The people driving the dismantling of the sector seem to believe that academic capacity is easily replaceable. Maybe that's understandable, when they're currently getting hundreds of applications from over-qualified mid-career scholars for paltry part-time and fixed term contracts.
But --
@norajw.bsky.socialI have a lot to say, including that it's despicable to drop this news 3 weeks before Christmas. I am devastated for my friends and colleagues. Butchering 20% of the university's staff poisons the working environment in ways that will linger.
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University of Essex to shut Southend campus and cut 400 jobs - BBC News
The Southend-on-Sea campus is home to the award-winning East 15 drama school.