{"id":333,"date":"2018-02-01T17:05:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T17:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=333"},"modified":"2018-03-04T17:28:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T17:28:09","slug":"subtext-172-panic-in-granadaland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/02\/01\/subtext-172-panic-in-granadaland\/","title":{"rendered":"subtext 172 – ‘panic in granadaland’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fortnightly during term time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In this issue: editorial, strike<\/a>, more strike<\/a>, pile ’em high and sell ’em cheap<\/a>, UA92<\/a>, court report<\/a>, bomb shelter news<\/a>, letters<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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EDITORIAL<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine the situation. You’ve just been named ‘University of the Year’. Yes, we know it’s a marketing gimmick. But they’re not going to trash their reputation by giving you the thing if they don’t think you’re pretty good, are they? And you’ve just got a ‘Gold’ rating in the national assessment of teaching quality. Again, yes, we know it’s a flawed measure. But you’re pretty keen to keep hold of it, aren’t you?<\/span><\/p>\n

Given all this, what’s your headline strategy for the next few years? What’s that? ‘Go all out for an increase in numbers, with no investment in facilities to match, get the staff to double teach their courses, and make them teach on a Saturday,’ you say? Well, congratulations! You’re just the person we’re looking for to drive our ‘dash for growth’ proposals forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, just one more thing. Do you have a private pension plan? You see, I’m not sure you’re going to like our plans for the company scheme…<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fortnightly during term time. Letters, contributions, & comments: subtext-editors@lancaster.ac.uk Back issues & subscription details:\u00a0http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/about\/ In this issue: editorial, strike, more strike, pile ’em high and sell ’em cheap, UA92, court report, bomb shelter news, letters. ***************************************************** EDITORIAL Imagine the situation. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[214,149,212,213,17],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial","tag-issue-172","tag-pensions","tag-student-numbers","tag-tef","tag-university-of-the-year"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99sHo-5n","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":276,"url":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2017\/12\/07\/subtext-170-a-frontier-without-borders-a-subtext-without-regulatory-alignment\/","url_meta":{"origin":333,"position":0},"title":"subtext 170 – ‘A frontier without borders, a subtext without regulatory alignment’","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"December 7 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Fortnightly during term time. 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