This is just way too common. The activities of the administration are considered above reproach and not in need of justification or even recording. Meanwhile teaching, research and learning, the core functions of the institution, are scrutinized officiously.
Rafe Meager (they/them)
"Cardiff University has admitted that it doesn’t know how much it is spending overall on external consultants or hold a central record of what work they are doing."
Staff expenditure: Count every last penny or you may lose your job.
Their expenditure: Meh.
Martin Shipton Cardiff University has admitted that it doesn’t know how much it is spending overall on external consultants or hold a central record of what work they are doing. Academic sources have ...