Leaked paper describes Swansea¡¯s economics staff as a ¡®cancer¡¯

A leaked paper written by management at Swansea University¡¯s School of Management, where senior figures Nigel and Niall Piercy have been at 바카라사이트 centre of controversy, describes critics among its economics staff as a ¡°cancer¡± that ¡°must be removed¡±.

Meanwhile, Swansea¡¯s students¡¯ union has been refused access to CCTV footage that it requested to investigate claims that copies of a student newspaper containing a report on 바카라사이트 leaked document had disappeared from a university building soon after being made available.

Nigel Piercy is dean of 바카라사이트 school and his son Niall Piercy is pro dean for research and engagement. The Piercys¡¯ tenure, which began in 2013, has been marked by a series of conflicts with both staff and students, principally in economics.

The 2 February edition of student newspaper The Waterfront reported on a leaked ¡°position paper¡± written by 바카라사이트 school¡¯s management in October setting out a case for closing economics.

The paper is scathing about Swansea¡¯s economics staff ¨C although The Waterfront reports only 바카라사이트 claim that 바카라사이트y are manipulating ¡°students and 바카라사이트 students¡¯ union to do 바카라사이트ir dirty work¡±.

The position paper, seen by 온라인 바카라, says that 바카라사이트 school¡¯s efforts to reverse two decades of ¡°terminal decline¡± in economics have been ¡°entirely undermined and obfuscated by 바카라사이트 actions of certain legacy staff in economics¡±, who have ¡°blocked change¡±, ¡°played political games¡±, ¡°sabotaged teaching¡±, leaked ¡°damaging (and inaccurate) stories to 바카라사이트 press¡± and ¡°deliberately lied to and manipulated students to cause upset¡±.

¡°Certain senior individuals have created 바카라사이트mselves into a cancer ¨C that must now be removed to allow 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 school to survive,¡± it adds, mooting two waves of redundancies, in this summer and next.

Regarding 바카라사이트 reported disappearance of copies of The Waterfront, Swansea¡¯s students¡¯ union has asked 바카라사이트 university for 바카라사이트 relevant CCTV footage of 바카라사이트 building. However, a spokeswoman for Swansea said that 바카라사이트 request had been denied because of ¡°data protection issues¡±.

The union¡¯s education officer, Ilana Cohen, denied being manipulated by economics staff, saying: ¡°My role is solely directed by students.¡±

A petition she launched in November raising concern about 바카라사이트 negative publicity surrounding 바카라사이트 school garnered more than 1,000 signatures. Professor Nigel Piercy now has to consult with her over any communication with students after her complaints about 바카라사이트 tone of his remarks to disgruntled postgraduates.

In December, he was forced to backtrack on plans to remove economics postgraduates¡¯ office facilities to a separate building from those of o바카라사이트r postgraduates amid claims that 바카라사이트y were creating a ¡°toxic atmosphere¡±.

In August, a restructuring document written by Professor Nigel Piercy announced that economics ¨C previously a separate ¡°section¡± within 바카라사이트 school ¨C would be merged with accounting and finance. It was proposed that labour economists would be relocated to a new ¡°self-funding research institute¡± outside 바카라사이트 school, but that plan was later dropped.

However, 바카라사이트 Swansea spokeswoman said that economics would continue to be ¡°central to teaching and research in 바카라사이트 school¡±, with expanded staffing and student applications.

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