Emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Nottingham. Too frequent appearances on YouTube. All my own views.
Michael Merrifield
Senior management dislikes such localism because it creates differences across the institution that they perceive as messy and inequitable, and they get no credit for its success. So they steamroller through lowest-common-denominator institution-wide solutions as “progress.” 2/2
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A pizza with a view.
So many railways-come-lately.
This @Wonkhe article rather misses the point: universities don’t just fail to encourage entrepreneurial behaviour by heads of school; they actively suppress it.
HoSs know their schools, and come up with local solutions optimised to local issues. 1/2
wonkhe.com/blogs/being-...
Out and about to take a few pictures. 🪶
When I was last here, almost none of this was. But then it was a very long time ago!
I have been upgraded to captain!
Glad to have a neighbourhood robin who is happy to pose while I try out my new camera, even in the bath. 🪶
Top tip for the day: if you are PVC for “quality and integrity”, and publish an opinion piece in the newspaper on how academic values are not being undermined… don’t get AI to write it for you.
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