JO JOHNSON IS RIGHT FOR ONCE – SOUTHAMPTON UNI SHOULD BE ASHAMED

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged academic staff, budget cuts, conflicts of interest, corruption, course closures, cuts, fair pay, government, HEFCE cuts, higher education, higher education cuts, inequality, jo johnson, pay cuts, pay gap, pay inequality, pay rises, pensions, senior management, Times Higher Education, Tories, universities, university closures, University of Southampton, university staff, university vice chancellors, vice chancellor pay, wage gap.

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Here’s something I never thought I’d say: I agree with Jo Johnson. A couple of weeks ago the Tory Universities Minister told university leaders and Vice Chancellors that they needed to “stop ratcheting up pay”. This was a reaction to the news that the VC at Southampton University has received a £125,000 pay rise in the space of 5 years.

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ELITISM REFUSES TO DIE – THE UNIVERSITY FUNDING PROBLEM

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged arts, charity research funding, community colleges, Connecticut, Connecticut University System, conservatives, course closures, cuts, david richardson, education, elitism, employability, fossil free, Fossil Free UEA, fossil fuel divestment, fossil fuels, Freddie DeBoer, government, higher education, higher education funding, humanities, inequality, Ivy League, marketisation, mental health, mental health services, pay inequality, people and planet, public funding, rent hikes, russell group, STEM, student accommodation, student activism, Student Support Services, tuition fees, UEA, uk, UK Funding Councils, UK Research Councils, university management, USA, wages, Yale.

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Last month, Freddie DeBoer wrote about the failure of the university system in the United States to equally fund different institutions across the country. Looking specifically at Connecticut, DeBoer shows how Yale, one of the prestigious Ivy League universities, fuels social inequality by receiving public funds as well as other sources for revenue whilst other, more accessible community colleges are “cut to the bone”.

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