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[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

Hospital administrators do the same thing

[–] chop@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago

Which example are we referring to here? Sad that this needs to be narrowed-down.

[–] Dimand@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Currently at the Australian National University.

This is too real.

[–] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In the UK the University of Dundee is seemingly approaching meltdown.

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's a cliff next year across UK, it is not going to be pretty. You are going to see a lot of merging, collapses and stuff next year. Brexit really destroyed a lot and now it is really coming home to roost. It was the professors that left first, now the students, nearly 4 years on the dot. It is not a coincidence. I saw the school turn homogenous, and a lot of the life left after Brexit. It was depressing to see so many cool people leave. We got announced that we have to lower internal costs by a third next year (I won't be here). The US is just a dumpster fire on that front for obvious reasons. From what I hear, unis in Aus are also having trouble. This is a wider problem though.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've been enjoying the AFR articles on the VC. I got out just in time I think.

[–] Dimand@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's crazy. I'm expecting a bunch of forced academic redundancies in April/May. I don't expect her to last a full term, but she will take a lot of others out on the way.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Well she has full confidence of the Chancellor that I'm sure has nothing to do with the contracts for mates or the free travel.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 1 week ago

Ah yes I too enjoy the American family radio articles on venture capitalists.

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

lmao I unironically got this from someone down under. I heard about that.

[–] weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Oh no! Fossilesque I hope your research is safe.