Major cuts to physics & astronomy research When staff & infrastructure compete for the same funding, bricks & mortar win Grim consequences fall on early-career researchers through hiring freezes, non-renewed contracts & broken fellowship pathways www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Cambridge’s Regent House — the University’s main decision-making body of academics — must approve any move to close the Vet School Mischievous attempts to bypass it undermine our governance and threaten what remains of tenure @jw132.bsky.social 21percent.org?p=3216

Major cuts to physics & astronomy research When staff & infrastructure compete for the same funding, bricks & mortar win Grim consequences fall on early-career researchers through hiring freezes, non-renewed contracts & broken fellowship pathways www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Nearly 800 staff left the University of Edinburgh last year as senior management pushes a £140m savings drive This hits precarious staff hardest It's a great comfort to learn that senior management pay & bonuses are unaffected 😉 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2582884...

Cambridge’s Regent House — the University’s main decision-making body of academics — must approve any move to close the Vet School Mischievous attempts to bypass it undermine our governance and threaten what remains of tenure @jw132.bsky.social 21percent.org?p=3216

"Vice Chancellor Professor Wendy Larner’s remuneration is £364k, comprising a salary of £294k, benefits-in-kind of £28k & pension opt-out contribution of £43k" Wow. What a Shocker from Cardiff Uni😲 Manifestly worth at most 30 cents per annum to an employer 🙂 nation.cymru/news/univers...

"Vice Chancellor Professor Wendy Larner’s remuneration is £364k, comprising a salary of £294k, benefits-in-kind of £28k & pension opt-out contribution of £43k" Wow. What a Shocker from Cardiff Uni😲 Manifestly worth at most 30 cents per annum to an employer 🙂 nation.cymru/news/univers...

At Cambridge University, higher-paid groups see larger pay increases over time, leading to widening inequality “Golden Fifty” is the fifty highest earners, “Inner Five” is the five highest earners. Plots shows difference between average of the higher-paid groups and average of all staff Brutal !

Epstein donated generously to elite universities like Harvard & MIT He used philanthropy to launder his reputation & to buy access, protection, silence Elite universities were not naïve victims of deception They were willing participants who accepted money & then looked away It's over here too

At Cambridge University, higher-paid groups see larger pay increases over time, leading to widening inequality “Golden Fifty” is the fifty highest earners, “Inner Five” is the five highest earners. Plots shows difference between average of the higher-paid groups and average of all staff Brutal !

Nearly 800 staff left the University of Edinburgh last year as senior management pushes a £140m savings drive This hits precarious staff hardest It's a great comfort to learn that senior management pay & bonuses are unaffected 😉 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2582884...

First 'super-university' ?🤣 This is something cooked up in the PR & comms dept It distracts from the real problems: systemic underfunding, declining international enrolment & government policy that’s turned UK universities into ultra-precarious businesses www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Cambridge University and the lost £1.3 billion Cambridge’s endowment hasn’t really grown in a decade once you strip out inflation If admin spending had been held flat in real terms since 2011, the endowment would be ~£1.3 bn bigger (≈30% higher) today 21percent.org?p=3186

Just another day at an elite university Harassment allegations are made, reputations are protected, investigations are not made & victims not safeguarded The powerful at Oxford close ranks cherwell.org/2026/02/01/o...

All early career researchers know the ending : years of precarious labour, followed by joblessness & expectation that they should be grateful for the experience Pipeline isn’t leaking. It’s being deliberately drained People pushed out are the future www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

You’ve got to spend money to save money You've go to get rid of the people who do the work to make the institution efficient Bold leadership by Cardiff University VC -- if bold means expensive, disruptive & the pain borne entirely by someone else nation.cymru/news/univers...

Epstein donated generously to elite universities like Harvard & MIT He used philanthropy to launder his reputation & to buy access, protection, silence Elite universities were not naïve victims of deception They were willing participants who accepted money & then looked away It's over here too

Oxford University's Handling of Sexual Harassment Allegations under scrutiny Investigation of serious matters of sexual harassment, bullying & whistleblowing needs to be taken out of hands of universities Their inclination is to cover up & do nothing poetsandquants.com/2026/02/02/o...

Cambridge University and the lost £1.3 billion Cambridge’s endowment hasn’t really grown in a decade once you strip out inflation If admin spending had been held flat in real terms since 2011, the endowment would be ~£1.3 bn bigger (≈30% higher) today 21percent.org?p=3186

Just another day at an elite university Harassment allegations are made, reputations are protected, investigations are not made & victims not safeguarded The powerful at Oxford close ranks cherwell.org/2026/02/01/o...

All early career researchers know the ending : years of precarious labour, followed by joblessness & expectation that they should be grateful for the experience Pipeline isn’t leaking. It’s being deliberately drained People pushed out are the future www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

You’ve got to spend money to save money You've go to get rid of the people who do the work to make the institution efficient Bold leadership by Cardiff University VC -- if bold means expensive, disruptive & the pain borne entirely by someone else nation.cymru/news/univers...

Oxford University's Handling of Sexual Harassment Allegations under scrutiny Investigation of serious matters of sexual harassment, bullying & whistleblowing needs to be taken out of hands of universities Their inclination is to cover up & do nothing poetsandquants.com/2026/02/02/o...

Nottingham University bought the site for £37.5m in 2021 and spent another £40m refurbishing it Now it’s up for sale at £14m Many hundreds of redundancies later, we can rest assured that those responsible for the fiasco have done just fine www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

First 'super-university' ?🤣 This is something cooked up in the PR & comms dept It distracts from the real problems: systemic underfunding, declining international enrolment & government policy that’s turned UK universities into ultra-precarious businesses www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Nottingham University bought the site for £37.5m in 2021 and spent another £40m refurbishing it Now it’s up for sale at £14m Many hundreds of redundancies later, we can rest assured that those responsible for the fiasco have done just fine www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

Oxford University dodged a huge bullet when it failed to elect Peter Mandelson as Chancellor in 2024 Most supporters have since erased their public endorsements, pretending their enthusiasm never existed Of course, there's always a great fool who splashed his support across a national newspaper 😄

400 jobs lost but still in deficit New Principal Prof Edwards hopes Aberdeen University can soon break even There've been “regular management updates” about the 'Adapting for Continued Success' transformation Small comfort to the 100s who are now jobless www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6943...

The UK is abandoning the discovery science that future innovation depends on Apparently the plan for “growth sectors” is to cut fundamental physics and hope innovation just .… happens It's betting on AI while hollowing out the science it depends on www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Oxford University dodged a huge bullet when it failed to elect Peter Mandelson as Chancellor in 2024 Most supporters have since erased their public endorsements, pretending their enthusiasm never existed Of course, there's always a great fool who splashed his support across a national newspaper 😄

400 jobs lost but still in deficit New Principal Prof Edwards hopes Aberdeen University can soon break even There've been “regular management updates” about the 'Adapting for Continued Success' transformation Small comfort to the 100s who are now jobless www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6943...

The UK is abandoning the discovery science that future innovation depends on Apparently the plan for “growth sectors” is to cut fundamental physics and hope innovation just .… happens It's betting on AI while hollowing out the science it depends on www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

A growing gap in pay is emerging at Cambridge University with an elite of high earners and the rest The total amount paid to senior figures earning in excess of £150,000 has increased from £7 million in 2019 to £37 million in 2025 New blog posting 21percent.org?p=3167

Divide Cambridge University staff into two groups: top 50 earners ('Golden 50') & everyone else Since 2019, inflation-adjusted pay is up ~10% for the Golden 50 but down ~10% for rest Senior pay rises are funded by falling pay elsewhere It's systematic transfer of money from the many to the few

Divide Cambridge University staff into two groups: top 50 earners ('Golden 50') & everyone else Since 2019, inflation-adjusted pay is up ~10% for the Golden 50 but down ~10% for rest Senior pay rises are funded by falling pay elsewhere It's systematic transfer of money from the many to the few

A growing gap in pay is emerging at Cambridge University with an elite of high earners and the rest The total amount paid to senior figures earning in excess of £150,000 has increased from £7 million in 2019 to £37 million in 2025 New blog posting 21percent.org?p=3167

Are you President of a Learned Body? Or a University Vice-Chancellor? Or Pro-VC? From time to time, you give one of those “Zero Tolerance to Bullying” speeches 😉 Annoyingly, then a victim contacts you You need to give them the brusheroo Here’s the template — courtesy of someone famous

Article is masterclass in institutional gaslighting dressed up as care You can’t coach your way out of austerity You can’t reflect your way out of redundancy You can’t heal structural violence with kindness workshops www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

“Period of transition” at UK Research Councils Curiosity-driven research frozen for four years - a funding cut by stealth - while cash surges to government priorities and “innovation” Grim times ahead for the UK research sector www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

The Government's plan to be an “AI and clean energy superpower” is to cut the sciences those technologies actually depend on Almost all ministers, including those in science-related portfolios, come from law, economics or politics background It shows www.timeshighereducation.com/news/devasta...

Ethan Browne took his own life, having been wrongly told he'd failed his degree The QAA found that Glasgow University's assessment regulations posed a "systemic risk" Rest in peace Ethan Brown @forthe100.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Politics is unfair It seems not to have dawned on the Labour Party that they will get the blame for the dismantling of UK Universities It's taking place on their watch (In truth, there's plenty of blame to go round all the political parties & University senior management as well)

Ethan Browne took his own life, having been wrongly told he'd failed his degree The QAA found that Glasgow University's assessment regulations posed a "systemic risk" Rest in peace Ethan Brown @forthe100.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Politics is unfair It seems not to have dawned on the Labour Party that they will get the blame for the dismantling of UK Universities It's taking place on their watch (In truth, there's plenty of blame to go round all the political parties & University senior management as well)

“Period of transition” at UK Research Councils Curiosity-driven research frozen for four years - a funding cut by stealth - while cash surges to government priorities and “innovation” Grim times ahead for the UK research sector www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Article is masterclass in institutional gaslighting dressed up as care You can’t coach your way out of austerity You can’t reflect your way out of redundancy You can’t heal structural violence with kindness workshops www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

Voice of Victim "I spoke up about sexual harassment at my university The cost was mine alone I was investigated I was dismissed And I was left unable to challenge an institution far richer — and far more powerful — than me I was bankrupted"

How institutions respond when ethical breaches occur internally -- when reputations, funding or senior figures are at stake -- tells us much about the leadership Sir Paul Nurse has presided over a number of institutions in which the gap between declared principles & practice has been profound

Voice of Victim "I spoke up about sexual harassment at my university The cost was mine alone I was investigated I was dismissed And I was left unable to challenge an institution far richer — and far more powerful — than me I was bankrupted"

Are you President of a Learned Body? Or a University Vice-Chancellor? Or Pro-VC? From time to time, you give one of those “Zero Tolerance to Bullying” speeches 😉 Annoyingly, then a victim contacts you You need to give them the brusheroo Here’s the template — courtesy of someone famous