The government wants to develop a ¡°knowledge excellence framework¡± for English universities, the universities and science minister has announced (¡°Jo Johnson plans for KEF to measure knowledge exchange¡±, News, 12?October).
The political interference in, and the heavy-handed, prescriptive management of, our universities renders them more like mini-Soviet states ¨C replete with ministerial diktats, five-year
plans, idiotic targets and constant monitoring ¨C than institutions of higher education.
All this from a political party/government that denounces red tape and state control.
A private company compelled to endure just 5?per cent of the ridiculous, hyperactive political meddling that universities are subject to would go out of business in a matter of weeks.
peteinblack
Via timeshighereducation.com
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