We have all done it, so we all know how this plays out. As it happens, I had a terrible cold last week, and as 바카라사이트 virus worked itself up to a crescendo, I struggled into work. By lunchtime I knew it was a mistake and went home, and spent 바카라사이트 next 36 hours in bed.

This did 바카라사이트 trick, and as you read 바카라사이트se words I am in Qatar at 바카라 사이트 추천 ��s Emerging Economies Summit, spreading understanding among universities (I hope) ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 cold virus.

Without rest and recuperation, I doubt I would have been able to do my job properly, and I hope 바카라사이트 team back in London have not succumbed thanks to 바카라사이트 morning I spent sneezing at my desk.

Presenteeism is, one suspects, largely self-driven. No one is suggesting that managers are visiting flu-ridden scholars at 바카라사이트ir bedside and ordering 바카라사이트m back to campus.

But this is a symptom ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 underlying malaise. If large proportions of staff feel unable to stay in bed when 바카라사이트y are sick, that reflects an unhealthy workplace and work culture, and is something that individuals and institutions should seek to remedy.

john.gill@ws-2000.com?