Cambridge University suppresses dissent on its Viva Engage -- an internal social network for staff & the university community
Articles linked to press reports of problems with bullying are removed
Strengthening of free speech legislation is needed
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wealth of plantation owners in Antigua created Harvard Law School
Harvard's 'Legacy of Slavery Initiative' has become window dressing
It's more about PR - limiting bad publicity & legal liability
This fits familiar pattern in university governance, worldwide
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
It's a great addition to English language
"He's more than a grifter, he's an absolute Vice Chancellor"
"We put him in charge & he's VC-ed us into decay"
"Started simple. Now it’s VC’d up & no one knows what’s going on"
"He calls it stakeholder engagement, classic VC speak"
Sheffield has long nursery waiting lists
Yet Sheffield Hallam University’s nursery - open beyond just staff - has falling attendance
It's not well publicised 😉
Because SHU wants to shut it & sell the building to balance the books. Convenient timing 😲
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Love, sex & tragedy"
Long ago, a Fellow of King’s College said any wave of accountability, such as the #MeToo movement in 2017, would inevitably result in Simon Goldhill's downfall
It didn't happen until 2026. Why?
New blog posting
21percent.org?p=3528
VC is term ready for semantic drift
"All's gone & we’re over budget. It's an absolute Vice Chancellor”
"Not just failure, he's a VC - slow, expensive, pointless"
"Only thing delivered is disappointment. Proper VC"
"There’s a big crater, we've been VC-ed"
"It won't work, everything is VC-ed up"
Wealth of plantation owners in Antigua created Harvard Law School
Harvard's 'Legacy of Slavery Initiative' has become window dressing
It's more about PR - limiting bad publicity & legal liability
This fits familiar pattern in university governance, worldwide
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
It's a great addition to English language
"He's more than a grifter, he's an absolute Vice Chancellor"
"We put him in charge & he's VC-ed us into decay"
"Started simple. Now it’s VC’d up & no one knows what’s going on"
"He calls it stakeholder engagement, classic VC speak"
"Love, sex & tragedy"
Long ago, a Fellow of King’s College said any wave of accountability, such as the #MeToo movement in 2017, would inevitably result in Simon Goldhill's downfall
It didn't happen until 2026. Why?
New blog posting
21percent.org?p=3528
Sheffield has long nursery waiting lists
Yet Sheffield Hallam University’s nursery - open beyond just staff - has falling attendance
It's not well publicised 😉
Because SHU wants to shut it & sell the building to balance the books. Convenient timing 😲
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
VC is term ready for semantic drift
"All's gone & we’re over budget. It's an absolute Vice Chancellor”
"Not just failure, he's a VC - slow, expensive, pointless"
"Only thing delivered is disappointment. Proper VC"
"There’s a big crater, we've been VC-ed"
"It won't work, everything is VC-ed up"
Scientific fraud goes hand in hand with bullying
Junior collaborators are often co-authors on problematic works
Strong hierarchy together with publication pressure means early-career researchers cannot safely challenge a high-profile or aggressive PI
If there's fraud, there's bullying in the lab
Extent of scientific fraud is significant
Duplicated images in the work of senior Dana-Farber scientists extended to 57 papers
Harvard's Dana-Farber paid £11.2 million settlement to settle
Problem is peer review is unable to detect fraud on this scale
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/british...
Scientific fraud goes hand in hand with bullying
Junior collaborators are often co-authors on problematic works
Strong hierarchy together with publication pressure means early-career researchers cannot safely challenge a high-profile or aggressive PI
If there's fraud, there's bullying in the lab
Extent of scientific fraud is significant
Duplicated images in the work of senior Dana-Farber scientists extended to 57 papers
Harvard's Dana-Farber paid £11.2 million settlement to settle
Problem is peer review is unable to detect fraud on this scale
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/british...
Ombudsman fails #whistleblower at Australian National University
It shuts process down & neutralises the complaint
8 years later, police delivered scathing report on the lack of accountability & tolerance for “bias, nepotism and abuse at ANU"
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/whistle...
Ombudsman fails #whistleblower at Australian National University
It shuts process down & neutralises the complaint
8 years later, police delivered scathing report on the lack of accountability & tolerance for “bias, nepotism and abuse at ANU"
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/whistle...
Astonishing story of mismanagement at Ulster University
Management were too busy handing honorary PhDs to Arnold Schwarzenegger & pouring money into flagship Belfast campus to remember someone has to pay the bill
Turns out the staff will have to pay
www.ulster.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...
No warning whatsoever for staff at Ulster University as redundancies announced
Teams comments are deliberately switched off to shut down any chance of questions / dissent
Typical of hubris of senior management
Terrible optics - after Schwarzenegger visit & parties at University of the Year awards
Paul Bartholomew, Vice Chancellor of Ulster University, has free house, car & driver. He earns ~£300k with big pension
Highest paid staff get plush treatment
Lower grades are told 'to do more with less' or sacked
Austerity only ever travels downward
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Devastation of universities in N. Ireland, Wales, Scotland & North of England is a huge mistake
Especially when Govt is doubling funding for Oxford–Cambridge corridor, this looks so bad 😲
Even in narrow political terms, this is a massive error
www.derrynow.com/news/local-n...
No warning whatsoever for staff at Ulster University as redundancies announced
Teams comments are deliberately switched off to shut down any chance of questions / dissent
Typical of hubris of senior management
Terrible optics - after Schwarzenegger visit & parties at University of the Year awards
Astonishing story of mismanagement at Ulster University
Management were too busy handing honorary PhDs to Arnold Schwarzenegger & pouring money into flagship Belfast campus to remember someone has to pay the bill
Turns out the staff will have to pay
www.ulster.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...
Paul Bartholomew, Vice Chancellor of Ulster University, has free house, car & driver. He earns ~£300k with big pension
Highest paid staff get plush treatment
Lower grades are told 'to do more with less' or sacked
Austerity only ever travels downward
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Devastation of universities in N. Ireland, Wales, Scotland & North of England is a huge mistake
Especially when Govt is doubling funding for Oxford–Cambridge corridor, this looks so bad 😲
Even in narrow political terms, this is a massive error
www.derrynow.com/news/local-n...
Superb exposé of rampant bullying & sexual harassment in German academia
Powerful Professors are shown as routinely mistreating students & colleagues as well as displaying rampant misogyny, racism & homophobia
Widely known, yet often pampered & protected by institutions
Smaller universities like Hallam are major local employers, global exporters & drivers of UK culture
They bring in money & opportunity to the region
Why aren’t MPs standing up for them?
Job cuts at both the Sheffield Unis will make the city much poorer
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Medwin Hughes led Carmarthen College & took over Lampeter, Swansea Met & Uni of Wales
As Wales’ best-paid Vice Chancellor, he ran multiple campuses (London, Wuhan), worked the system & gave jobs to Welsh Govt allies😉
He resigned in 2023 & moved up
Wales’ oldest Uni, Lampeter, is now shut down
Much more to come out on the Simon Goldhill Scandal
University & King's College, Cambridge are in full damage limitation mode
They express grave concern, promise robust procedures & then retreat behind confidentiality
Nothing to see here, move on along folks 😉
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