{"id":143,"date":"2017-10-26T16:44:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T16:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=143"},"modified":"2017-11-22T11:43:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T11:43:23","slug":"lessons-in-how-not-to-do-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2017\/10\/26\/lessons-in-how-not-to-do-things\/","title":{"rendered":"LESSONS IN HOW NOT TO DO THINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not long after the messy introduction of a divisive plan to close down a department in LUMS (see subtext 165), subtext learns of some rather odd and worrying developments in the Law Department. The Head of Department, Professor Alisdair Gillespie, held a \u2018secret\u2019 strategic review to determine the future of the various Criminology degrees at Lancaster. It is not clear who was in attendance at the review meeting but no staff were involved. Then, lo and behold, a meeting was announced. All staff were to attend including those on annual leave and sabbatical. No agenda was circulated and no details given as to what the meeting was to be about. Staff gathered in the lecture theatre, somewhat perplexed and obviously worried about what this was all about. Professor Gillespie then proceeded to embarrass and humiliate the people who deliver the Criminology programmes in front of the entire staff group. Recruitment is apparently not good enough and if things do not improve he threatens to cease all Criminology teaching in the department, and staff will have to leave. He does concede that he may not have the full facts or the correct data, but apparently he is passing on the thoughts of Andrew Atherton. He also alluded to the fact that HR have known about this proposal for some time. <\/span><\/p>\n

Criminology at Lancaster is rated No. 1 in The Times University Guide.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not long after the messy introduction of a divisive plan to close down a department in LUMS (see subtext 165), subtext learns of some rather odd and worrying developments in the Law Department. 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