Immigration (net nearly 1m annual)

[monmouth]

Redundancy is always more likely to hit academic and technical staff first-but there are masses of support staff, yet still increasing bureaucracy. Bristol has not got much choice in building as large parts of the Clifton campus are crumbling- and let's be frank selling that land for development is going to raise ££££££££. Bristol has less to worry about as more endowment and in World Top 100 rankings at 78 (as in indication Cardiff is in the 200-250 range and Swansea 300-350). UWE (Like Cardiff Met) has a lot of professional courses and integration with local industry. USW is perhaps the most stretched-with three campuses and an enormous portfolio of courses. Importantly UWE is 600-800 world ranking and USW 1000-1200. Some countries will only fund students based on these QS rankings-

It’s the ‘heads of’ this and that, the ‘directors of’ this and that and the ‘pro’ this and that which would be first against the wall for me.

They also have a habit of promoting loads of people for doing a mediocre job and then asking nothing extra of them.

 

[Professor]

It’s the ‘heads of’ this and that, the ‘directors of’ this and that and the ‘pro’ this and that which would be first against the wall for me.

They also have a habit of promoting loads of people for doing a mediocre job and then asking nothing extra of them.

I am astonished how many support staff there are in Bristol compared to Liverpool. It does make my life a lot easier for me, but there is clear redundancy of function is some areas with often 3-4 senior staff doing a role that needs 1-2 people

 

[Cooperman]

It’s the ‘heads of’ this and that, the ‘directors of’ this and that and the ‘pro’ this and that which would be first against the wall for me.

They also have a habit of promoting loads of people for doing a mediocre job and then asking nothing extra of them.

The basic concept of layers and spans is missing. Anyone in a supervisory role with less than seven direct reports either needs more responsibility or should be subject to job merger with someone else in same position. Subject experts with no direct reports should be the exception, not the norm.

 

[Professor]

The basic concept of layers and spans is missing. Anyone in a supervisory role with less than seven direct reports either needs more responsibility or should be subject to job merger with someone else in same position. Subject experts with no direct reports should be the exception, not the norm.

To a point. Research groups can be smaller but given expertise may be a discrete unit of 2-5 people. Unfortunately I have to lead a section of 9 academics from diverse areas, despite having no managerial training or skills.

 

[Cooperman]

To a point. Research groups can be smaller but given expertise may be a discrete unit of 2-5 people. Unfortunately I have to lead a section of 9 academics from diverse areas, despite having no managerial training or skills.

Assigning a nice title and salary because of a niche expertise is perfectly acceptable, you pay for skill at the end of the day.