Yorgos Karagiannakis
@y0rg0s.bsky.social
Person with migration background
All opinions expressed here are my own
All opinions expressed here are my own
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I work at DMU – the job cuts are a betrayal of everything we stand for
DMU has vast sums of money in its cash reserves… Sadly, this money is being stripped away to fund vanity projects outside of Leicester.
www.leicester.news
The same story again and again, there's something deeply wrong with the way UK HE is run
www.leicester.news/i-work-at-dm...
www.leicester.news/i-work-at-dm...
The same story again and again, there's something deeply wrong with the way UK HE is run
www.leicester.news/i-work-at-dm...
www.leicester.news/i-work-at-dm...
I work at DMU – the job cuts are a betrayal of everything we stand for
DMU has vast sums of money in its cash reserves… Sadly, this money is being stripped away to fund vanity projects outside of Leicester.
www.leicester.news
June 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The same story again and again, there's something deeply wrong with the way UK HE is run
www.leicester.news/i-work-at-dm...
www.leicester.news/i-work-at-dm...
Reposted by Yorgos Karagiannakis
"Worse still, executives recently established a subsidiary, Innovative Educational Partnerships Ltd, with themselves as directors.
Staff... will be employed by this entity, not the university. The central purpose is for executives to.. hire staff on inferior terms and conditions."
Staff... will be employed by this entity, not the university. The central purpose is for executives to.. hire staff on inferior terms and conditions."
De Montfort University: the betrayal of jet-setting executives
Leicester's De Montfort University executives treat the university as an international business, with lavish expenses and financial speculation
centralbylines.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"Worse still, executives recently established a subsidiary, Innovative Educational Partnerships Ltd, with themselves as directors.
Staff... will be employed by this entity, not the university. The central purpose is for executives to.. hire staff on inferior terms and conditions."
Staff... will be employed by this entity, not the university. The central purpose is for executives to.. hire staff on inferior terms and conditions."
Reposted by Yorgos Karagiannakis
🔹 #AcademicSky ➣ How universities were sent over the edge
UK higher education institutions did as the government asked and took on more students. Now many face collapse
UK higher education institutions did as the government asked and took on more students. Now many face collapse
How universities were sent over the edge
UK higher education institutions did as the government asked and took on more students. Now many face collapse
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🔹 #AcademicSky ➣ How universities were sent over the edge
UK higher education institutions did as the government asked and took on more students. Now many face collapse
UK higher education institutions did as the government asked and took on more students. Now many face collapse
Reposted by Yorgos Karagiannakis
This is a very basic and absolutely essential point that virtually nobody, even within the university, ever raises. We’re on the brink of a massive loss of disciplinary skills and knowledge — a loss that we are, by and large, choosing, without even discussing it as anything more than a market shift.
I'm very concerned that some rare skills will become even rarer. I appreciate that people think that there might be more important things to do than study rare topics, but once the knowledge goes, it goes. /6
March 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This is a very basic and absolutely essential point that virtually nobody, even within the university, ever raises. We’re on the brink of a massive loss of disciplinary skills and knowledge — a loss that we are, by and large, choosing, without even discussing it as anything more than a market shift.