links for 2009-12-01

• Times Higher Education - Sussex’s future: fewer staff, more students
  '' ''The university is consulting on plans to cut 115 jobs, tempered by about 20 “potential redeployment opportunities”, from the end of July 2010. ... As staffing is reduced, the number of students will rise. ... “Overall, the university will be growing its student numbers, with no plans to reduce total student numbers across our schools,” Professor Farthing writes. “Indeed, in many areas we are planning significant growth in the number of international and postgraduate students.”''

  So much fun at Sussex University at the moment (40% of faculty in the Informatics department, one of many departments hit, expected to be made redundant in March). I'm feeling very sorry for any incoming students, as quality of experience cannot help but suffer!

  
  
  (tags: Sussex university academia Teaching)